Designing Delta Tables with Liquid Clustering: Real-World Patterns for Data Engineers
Get a short introduction to Liquid Clustering in Databricks.
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Empowering Lakehouse Users – Data Engineering with Fabric
Learn how to use the OneLake Explorer and Data Wrangler extension in VS Code to empower users to work with data in Microsoft Fabric.
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Combining Silver Tables into a Model – Data Engineering with Fabric
This next article in the series creates objects at the gold layer for consumption by combining tables from the silver layer of the lake house.
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Metadata Driven Pipelines – Data Engineering with Fabric
This article explains metadata driven pipelines and shows an example in Microsoft Fabric.
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Full vs. Incremental Loads – Data Engineering with Fabric
Learn how to perform full and incremental loads in Fabric with a little SparkSQL.
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Managing Files and Folders with Python – Data Engineering with Fabric
In this article, learn how you can manage files and folders for both full and incremental loading situations.
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Managed Vs Unmanaged Tables – Data Engineering with Fabric
Learn how to get started with Microsoft Fabric along with the differences between managed and unmanaged tables.
2024-03-20
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Evolving Role of Data Professionals in Artificial Intelligence Era
Generative Al tools like Gemini and GPT promise to automate and augment knowledge-based work. Data professionals must adapt to this transformation by acquiring new skills and playing a central role in their organization's AI-driven future. Data preparation, curation, ethical sourcing and labeling, and collecting user feedback become crucial as high-quality data is essential for effective LLM based application.
2024-03-04
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What is OneLake in Microsoft Fabric?
Get ready to be blown away! The highly anticipated Microsoft Build in May 2023 has finally unveiled its latest and greatest creation: the incredible Microsoft Fabric - an unparalleled Data Intelligence platform that is guaranteed to revolutionize the tech world! fig 1: OneLake for all Data One of the most exciting things in Fabric I […]
2023-07-26
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Revolutionizing Real-Time Data Management with SQL Server, Kafka, and Informatica
This article examines how one can structure a pipeline for processing real-time data using Kafka and Informatica.
2023-04-26
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Question of the Day
Identities and Sequences III
When thinking of the Identity property for auto incrementing columns and sequences for the same action, which can be used with the BIGINT data type?
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