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Data Engineering with Alteryx

By : Paul Houghton
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Data Engineering with Alteryx

By: Paul Houghton

Overview of this book

Alteryx is a GUI-based development platform for data analytic applications. Data Engineering with Alteryx will help you leverage Alteryx’s code-free aspects which increase development speed while still enabling you to make the most of the code-based skills you have. This book will teach you the principles of DataOps and how they can be used with the Alteryx software stack. You’ll build data pipelines with Alteryx Designer and incorporate the error handling and data validation needed for reliable datasets. Next, you’ll take the data pipeline from raw data, transform it into a robust dataset, and publish it to Alteryx Server following a continuous integration process. By the end of this Alteryx book, you’ll be able to build systems for validating datasets, monitoring workflow performance, managing access, and promoting the use of your data sources.
Table of Contents (18 chapters)
1
Part 1: Introduction
5
Part 2: Functional Steps in DataOps
11
Part 3: Governance of DataOps

Chapter 2: Data Engineering with Alteryx

In Chapter 1, Getting Started with Alteryx, we began exploring the Alteryx platform and its use in data engineering. In this chapter, we will examine what the role of data engineering involves and how a person in that role would use the Alteryx platform. Throughout this book, we will assume you have a solid understanding of analytical processes but don't have any experience with Alteryx to deliver end-to-end analytic datasets. We will also learn about the DataOps framework and how an Alteryx data engineer can use it.

We will cover the following topics in this chapter:

  • What is a data engineer?
  • Using Alteryx products as a data engineer
  • Applying DataOps as an Alteryx data engineer