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Book The Modern Data Warehouse in Azure

Download or read book The Modern Data Warehouse in Azure written by Matt How and published by Apress. This book was released on 2020-06-15 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Build a modern data warehouse on Microsoft's Azure Platform that is flexible, adaptable, and fast—fast to snap together, reconfigure, and fast at delivering results to drive good decision making in your business. Gone are the days when data warehousing projects were lumbering dinosaur-style projects that took forever, drained budgets, and produced business intelligence (BI) just in time to tell you what to do 10 years ago. This book will show you how to assemble a data warehouse solution like a jigsaw puzzle by connecting specific Azure technologies that address your own needs and bring value to your business. You will see how to implement a range of architectural patterns using batches, events, and streams for both data lake technology and SQL databases. You will discover how to manage metadata and automation to accelerate the development of your warehouse while establishing resilience at every level. And you will know how to feed downstream analytic solutions such as Power BI and Azure Analysis Services to empower data-driven decision making that drives your business forward toward a pattern of success. This book teaches you how to employ the Azure platform in a strategy to dramatically improve implementation speed and flexibility of data warehousing systems. You will know how to make correct decisions in design, architecture, and infrastructure such as choosing which type of SQL engine (from at least three options) best meets the needs of your organization. You also will learn about ETL/ELT structure and the vast number of accelerators and patterns that can be used to aid implementation and ensure resilience. Data warehouse developers and architects will find this book a tremendous resource for moving their skills into the future through cloud-based implementations. What You Will LearnChoose the appropriate Azure SQL engine for implementing a given data warehouse Develop smart, reusable ETL/ELT processes that are resilient and easily maintained Automate mundane development tasks through tools such as PowerShell Ensure consistency of data by creating and enforcing data contracts Explore streaming and event-driven architectures for data ingestionCreate advanced staging layers using Azure Data Lake Gen 2 to feed your data warehouse Who This Book Is For Data warehouse or ETL/ELT developers who wish to implement a data warehouse project in the Azure cloud, and developers currently working in on-premise environments who want to move to the cloud, and for developers with Azure experience looking to tighten up their implementation and consolidate their knowledge

Book Hands On Data Warehousing with Azure Data Factory

Download or read book Hands On Data Warehousing with Azure Data Factory written by Christian Coté and published by Packt Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2018-05-31 with total page 277 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Leverage the power of Microsoft Azure Data Factory v2 to build hybrid data solutions Key Features Combine the power of Azure Data Factory v2 and SQL Server Integration Services Design and enhance performance and scalability of a modern ETL hybrid solution Interact with the loaded data in data warehouse and data lake using Power BI Book Description ETL is one of the essential techniques in data processing. Given data is everywhere, ETL will always be the vital process to handle data from different sources. Hands-On Data Warehousing with Azure Data Factory starts with the basic concepts of data warehousing and ETL process. You will learn how Azure Data Factory and SSIS can be used to understand the key components of an ETL solution. You will go through different services offered by Azure that can be used by ADF and SSIS, such as Azure Data Lake Analytics, Machine Learning and Databrick’s Spark with the help of practical examples. You will explore how to design and implement ETL hybrid solutions using different integration services with a step-by-step approach. Once you get to grips with all this, you will use Power BI to interact with data coming from different sources in order to reveal valuable insights. By the end of this book, you will not only learn how to build your own ETL solutions but also address the key challenges that are faced while building them. What you will learn Understand the key components of an ETL solution using Azure Data Factory and Integration Services Design the architecture of a modern ETL hybrid solution Implement ETL solutions for both on-premises and Azure data Improve the performance and scalability of your ETL solution Gain thorough knowledge of new capabilities and features added to Azure Data Factory and Integration Services Who this book is for This book is for you if you are a software professional who develops and implements ETL solutions using Microsoft SQL Server or Azure cloud. It will be an added advantage if you are a software engineer, DW/ETL architect, or ETL developer, and know how to create a new ETL implementation or enhance an existing one with ADF or SSIS.

Book Cloud Scale Analytics with Azure Data Services

Download or read book Cloud Scale Analytics with Azure Data Services written by Patrik Borosch and published by Packt Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2021-07-23 with total page 520 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A practical guide to implementing a scalable and fast state-of-the-art analytical data estate Key FeaturesStore and analyze data with enterprise-grade security and auditingPerform batch, streaming, and interactive analytics to optimize your big data solutions with easeDevelop and run parallel data processing programs using real-world enterprise scenariosBook Description Azure Data Lake, the modern data warehouse architecture, and related data services on Azure enable organizations to build their own customized analytical platform to fit any analytical requirements in terms of volume, speed, and quality. This book is your guide to learning all the features and capabilities of Azure data services for storing, processing, and analyzing data (structured, unstructured, and semi-structured) of any size. You will explore key techniques for ingesting and storing data and perform batch, streaming, and interactive analytics. The book also shows you how to overcome various challenges and complexities relating to productivity and scaling. Next, you will be able to develop and run massive data workloads to perform different actions. Using a cloud-based big data-modern data warehouse-analytics setup, you will also be able to build secure, scalable data estates for enterprises. Finally, you will not only learn how to develop a data warehouse but also understand how to create enterprise-grade security and auditing big data programs. By the end of this Azure book, you will have learned how to develop a powerful and efficient analytical platform to meet enterprise needs. What you will learnImplement data governance with Azure servicesUse integrated monitoring in the Azure Portal and integrate Azure Data Lake Storage into the Azure MonitorExplore the serverless feature for ad-hoc data discovery, logical data warehousing, and data wranglingImplement networking with Synapse Analytics and Spark poolsCreate and run Spark jobs with Databricks clustersImplement streaming using Azure Functions, a serverless runtime environment on AzureExplore the predefined ML services in Azure and use them in your appWho this book is for This book is for data architects, ETL developers, or anyone who wants to get well-versed with Azure data services to implement an analytical data estate for their enterprise. The book will also appeal to data scientists and data analysts who want to explore all the capabilities of Azure data services, which can be used to store, process, and analyze any kind of data. A beginner-level understanding of data analysis and streaming will be required.

Book Azure Data Factory Cookbook

Download or read book Azure Data Factory Cookbook written by Dmitry Anoshin and published by Packt Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2020-12-24 with total page 383 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Solve real-world data problems and create data-driven workflows for easy data movement and processing at scale with Azure Data Factory Key FeaturesLearn how to load and transform data from various sources, both on-premises and on cloudUse Azure Data Factory’s visual environment to build and manage hybrid ETL pipelinesDiscover how to prepare, transform, process, and enrich data to generate key insightsBook Description Azure Data Factory (ADF) is a modern data integration tool available on Microsoft Azure. This Azure Data Factory Cookbook helps you get up and running by showing you how to create and execute your first job in ADF. You’ll learn how to branch and chain activities, create custom activities, and schedule pipelines. This book will help you to discover the benefits of cloud data warehousing, Azure Synapse Analytics, and Azure Data Lake Gen2 Storage, which are frequently used for big data analytics. With practical recipes, you’ll learn how to actively engage with analytical tools from Azure Data Services and leverage your on-premise infrastructure with cloud-native tools to get relevant business insights. As you advance, you’ll be able to integrate the most commonly used Azure Services into ADF and understand how Azure services can be useful in designing ETL pipelines. The book will take you through the common errors that you may encounter while working with ADF and show you how to use the Azure portal to monitor pipelines. You’ll also understand error messages and resolve problems in connectors and data flows with the debugging capabilities of ADF. By the end of this book, you’ll be able to use ADF as the main ETL and orchestration tool for your data warehouse or data platform projects. What you will learnCreate an orchestration and transformation job in ADFDevelop, execute, and monitor data flows using Azure SynapseCreate big data pipelines using Azure Data Lake and ADFBuild a machine learning app with Apache Spark and ADFMigrate on-premises SSIS jobs to ADFIntegrate ADF with commonly used Azure services such as Azure ML, Azure Logic Apps, and Azure FunctionsRun big data compute jobs within HDInsight and Azure DatabricksCopy data from AWS S3 and Google Cloud Storage to Azure Storage using ADF's built-in connectorsWho this book is for This book is for ETL developers, data warehouse and ETL architects, software professionals, and anyone who wants to learn about the common and not-so-common challenges faced while developing traditional and hybrid ETL solutions using Microsoft's Azure Data Factory. You’ll also find this book useful if you are looking for recipes to improve or enhance your existing ETL pipelines. Basic knowledge of data warehousing is expected.

Book Microsoft Azure Data Solutions   An Introduction

Download or read book Microsoft Azure Data Solutions An Introduction written by Daniel A. Seara and published by Microsoft Press. This book was released on 2021-07-14 with total page 634 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discover and apply the Azure platform's most powerful data solutions Cloud technologies are advancing at an accelerating pace, supplanting traditional relational and data warehouse storage solutions with novel, high-value alternatives. Now, three pioneering Azure Data consultants offer an expert introduction to the relational, non-relational, and data warehouse solutions offered by the Azure platform. Drawing on their extensive experience helping organizations get more value from the Microsoft Data Platform, the authors guide you through decision-making, implementation, operations, security, and more. Throughout, step-by-step tutorials and hands-on exercises prepare you to succeed, even if you have no cloud data experience. Three leading experts in Microsoft Azure Data Solutions show how to: Master essential concepts of data storage and processing in cloud environments Handle the changing responsibilities of data engineers moving to the cloud Get started with Azure data storage accounts and other data facilities Walk through implementing relational and non-relational data stores in Azure Secure data using the least-permissions principle, Azure Active Directory, role-based access control, and other methods Develop efficient Azure batch processing and streaming solutions Monitor Azure SQL databases, blob storage, data lakes, Azure Synapse Analytics, and Cosmos DB Optimize Azure data solutions by solving problems with storage, management, and service interactions About This Book For data engineers, systems engineers, IT managers, developers, database administrators, cloud architects, and other IT professionals Requires little or no knowledge about Azure tools and services for data analysis

Book Azure Data Factory by Example

Download or read book Azure Data Factory by Example written by Richard Swinbank and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on with total page 433 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Data Modeling for Azure Data Services

Download or read book Data Modeling for Azure Data Services written by Peter ter Braake and published by Packt Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2021-07-30 with total page 428 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Choose the right Azure data service and correct model design for successful implementation of your data model with the help of this hands-on guide Key FeaturesDesign a cost-effective, performant, and scalable database in AzureChoose and implement the most suitable design for a databaseDiscover how your database can scale with growing data volumes, concurrent users, and query complexityBook Description Data is at the heart of all applications and forms the foundation of modern data-driven businesses. With the multitude of data-related use cases and the availability of different data services, choosing the right service and implementing the right design becomes paramount to successful implementation. Data Modeling for Azure Data Services starts with an introduction to databases, entity analysis, and normalizing data. The book then shows you how to design a NoSQL database for optimal performance and scalability and covers how to provision and implement Azure SQL DB, Azure Cosmos DB, and Azure Synapse SQL Pool. As you progress through the chapters, you'll learn about data analytics, Azure Data Lake, and Azure SQL Data Warehouse and explore dimensional modeling, data vault modeling, along with designing and implementing a Data Lake using Azure Storage. You'll also learn how to implement ETL with Azure Data Factory. By the end of this book, you'll have a solid understanding of which Azure data services are the best fit for your model and how to implement the best design for your solution. What you will learnModel relational database using normalization, dimensional, or Data Vault modelingProvision and implement Azure SQL DB and Azure Synapse SQL PoolsDiscover how to model a Data Lake and implement it using Azure StorageModel a NoSQL database and provision and implement an Azure Cosmos DBUse Azure Data Factory to implement ETL/ELT processesCreate a star schema model using dimensional modelingWho this book is for This book is for business intelligence developers and consultants who work on (modern) cloud data warehousing and design and implement databases. Beginner-level knowledge of cloud data management is expected.

Book ETL with Azure Cookbook

    Book Details:
  • Author : Christian Coté
  • Publisher : Packt Publishing Ltd
  • Release : 2020-09-30
  • ISBN : 1800202857
  • Pages : 446 pages

Download or read book ETL with Azure Cookbook written by Christian Coté and published by Packt Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2020-09-30 with total page 446 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explore the latest Azure ETL techniques both on-premises and in the cloud using Azure services such as SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS), Azure Data Factory, and Azure Databricks Key FeaturesUnderstand the key components of an ETL solution using Azure Integration ServicesDiscover the common and not-so-common challenges faced while creating modern and scalable ETL solutionsProgram and extend your packages to develop efficient data integration and data transformation solutionsBook Description ETL is one of the most common and tedious procedures for moving and processing data from one database to another. With the help of this book, you will be able to speed up the process by designing effective ETL solutions using the Azure services available for handling and transforming any data to suit your requirements. With this cookbook, you’ll become well versed in all the features of SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) to perform data migration and ETL tasks that integrate with Azure. You’ll learn how to transform data in Azure and understand how legacy systems perform ETL on-premises using SSIS. Later chapters will get you up to speed with connecting and retrieving data from SQL Server 2019 Big Data Clusters, and even show you how to extend and customize the SSIS toolbox using custom-developed tasks and transforms. This ETL book also contains practical recipes for moving and transforming data with Azure services, such as Data Factory and Azure Databricks, and lets you explore various options for migrating SSIS packages to Azure. Toward the end, you’ll find out how to profile data in the cloud and automate service creation with Business Intelligence Markup Language (BIML). By the end of this book, you’ll have developed the skills you need to create and automate ETL solutions on-premises as well as in Azure. What you will learnExplore ETL and how it is different from ELTMove and transform various data sources with Azure ETL and ELT servicesUse SSIS 2019 with Azure HDInsight clustersDiscover how to query SQL Server 2019 Big Data Clusters hosted in AzureMigrate SSIS solutions to Azure and solve key challenges associated with itUnderstand why data profiling is crucial and how to implement it in Azure DatabricksGet to grips with BIML and learn how it applies to SSIS and Azure Data Factory solutionsWho this book is for This book is for data warehouse architects, ETL developers, or anyone who wants to build scalable ETL applications in Azure. Those looking to extend their existing on-premise ETL applications to use big data and a variety of Azure services or others interested in migrating existing on-premise solutions to the Azure cloud platform will also find the book useful. Familiarity with SQL Server services is necessary to get the most out of this book.

Book Cloud Analytics with Microsoft Azure

Download or read book Cloud Analytics with Microsoft Azure written by Has Altaiar and published by Packt Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2021-01-28 with total page 185 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Learn to extract actionable insights from your big data in real time using a range of Microsoft Azure features Key FeaturesUpdated with the latest features and new additions to Microsoft AzureMaster the fundamentals of cloud analytics using AzureLearn to use Azure Synapse Analytics (formerly known as Azure SQL Data Warehouse) to derive real-time customer insightsBook Description Cloud Analytics with Microsoft Azure serves as a comprehensive guide for big data analysis and processing using a range of Microsoft Azure features. This book covers everything you need to build your own data warehouse and learn numerous techniques to gain useful insights by analyzing big data The book begins by introducing you to the power of data with big data analytics, the Internet of Things (IoT), machine learning, artificial intelligence, and DataOps. You will learn about cloud-scale analytics and the services Microsoft Azure offers to empower businesses to discover insights. You will also be introduced to the new features and functionalities added to the modern data warehouse. Finally, you will look at two real-world business use cases to demonstrate high-level solutions using Microsoft Azure. The aim of these use cases will be to illustrate how real-time data can be analyzed in Azure to derive meaningful insights and make business decisions. You will learn to build an end-to-end analytics pipeline on the cloud with machine learning and deep learning concepts. By the end of this book, you will be proficient in analyzing large amounts of data with Azure and using it effectively to benefit your organization. What you will learnExplore the concepts of modern data warehouses and data pipelinesDiscover unique design considerations while applying a cloud analytics solutionDesign an end-to-end analytics pipeline on the cloudDifferentiate between structured, semi-structured, and unstructured dataChoose a cloud-based service for your data analytics solutionsUse Azure services to ingest, store, and analyze data of any scaleWho this book is for This book is designed to benefit software engineers, Azure developers, cloud consultants, and anyone who is keen to learn the process of deriving business insights from huge amounts of data using Azure. Though not necessary, a basic understanding of data analytics concepts such as data streaming, data types, the machine learning life cycle, and Docker containers will help you get the most out of the book.

Book Exam Ref 70 767 Implementing a SQL Data Warehouse

Download or read book Exam Ref 70 767 Implementing a SQL Data Warehouse written by Jose Chinchilla and published by Microsoft Press. This book was released on 2017-11-09 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Prepare for Microsoft Exam 70-767–and help demonstrate your real-world mastery of skills for managing data warehouses. This exam is intended for Extract, Transform, Load (ETL) data warehouse developers who create business intelligence (BI) solutions. Their responsibilities include data cleansing as well as ETL and data warehouse implementation. The reader should have experience installing and implementing a Master Data Services (MDS) model, using MDS tools, and creating a Master Data Manager database and web application. The reader should understand how to design and implement ETL control flow elements and work with a SQL Service Integration Services package. Focus on the expertise measured by these objectives: • Design, and implement, and maintain a data warehouse • Extract, transform, and load data • Build data quality solutionsThis Microsoft Exam Ref: • Organizes its coverage by exam objectives • Features strategic, what-if scenarios to challenge you • Assumes you have working knowledge of relational database technology and incremental database extraction, as well as experience with designing ETL control flows, using and debugging SSIS packages, accessing and importing or exporting data from multiple sources, and managing a SQL data warehouse. Implementing a SQL Data Warehouse About the Exam Exam 70-767 focuses on skills and knowledge required for working with relational database technology. About Microsoft Certification Passing this exam earns you credit toward a Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP) or Microsoft Certified Solutions Associate (MCSA) certification that demonstrates your mastery of data warehouse management Passing this exam as well as Exam 70-768 (Developing SQL Data Models) earns you credit toward a Microsoft Certified Solutions Associate (MCSA) SQL 2016 Business Intelligence (BI) Development certification. See full details at: microsoft.com/learning

Book Data Lake Analytics on Microsoft Azure

Download or read book Data Lake Analytics on Microsoft Azure written by Harsh Chawla and published by Apress. This book was released on 2020-11-15 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Get a 360-degree view of how the journey of data analytics solutions has evolved from monolithic data stores and enterprise data warehouses to data lakes and modern data warehouses. You will This book includes comprehensive coverage of how: To architect data lake analytics solutions by choosing suitable technologies available on Microsoft Azure The advent of microservices applications covering ecommerce or modern solutions built on IoT and how real-time streaming data has completely disrupted this ecosystem These data analytics solutions have been transformed from solely understanding the trends from historical data to building predictions by infusing machine learning technologies into the solutions Data platform professionals who have been working on relational data stores, non-relational data stores, and big data technologies will find the content in this book useful. The book also can help you start your journey into the data engineer world as it provides an overview of advanced data analytics and touches on data science concepts and various artificial intelligence and machine learning technologies available on Microsoft Azure. What Will You Learn You will understand the: Concepts of data lake analytics, the modern data warehouse, and advanced data analytics Architecture patterns of the modern data warehouse and advanced data analytics solutions Phases—such as Data Ingestion, Store, Prep and Train, and Model and Serve—of data analytics solutions and technology choices available on Azure under each phase In-depth coverage of real-time and batch mode data analytics solutions architecture Various managed services available on Azure such as Synapse analytics, event hubs, Stream analytics, CosmosDB, and managed Hadoop services such as Databricks and HDInsight Who This Book Is For Data platform professionals, database architects, engineers, and solution architects

Book Limitless Analytics with Azure Synapse

Download or read book Limitless Analytics with Azure Synapse written by Prashant Kumar Mishra and published by Packt Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2021-06-18 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Leverage the Azure analytics platform's key analytics services to deliver unmatched intelligence for your data Key FeaturesLearn to ingest, prepare, manage, and serve data for immediate business requirementsBring enterprise data warehousing and big data analytics together to gain insights from your dataDevelop end-to-end analytics solutions using Azure SynapseBook Description Azure Synapse Analytics, which Microsoft describes as the next evolution of Azure SQL Data Warehouse, is a limitless analytics service that brings enterprise data warehousing and big data analytics together. With this book, you'll learn how to discover insights from your data effectively using this platform. The book starts with an overview of Azure Synapse Analytics, its architecture, and how it can be used to improve business intelligence and machine learning capabilities. Next, you'll go on to choose and set up the correct environment for your business problem. You'll also learn a variety of ways to ingest data from various sources and orchestrate the data using transformation techniques offered by Azure Synapse. Later, you'll explore how to handle both relational and non-relational data using the SQL language. As you progress, you'll perform real-time streaming and execute data analysis operations on your data using various languages, before going on to apply ML techniques to derive accurate and granular insights from data. Finally, you'll discover how to protect sensitive data in real time by using security and privacy features. By the end of this Azure book, you'll be able to build end-to-end analytics solutions while focusing on data prep, data management, data warehousing, and AI tasks. What you will learnExplore the necessary considerations for data ingestion and orchestration while building analytical pipelinesUnderstand pipelines and activities in Synapse pipelines and use them to construct end-to-end data-driven workflowsQuery data using various coding languages on Azure SynapseFocus on Synapse SQL and Synapse SparkManage and monitor resource utilization and query activity in Azure SynapseConnect Power BI workspaces with Azure Synapse and create or modify reports directly from Synapse StudioCreate and manage IP firewall rules in Azure SynapseWho this book is for This book is for data architects, data scientists, data engineers, and business analysts who are looking to get up and running with the Azure Synapse Analytics platform. Basic knowledge of data warehousing will be beneficial to help you understand the concepts covered in this book more effectively.

Book Jumpstart Snowflake

    Book Details:
  • Author : Dmitry Anoshin
  • Publisher : Apress
  • Release : 2019-12-20
  • ISBN : 1484253280
  • Pages : 270 pages

Download or read book Jumpstart Snowflake written by Dmitry Anoshin and published by Apress. This book was released on 2019-12-20 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explore the modern market of data analytics platforms and the benefits of using Snowflake computing, the data warehouse built for the cloud. With the rise of cloud technologies, organizations prefer to deploy their analytics using cloud providers such as Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure, or Google Cloud Platform. Cloud vendors are offering modern data platforms for building cloud analytics solutions to collect data and consolidate into single storage solutions that provide insights for business users. The core of any analytics framework is the data warehouse, and previously customers did not have many choices of platform to use. Snowflake was built specifically for the cloud and it is a true game changer for the analytics market. This book will help onboard you to Snowflake, present best practices to deploy, and use the Snowflake data warehouse. In addition, it covers modern analytics architecture and use cases. It provides use cases of integration with leading analytics software such as Matillion ETL, Tableau, and Databricks. Finally, it covers migration scenarios for on-premise legacy data warehouses. What You Will Learn Know the key functionalities of Snowflake Set up security and access with cluster Bulk load data into Snowflake using the COPY command Migrate from a legacy data warehouse to Snowflake integrate the Snowflake data platform with modern business intelligence (BI) and data integration tools Who This Book Is For Those working with data warehouse and business intelligence (BI) technologies, and existing and potential Snowflake users

Book Building a Data Warehouse

Download or read book Building a Data Warehouse written by Vincent Rainardi and published by Apress. This book was released on 2008-03-11 with total page 526 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Here is the ideal field guide for data warehousing implementation. This book first teaches you how to build a data warehouse, including defining the architecture, understanding the methodology, gathering the requirements, designing the data models, and creating the databases. Coverage then explains how to populate the data warehouse and explores how to present data to users using reports and multidimensional databases and how to use the data in the data warehouse for business intelligence, customer relationship management, and other purposes. It also details testing and how to administer data warehouse operation.

Book The Definitive Guide to Azure Data Engineering

Download or read book The Definitive Guide to Azure Data Engineering written by Ron C. L'Esteve and published by Apress. This book was released on 2021-08-24 with total page 612 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Build efficient and scalable batch and real-time data ingestion pipelines, DevOps continuous integration and deployment pipelines, and advanced analytics solutions on the Azure Data Platform. This book teaches you to design and implement robust data engineering solutions using Data Factory, Databricks, Synapse Analytics, Snowflake, Azure SQL database, Stream Analytics, Cosmos database, and Data Lake Storage Gen2. You will learn how to engineer your use of these Azure Data Platform components for optimal performance and scalability. You will also learn to design self-service capabilities to maintain and drive the pipelines and your workloads. The approach in this book is to guide you through a hands-on, scenario-based learning process that will empower you to promote digital innovation best practices while you work through your organization’s projects, challenges, and needs. The clear examples enable you to use this book as a reference and guide for building data engineering solutions in Azure. After reading this book, you will have a far stronger skill set and confidence level in getting hands on with the Azure Data Platform. What You Will Learn Build dynamic, parameterized ELT data ingestion orchestration pipelines in Azure Data Factory Create data ingestion pipelines that integrate control tables for self-service ELT Implement a reusable logging framework that can be applied to multiple pipelines Integrate Azure Data Factory pipelines with a variety of Azure data sources and tools Transform data with Mapping Data Flows in Azure Data Factory Apply Azure DevOps continuous integration and deployment practices to your Azure Data Factory pipelines and development SQL databases Design and implement real-time streaming and advanced analytics solutions using Databricks, Stream Analytics, and Synapse Analytics Get started with a variety of Azure data services through hands-on examples Who This Book Is For Data engineers and data architects who are interested in learning architectural and engineering best practices around ELT and ETL on the Azure Data Platform, those who are creating complex Azure data engineering projects and are searching for patterns of success, and aspiring cloud and data professionals involved in data engineering, data governance, continuous integration and deployment of DevOps practices, and advanced analytics who want a full understanding of the many different tools and technologies that Azure Data Platform provides

Book The Data Warehouse Toolkit

Download or read book The Data Warehouse Toolkit written by Ralph Kimball and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2011-08-08 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This old edition was published in 2002. The current and final edition of this book is The Data Warehouse Toolkit: The Definitive Guide to Dimensional Modeling, 3rd Edition which was published in 2013 under ISBN: 9781118530801. The authors begin with fundamental design recommendations and gradually progress step-by-step through increasingly complex scenarios. Clear-cut guidelines for designing dimensional models are illustrated using real-world data warehouse case studies drawn from a variety of business application areas and industries, including: Retail sales and e-commerce Inventory management Procurement Order management Customer relationship management (CRM) Human resources management Accounting Financial services Telecommunications and utilities Education Transportation Health care and insurance By the end of the book, you will have mastered the full range of powerful techniques for designing dimensional databases that are easy to understand and provide fast query response. You will also learn how to create an architected framework that integrates the distributed data warehouse using standardized dimensions and facts.

Book The Data Webhouse Toolkit

Download or read book The Data Webhouse Toolkit written by Ralph Kimball and published by Wiley. This book was released on 2000-02-03 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Ralph's latest book ushers in the second wave of the Internet. . . . Bottom line, this book provides the insight to help companies combine Internet-based business intelligence with the bounty of customer data generated from the internet."--William Schmarzo, Director World Wide Solutions, Sales, and Marketing,IBM NUMA-Q. Receiving over 100 million hits a day, the most popular commercial Websites have an excellent opportunity to collect valuable customer data that can help create better service and improve sales. Companies can use this information to determine buying habits, provide customers with recommendations on new products, and much more. Unfortunately, many companies fail to take full advantage of this deluge of information because they lack the necessary resources to effectively analyze it. In this groundbreaking guide, data warehousing's bestselling author, Ralph Kimball, introduces readers to the Data Webhouse--the marriage of the data warehouse and the Web. If designed and deployed correctly, the Webhouse can become the linchpin of the modern, customer-focused company, providing competitive information essential to managers and strategic decision makers. In this book, Dr. Kimball explains the key elements of the Webhouse and provides detailed guidelines for designing, building, and managing the Webhouse. The results are a business better positioned to stay healthy and competitive. In this book, you'll learn methods for: - Tracking Website user actions - Determining whether a customer is about to switch to a competitor - Determining whether a particular Web ad is working - Capturing data points about customer behavior - Designing the Website to support Webhousing - Building clickstream datamarts - Designing the Webhouse user interface - Managing and scaling the Webhouse The companion Website at www.wiley.com/compbooks/kimball provides updates on Webhouse technologies and techniques, as well as links to related sites and resources.