Establishing a Connection
Enabling SSIS in Visual Studio 2022
If you're using Visual Studio 2022, you will need to install the SQL Server Integration Services Projects extension to use SSIS.
- Navigate to Extensions > Manage Extensions.
- In the Manage Extensions window's search box, search for "SQL Server Integration Services Projects 2022" and select the extension in the list.
- Click Download.
- Close Visual Studio and run the downloaded Microsoft.DataTools.IntegrationServices.exe installer. Proceed through the installer with default settings.
- Open Visual Studio. There should now be an "Integration Services Project" project template available.
Adding the Teradata Connection Manager
Create a new connection manager as follows:
- Create a Visual Studio project with the "Integration Services Project" template.
- In the project, right-click within the Connection Managers window and select New Connection from the menu.
- In the Description column, select CData Teradata Connection Manager and click Add...
- Configure the component as described in the next section.
Alternatively, if you have an existing project and CData Teradata Source or CData Teradata Destination:
- Right-click your CData Teradata source or destination component in your data flow
- Select Edit... to open an editor window.
- Click the New... button next to the Connection manager: dropdown selector to create a connection manager.
- Configure the component as described in the next section.
Deploying the Provider
To connect using the CData SSIS Components for Teradata, you must install the Teradata .NET Data Provider into the GAC.
Connecting to Teradata
The component wraps the official Teradata Database driver. You can connect to the CData SSIS Components for Teradata using the same connection properties, and access the same functionality, as the underlying Teradata driver.
Required Properties
To connect to Teradata, set these properties:
- AuthScheme: Specify your Teradata server's required authentication mechanism: either TD2 (default) or LDAP.
- User: Teradata user username.
- Password: Teradata user password.
- DataSource: Specify the Teradata server name, DBC Name, or TDPID.
- Port: Specify the port the server is running on.
- Database: Specify the database name. If not specified, the component connects to the default database.