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Simplifying Data Engineering and Analytics with Delta

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Product type Book
Published in Jul 2022
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781801814867
Pages 334 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Author (1):
Anindita Mahapatra Anindita Mahapatra
Profile icon Anindita Mahapatra

Table of Contents (18) Chapters

Preface 1. Section 1 – Introduction to Delta Lake and Data Engineering Principles
2. Chapter 1: Introduction to Data Engineering 3. Chapter 2: Data Modeling and ETL 4. Chapter 3: Delta – The Foundation Block for Big Data 5. Section 2 – End-to-End Process of Building Delta Pipelines
6. Chapter 4: Unifying Batch and Streaming with Delta 7. Chapter 5: Data Consolidation in Delta Lake 8. Chapter 6: Solving Common Data Pattern Scenarios with Delta 9. Chapter 7: Delta for Data Warehouse Use Cases 10. Chapter 8: Handling Atypical Data Scenarios with Delta 11. Chapter 9: Delta for Reproducible Machine Learning Pipelines 12. Chapter 10: Delta for Data Products and Services 13. Section 3 – Operationalizing and Productionalizing Delta Pipelines
14. Chapter 11: Operationalizing Data and ML Pipelines 15. Chapter 12: Optimizing Cost and Performance with Delta 16. Chapter 13: Managing Your Data Journey 17. Other Books You May Enjoy

Delta unifies all types of data

In this section, we will give you some examples of how to ingest (read) different data types into a Spark DataFrame and save it all in the Delta format in the data lake using a common API, df.write.format. ("delta") and this curated data is the single source of truth for all BI and AI use cases, as shown in the following diagram:

Figure 5.3 – Consolidating all your data in a central Delta Lake

The three main data types are structured, semi-structured, and unstructured, and Spark native APIs (along with partner-aided connectors) can ingest data from a wide variety of data sources to create a curated view that all consumers can access, depending on their privilege levels. In some cases, different Lines Of Business (LOBs) may want to have their own mini data lake, and that is perfectly fine as it follows a hub-spoke model of a central data repository for common access and specialized ones with tighter guardrails...

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