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Toad for Data Analysts

Data Analysis Tools to Access and Deliver Data from Any Source

Toad® for Data Analysts helps you find, understand, and report on data fast. It puts powerful multi-platform database analysis querying and reporting capabilities at your fingertips — all from a single interface that automates and streamlines time-consuming tasks.

Toad for Data Analysts data analysis software makes it easy to:

  • Access Data from Virtually Any Platform – Eliminate the need for multiple tools; use a single solution that natively supports Oracle, SQL Server, DB2, Sybase, MySQL, Microsoft Access, Microsoft Excel, and all other platforms, from Teradata and Netezza to ODBC.
  • Build High-Performance Queries – Simplify complex tasks, such as joining disparate data sources, with a robust, cross-platform query engine.
  • Profile and Analyze Data – Perform database analysis using histograms and dimensional charts to visually analyze your data, quickly profile it, and identify trends.
  • Get Data Analytics on Your Desktop – Take advantage of a rich library of statistical and analytical functions for mining data and predictive analytics.
  • Increase Productivity – Streamline, automate, and schedule repetitive and complicated tasks.

Cross-Platform Queries — Connect to any source where your data resides, including Oracle, SQL Server, Sybase, MySQL, DB2, Access, Excel, Teradata, Netezza, and other platforms through ODBC and perform cross-connection queries. Watch this feature

Advanced Analytics Library — Access advanced mathematical and statistical functions for pattern discovery, clustering, and regression. 

Embedded Data Store — Store and automate frequently analyzed data through an embedded database. Watch this feature.

Automation Engine — Automate and schedule routine tasks to increase your productivity; develop sophisticated workflows to support advanced projects.

Compare and Sync — Compare and synchronize data between different data sources to ensure validity.

Visual Query Builder — Develop single-source and cross-platform SQL queries – without the need for deep SQL expertise. 

SQL IDE — Write SQL statements in a robust, customizable editor that provides SQL Complete, automatic formatting, instant SQL recall, as well as a variety of other features to make writing SQL easier.  

Data Cleansing Area — Transform and cleanse your result sets (add calculations, columns, and groupings, find duplicates, and more) with a straightforward interface that allows you to construct complex routines. Watch this feature

ER Diagrammer and Data Browsers — Visualize and annotate table relationships to create your own relationship templates; view master-detail relationships; browse database tables and objects. 

Chart and Report Visualization — Develop visualizations to profile your data, build charts and graphs, or design reports to share your results. Watch this feature

Import/Export Utility Wizard — Load and unload data efficiently. Easily export and publish data to Excel, .CSV, .TXT. HTML, PDF, and a variety of other file formats

System Requirements

Client Requirements

Before installing Toad, ensure that your client system meets the following minimum hardware and software requirements:

Platform

1 GHz Processor (recommended minimum)

Memory

512 MB of RAM minimum, 1 GB recommended

Note: The memory required may vary based on the following:

  • Applications that are running on your system when using Toad
  • Size and complexity of the database
  • Amount of database activity
  • Number of concurrent users accessing the database

Hard Disk Space

1.33 GB to install Toad

475 MB to run Toad Professional edition, 350 MB to run Toad Base edition

Operating System

Windows Server 2003

Windows XP Professional (32-bit or 64-bit)

Windows Vista (32-bit or 64-bit)

Windows Server 2008 (32-bit or 64-bit)

Windows 7 (32-bit or 64-bit)

.NET Framework

Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 (Service Pack 1)

Note: The following conditions apply:

  • If you have the .NET Framework 4.0 installed, you must still install the .NET Framework 3.5 (Service Pack 1).
  • The .NET Framework Client Profile is not supported.
  • To run Toad, the .NET security policy must be set to unrestricted. See "User Requirements and Restrictions for Running Toad" for more information.
Database Client

Existing DB2 Client Support (DB2 native provider only)

Toad installs a DB2 9.7 (Fix Pack 2) client as part of the installation process. The DB2 9.7 client can co-exist with an existing DB2 8 client, but is incompatible with a DB2 7 client. If a DB2 7 client already exists on your computer, the Toad installation stops and cannot complete. To resolve, first upgrade to the DB2 8 client. Then restart the Toad installation to avoid losing functionality in some DB2 native tools.

Existing 64-bit DB2 Client (DB2 native provider only)

If you have a 64-bit DB2 client installed, you must install Toad using the ToadforDataAnalysts_64bit_Client.exe.

Oracle Client

Toad can connect to Oracle using Direct Connect (no need for an Oracle Client) or can connect using an Oracle Client or Oracle Instant Client. However, if you want to use LDAP, you must install an Oracle Client. See Configure Oracle LDAP Support in the Install Guide for more information. Toad supports 9i or later Oracle Clients and Oracle Instant Clients. See Create Oracle Connections in the Install Guide for more information about configuring an Oracle Instant Client to work with Toad.

Notes:

  • You cannot use Oracle Direct Connection in a cross-connection query.
  • To use an Oracle connection in a cross-connection query, you must install an Oracle Client (full install) or you must install the Oracle Instant Client plus the Oracle ODBC driver.

Additional Requirements

Web Browser

Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 or later

Spatial Data Types

To work with spatial data types used in SQL Server 2008, you must install SQL Server 2008 Client Tools or SQL Server Management Studio 2008.

Server Requirements

Before installing Toad, ensure that your server meets the following minimum hardware and software requirements:

Operating System

Oracle Native Database Provider

IBM AIX 5.1, 5.2, 5.3

HP-UX 11i 1.5, 2 (32-bit or 64-bit)

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS release 3 and 4 (32-bit or 64-bit)

Solaris 7, 8, 9, 10 (32-bit or 64-bit)

SuSE 7, 8, 9

Windows 2003 (32-bit or 64-bit)

Windows XP

SQL Server Native Database Provider

Windows Server 2000 Service Pack 4 or later

Windows 2000 Professional Edition Service Pack 4 or later

Windows XP (32-bit with Service Pack 2 or later and 64-bit)

Windows Server 2003 (32-bit or 64-bit) Service Pack 1 or later

Windows Vista (32-bit or 64-bit)

Windows Server 2008 (32-bit or 64-bit)

Windows Server 2008 R2 (64-bit)

Windows 7 (32-bit or 64-bit)

DB2 for z/OS Native Database Provider

z/OS (V1R6 Base Services [5694-A01] or later)

DB2 for LUW Native Database Provider

IBM AIX 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 6.1

HP-UX 11i 1.5, 2 (32-bit or 64-bit)

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS release 3 and 4 (32-bit or 64-bit)

Solaris 7, 8, 9, 10 (32-bit or 64-bit)

SuSE 7, 8, 9

Windows 2000, 2003 (including 64-bit), 2008, XP, Vista, Windows 7

MySQL Native Database Provider

Windows 2000 Service Pack 4 or later

Windows 2003

Windows XP (32-bit or 64-bit)

Windows Vista (32-bit or 64-bit)

Windows Server 2000 Service Pack 4 or later

Windows 2000 Professional Edition Service Pack 4 or later

Windows XP (32-bit with Service Pack 2 or later and 64-bit)

Windows Server 2003 (32-bit or 64-bit) Service Pack 1 or later

Windows Server 2008 (32-bit or 64-bit)

Windows Server 2008 R2 (64-bit)

Windows 7 (32-bit or 64-bit)

Sybase Native Database Provider

Windows Server 2000 Service Pack 4 or later

Windows 2000 Professional Edition Service Pack 4 or later

Windows XP (32-bit with Service Pack 2 or later and 64-bit)

Windows Server 2003 (32-bit or 64-bit) Service Pack 1 or later

Windows Vista (32-bit or 64-bit)

Windows Server 2008 (32-bit or 64-bit)

Windows Server 2008 R2 (64-bit)

Windows 7 (32-bit or 64-bit)

Native Database Server

Toad supports the following databases:

Oracle 9i, 10g, 11g, 11g R2

SQL Server 2000 (Service Pack 3 or later), 2005 (Service Pack 2 or later), 2008, 2008 R2

Note: SQL Server Compact Edition is not supported.

IBM DB2 for LUW 8.1.5 or later

IBM DB2 for LUW 9.1 or later

IBM DB2 for z/OS 8

IBM DB2 for z/OS 9

IBM DB2 for z/OS 10

Notes:

  • To run RUNSTATS and the native REORG utility on tablespaces and indexes in DB2 for LUW, Toad supports DB2 for LUW 8.2.2 or later.
  • Toad may support IBM DB2 Express and SWE in addition to listed above servers, but note that no testing was performed on it.
  • Toad supports DB2 8 for z/OS running in Full Function mode, but does not support DB2 8 for z/OS running in Compatibility mode.

MySQL 4.1, 5.0, 5.1 

Sybase ASE 12.5, 15.0.2, 15.0.3, 15.5

Sybase IQ 15

Sybase SQL Anywhere 12

Access 2003, 2007, 2010

Excel 2003, 2007, 2010

ODBC Database Server

Toad for Data Analysts supports almost all databases that you can connect to using an ODBC 3.0 or later driver. For a list of databases that are not supported, see Known Issues in the release notes.

Toad for Data Analysts Quality Assurance has tested the following databases using an ODBC 3.0 or later driver:

  • DB2 for i5/OS V5R4 and IBM i 6.1
  • Informix Dynamic 10.00, 11.0 (limited testing)
  • Ingres Community Edition 2006 R2 on Windows 32-bit (limited testing)
  • Netezza Data Warehouse Appliance 4.6.6
  • PostgreSQL 8.3.4
  • Teradata 13.0 (limited testing)

  • Vertica 4.1 (with 4.0 ODBC driver)

    Note: Toad does not support Vertica 4.1 ODBC driver.

Cloud Database Service

Oracle databases running on Amazon EC2

SQL Azure

Note: To connect to SQL Azure, you must have read access to the master database.

SQL Server databases running on Amazon EC2

Toad can manage Amazon RDS and any other cloud or service offering compatible with MySQL.

Language Supported:

  • US English

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