What Is The Aginity - Netezza Workbench?

Aginity’s Netezza Workbench makes developers more productive, with tools that give new access into Netezza data appliances. Created by – and for – Aginity’s own developers, the Workbench is built on a deep understanding of all a Netezza appliance can do. Now it’s available as freeware as a Netezza development tool for Netezza developers, providing an intuitive interface for creating, managing and tracking both individual SQL queries and entire databases.  The workbench was built by Netezza developers for Netezza developers.

What Are The Unique Features Of The Workbench?

Greater insight and more control.

Aginity is a Netezza Solution Provider partner. The Workbench was born out of our need for specific tools to support our extensive experience developing large systems on the Netezza appliance. Workbench offers features unique among other similar products, including:

• One-click access to distribution information, including unclaimed, deleted records, and the graphic display provides easy visualization of where problems exist on a node-by-node basis.
• Reclaim functionality allowing developers to truly recover server space occupied by deleted records and free up storage space for other uses.
• Additional DDL enabling developers to view and alter table and add field comments. Users also can compare varying database schemas – including data dictionaries – for differences and generate delta scripts. Most of these DDL functions are menu driven for greater efficiency.
• Reverse engineering capability that allows developers to generate DDL scripts from an existing Netezza databases.

Must-Have Functionality

In addition to its industry-leading capabilities, the Aginity Netezza Workbench also includes functionality no such offering can be without, including:

• Freeform SQL
• One-click scripting for database objects using a SQL editor or Windows clipboard .
• List display of internal and external tables and management views
• Query execution from a SQL file, similar to standard IDE-like Start/Stop/Pause/Restart, Step Over and Run to Cursor
• An ever-expanding list of built-in Netezza developer tools functionality