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Author: Debbie Peabody Created: 1/14/2010 1:35 PM RssIcon
Debbie Peabody is a Software Development Team Lead. She joined Quest in 1997 coding for Quest’s SQL Tuning product SQLab. She brings 13 years of experience of development on database tool products and most recently co-designed Toad for Data Analysts.

Debbie’s blog will focus on tips and tricks using the database heterogeneous tool Toad for Data Analysts. She specializes in automation, reporting, and data export/import.

Recent postings:

By Debbie Peabody on 3/21/2012 4:24 AM
This one is a must see! This video covers a full scenario of using all of the new features in TDA 3.0.
By Debbie Peabody on 3/9/2012 4:53 AM

Have more questions about Cross-Connection Queries?  Here is video FAQ on the subject.

By Debbie Peabody on 2/27/2012 4:22 AM

See our Advanced Analytics library in Toad for Data Analysts.

By Debbie Peabody on 2/17/2012 4:52 AM

If you need to bring together data from disparate databases, try Cross –Connection queries in Toad for Data Analysts!  This blog includes a video to show you how.

By Debbie Peabody on 2/7/2012 6:03 AM
When data is not in the format you need, transform it with Data Cleansing.
By Debbie Peabody on 1/29/2012 6:33 AM

Learn how using Data Visualization you can take large amounts of data and represent it visually so you can easily extrapolate meaningful information.

By Debbie Peabody on 1/5/2012 12:59 PM

Tired of using Access? Toad for Data Analysts 3.0 Professional edition includes an embedded database for your local storage needs. Here is a quick video showing this new feature.

By Debbie Peabody on 12/19/2011 10:00 AM
Need to save time and automate those repeatable actions? Toad for Data Analyst 3.0 has made it easier to do. Take a look!
By Debbie Peabody on 11/7/2011 6:27 AM

Toad for Data Analysts has always been able to export data to Excel with one click. New in Toad for Data Analysts is exporting to Excel Charts. This video shows how.

By Debbie Peabody on 10/21/2011 4:42 AM

Toad for Data Analysts Data Reports now offers report merging, templates and multi-datasets.

By Debbie Peabody on 10/12/2011 12:31 PM
New to TDA 3.0 is the Advanced Analytics add-on. This new powerful feature has been developed by Fuzzy Logix, Inc. In this video we discuss how to do K-Means clustering.
 
Enjoy,
 
Debbie
By Debbie Peabody on 10/6/2011 7:54 AM
Video 3 in this series introduces three new connection types: Sybase IQ, Sybase SQL Anywhere and Vertica. So if you use these databases take a moment to find out how to connect to them.
By Debbie Peabody on 9/28/2011 11:52 AM
Video 2 in this series covers the UI changes for Toad for Data Analysts 3.0. If you are interested in upgrading to 3.0 and would like to know about the following areas take a moment to watch!

Understand, Query, Report, Automate buttons (where did they go?) Right Click menus (Better usability) Oracle Connections (How to set up an instant client) Query Builder (How to add a column) Code Completion...
By Debbie Peabody on 9/19/2011 12:18 PM
Toad for Data Analysts 3.0 is finally here! I’m sure you are all anxious to find out what’s in it and get started on playing with its new features. Here is a short video to get you going.

This is Video 1 of a series of videos covering the features of TDA 3.0.

If you would like to view them all please visit our community site.

Download a Trial copy...
By Debbie Peabody on 6/29/2011 3:49 AM

In this video I review the import enhancements new to Toad for Data Analysts 2.7.

By Debbie Peabody on 2/4/2011 5:12 AM

In this video I demonstrate how to download several files from a FTP site using a mask and import all of the files into one table for reporting.

By Debbie Peabody on 12/6/2010 11:26 AM
                One of my favorite features of Toad for Data Analysts 2.7 (TDA) is automating complex excel reports. Most reports consist of several sets of data and formatting to make the data attractive or easily readable for the end-user. In this post I will show how to automate these kinds of reports with a combination of export and excel macros.

                My sample Sales report consists of the Top 5 products...
By Debbie Peabody on 9/14/2010 6:03 PM
In this posting I will go over debugging steps to find out why a scheduled Toad for Data Anaylysts Script does not appear to be running.
By Debbie Peabody on 4/18/2010 3:29 PM

In this blog I'll discuss how to debug a Toad for Data Analysts Automation Script.

By Debbie Peabody on 3/11/2010 11:25 AM

In this posting I show how to automate exporting and importing and highlight the new changes in this area for Toad for Data Analysts 2.6.

By Debbie Peabody on 2/16/2010 4:45 PM

In this posting I'll show you what Toad for Data Analysts has to offer when using SQL Date Ranges

By Debbie Peabody on 1/31/2010 10:07 PM

In this post I’ll show you how to define and use automation variables to email a customized lettes to an email list.

By Debbie Peabody on 1/20/2010 10:05 AM

In this post I'll show how to produce an exception report using the row count variable and if..condition automation activity.

By Debbie Peabody on 1/14/2010 6:50 PM

Scripting repetitive tasks can ease your work load. Here's how to do it in TDA.

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