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Data Engineering with Azure Databricks
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Data ingestion is the foundation of any data engineering pipeline. It represents the critical first step in your data journey, bringing raw data from various sources into Azure Databricks, where it can be transformed, analyzed, and turned into valuable insights.
Azure Databricks provides a unified platform for data ingestion that can handle diverse data sources, from traditional relational databases to modern REST APIs, from cloud storage to NoSQL databases. Understanding how to ingest data from each source type effectively is essential for building efficient, scalable, and maintainable data pipelines.
This chapter focuses on batch data ingestion—the practice of loading data in scheduled, discrete chunks. Batch ingestion remains the most common pattern in enterprise environments, handling use cases such as daily reporting, historical analysis, regulatory compliance, and data-warehouse loading. You will learn practical...