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Azure Data Engineer Associate Certification Guide

By : Newton Alex
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Azure Data Engineer Associate Certification Guide

By: Newton Alex

Overview of this book

Azure is one of the leading cloud providers in the world, providing numerous services for data hosting and data processing. Most of the companies today are either cloud-native or are migrating to the cloud much faster than ever. This has led to an explosion of data engineering jobs, with aspiring and experienced data engineers trying to outshine each other. Gaining the DP-203: Azure Data Engineer Associate certification is a sure-fire way of showing future employers that you have what it takes to become an Azure Data Engineer. This book will help you prepare for the DP-203 examination in a structured way, covering all the topics specified in the syllabus with detailed explanations and exam tips. The book starts by covering the fundamentals of Azure, and then takes the example of a hypothetical company and walks you through the various stages of building data engineering solutions. Throughout the chapters, you'll learn about the various Azure components involved in building the data systems and will explore them using a wide range of real-world use cases. Finally, you’ll work on sample questions and answers to familiarize yourself with the pattern of the exam. By the end of this Azure book, you'll have gained the confidence you need to pass the DP-203 exam with ease and land your dream job in data engineering.
Table of Contents (23 chapters)
1
Part 1: Azure Basics
3
Part 2: Data Storage
10
Part 3: Design and Develop Data Processing (25-30%)
15
Part 4: Design and Implement Data Security (10-15%)
17
Part 5: Monitor and Optimize Data Storage and Data Processing (10-15%)
20
Part 6: Practice Exercises

Monitoring data pipeline performance

Similar to the data movement metrics we saw in the previous section, ADF provides metrics for overall pipelines too. In the Pipeline runs page under the Monitoring tab, if you hover over the pipeline runs, a small Consumption icon appears, as shown in the following screenshot:

Figure 13.19 – Consumption icon in the Pipeline runs screen

If you click on that icon, ADF shows the pipeline consumption details. Here is a sample screen:

Figure 13.20 – Pipeline resource consumption details screen

You can also get additional metrics about each of the runs from the Gantt chart section. You can change the view from List to Gantt, as shown in the following screenshot:

Figure 13.21 – Additional pipeline details in the Gantt chart page

Note

ADF only maintains pipeline execution details and metrics for 45 days. If you need to analyze the pipeline data for more than...