April 22, 2014 \ Ananth TM Source Teradata stages Teradata stage Stage type Usage guidelines Parallel read Teradata utility limit Teradata Enterprise Native Parallel 1)Reading a large number of rows in parallel 2)Supports OPEN and CLOSE commands 3)Subject to the limits of Teradata FastExport Yes applies Teradata API Plug-In Reading a small number of rows sequentially No none