SQL Template Management

Table Settings

In the upper right corner of the SQL Template page, click Set Property to determine whether to display templates by group.

If you select Display by Group, the following display modes are available:

• Expand the first group
• Expand all
• Collapse All

Sample Templates

The current sample template contains 22 standard TPC-H query statements. You can view the template name, description, and statements.

The existing sample templates apply to the following scenarios:

• Price summary report query
• Minimum cost supplier analysis
• Shipping priority analysis
• Analysis of order priority check
• Analysis of the number of local suppliers
• Analysis of forecasted income changes
• Freight volume analysis
• National market share analysis
• Profit estimation analysis by product type
• Analysis of returned parts
• Analysis of key inventory indicators
• Freight mode and command priority analysis
• Consumer allocation analysis
• Promotion effect analysis
• Analysis of the supplier with the largest contribution
• Analysis of the relationship between parts and suppliers
• Revenue analysis of small-lot orders
• Customer analysis for large orders
• Discounted revenue analysis
• Analysis of potential component improvements
• Analysis of suppliers who fail to deliver goods on time
• Global sales opportunity analysis

Custom Templates

The custom template list displays all templates you have created. You can view the template name, description, statements, and more.

Creating a Template

You can create a template on either the Job Templates or the SQL Editor page.

• To create a template on the Job Templates page:
  1. On the left of the management console, choose Job Templates > SQL Templates.
  2. On the SQL Templates page, click Create Template to create a template.

     Enter the template name, SQL statement, and description information. For details, see Table 3.

     Table 3 Parameter description

     Parameter	Description
     Name	Indicates the template name. A template name can contain only digits, letters, and underscores (_), but cannot start with an underscore (_) or contain only digits. It cannot be left empty. The template name can contain a maximum of 50 characters.
     Statement	SQL statement to be saved as a template.
     Description	Description of the template you create.
     Group	Use existing Use new Do not use
     Group Name	If you select Use existing or Use new, you need to enter the group name.

  3. Click OK.
• To create a template on the SQL Editor page:
  1. On the left of the management console, click SQL Editor.
  2. In the SQL job editing area of the displayed SQL Editor page, click More in the upper right corner and choose Save as Template.

     Enter the template name, SQL statement, and description information. For details, see Table 3.

  3. Click OK.

Executing the Template

You can execute a template on either the Job Templates or the SQL Editor page.

• To execute the template on the Job Templates page:
  1. On the left of the management console, choose Job Templates > SQL Templates.
  2. On the SQL Templates page, select a template and click Execute in the Operation column. The SQL Editor page is displayed, and the corresponding SQL statement is automatically entered in the SQL job editing window.
  3. In the upper right corner of the SQL job editing window, Click Execute to run the SQL statement. After the execution is complete, you can view the execution result below the current SQL job editing window.
• To execute the template on the SQL Editor page:
  1. On the left of the management console, click SQL Editor.
  2. In the SQL job editing area of the displayed SQL Editor page, click More in the upper right corner and select Choose Template.
  3. In the displayed Choose Template dialog box, click the corresponding SQL statement template. The SQL job editing window is automatically displayed.
  4. Click Execute to run the SQL statement. After the execution is complete, you can view the execution result in the area below the current SQL job editing window.

Searching for a Template

On the SQL Templates page, you can enter the template name keyword in the search box on the upper right corner to search for the desired template.

Modifying a Template

1. On the SQL Templates page, locate the row where the target template resides and click Modify in the Operation column.
2. In the displayed Modify Template dialog box, modify the template name, statement, and description as required.
3. Click OK.

Deleting a Template

On the SQL Templates page, select one or more templates to be deleted and click Delete to delete the selected templates.