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Data Engineering Zoomcamp – Data Ingestion (Week 2)

Hepta Analytics

When the business intelligence needs change, they can go query the raw data again. ELT: source Data Lake vs Data Warehouse Data lake stores raw data. The purpose of the data is not determined. The data is easily accessible and is easy to update.

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How to Use DBT to Get Actionable Insights from Data?

Workfall

Reading Time: 8 minutes In the world of data engineering, a mighty tool called DBT (Data Build Tool) comes to the rescue of modern data workflows. Imagine a team of skilled data engineers on an exciting quest to transform raw data into a treasure trove of insights.

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How to Become a Data Engineer in 2024?

Knowledge Hut

Data Engineering is typically a software engineering role that focuses deeply on data – namely, data workflows, data pipelines, and the ETL (Extract, Transform, Load) process. What is the role of a Data Engineer?

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Data Pipeline Architecture Explained: 6 Diagrams and Best Practices

Monte Carlo

Apache Spark – Labeled as a unified analytics engine for large scale data processing, many leverage this open source solution for streaming use cases, often in conjunction with Databricks. Data orchestration Airflow : Airflow is the most common data orchestrator used by data teams.

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The Modern Data Stack: What It Is, How It Works, Use Cases, and Ways to Implement

AltexSoft

Data storage The tools mentioned in the previous section are instrumental in moving data to a centralized location for storage, usually, a cloud data warehouse, although data lakes are also a popular option. But this distinction has been blurred with the era of cloud data warehouses.

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