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What is a key distinction between transactional databases and data warehouses?
What is a key distinction between transactional databases and data warehouses?
What is the primary purpose of a data lake?
What is the primary purpose of a data lake?
Why is data engineering often done in the cloud?
Why is data engineering often done in the cloud?
What is the main benefit of a serverless data warehouse, such as BigQuery?
What is the main benefit of a serverless data warehouse, such as BigQuery?
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What is the primary role of a data engineer in regards to data governance?
What is the primary role of a data engineer in regards to data governance?
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Why is it important for data engineers to partner effectively with other data teams?
Why is it important for data engineers to partner effectively with other data teams?
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What is the primary function of a production-ready pipeline?
What is the primary function of a production-ready pipeline?
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What is a key consideration for machine learning teams when working with data?
What is a key consideration for machine learning teams when working with data?
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What does the term "feature" refer to in the context of machine learning?
What does the term "feature" refer to in the context of machine learning?
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What is the primary reason why ML teams require a rich history of data to train their models?
What is the primary reason why ML teams require a rich history of data to train their models?
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Why is it important for data engineers to understand the needs of ML teams?
Why is it important for data engineers to understand the needs of ML teams?
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What is the main benefit of having a rich history of data for training machine learning models?
What is the main benefit of having a rich history of data for training machine learning models?
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Which of the following accurately describes the relationship between BigQuery and traditional SQL databases regarding access control?
Which of the following accurately describes the relationship between BigQuery and traditional SQL databases regarding access control?
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Based on the provided information, what is a key advantage of using BigQuery in comparison to traditional data warehousing?
Based on the provided information, what is a key advantage of using BigQuery in comparison to traditional data warehousing?
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What concept, according to the content, is central to the idea of agility within BigQuery?
What concept, according to the content, is central to the idea of agility within BigQuery?
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In the provided context, what does 'doing more with less' suggest about the advantages of using BigQuery?
In the provided context, what does 'doing more with less' suggest about the advantages of using BigQuery?
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Which aspect of data management does 'Resource Allocation' specifically refer to in the context of BigQuery?
Which aspect of data management does 'Resource Allocation' specifically refer to in the context of BigQuery?
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What is the main implication of BigQuery's 'on-demand storage and compute' model for data engineers?
What is the main implication of BigQuery's 'on-demand storage and compute' model for data engineers?
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Which of the following is NOT a key advantage of BigQuery's dynamic resource allocation model?
Which of the following is NOT a key advantage of BigQuery's dynamic resource allocation model?
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In the context of the provided diagram, how does Cloud Composer contribute to the efficiency of the workflow for model training?
In the context of the provided diagram, how does Cloud Composer contribute to the efficiency of the workflow for model training?
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What are the primary advantages of storing data in a data warehouse compared to a data lake?
What are the primary advantages of storing data in a data warehouse compared to a data lake?
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Which of the following is NOT a key aspect of the ETL process used in data warehousing?
Which of the following is NOT a key aspect of the ETL process used in data warehousing?
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What key challenges might arise when attempting to retrieve data from multiple source systems for a data warehouse?
What key challenges might arise when attempting to retrieve data from multiple source systems for a data warehouse?
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What potential issues could arise if the data warehouse is not properly integrated with the operational systems?
What potential issues could arise if the data warehouse is not properly integrated with the operational systems?
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How does a data warehouse facilitate ad hoc and reporting queries compared to operational systems?
How does a data warehouse facilitate ad hoc and reporting queries compared to operational systems?
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What is the main reason why Cloud Composer is considered a valuable tool for data engineers?
What is the main reason why Cloud Composer is considered a valuable tool for data engineers?
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Flashcards
Data Warehouse
Data Warehouse
A consolidated storage system for cleaned and structured data, optimized for querying.
ETL
ETL
Extraction, Transformation, and Loading; the process of preparing data for a data warehouse.
Data Lake
Data Lake
A storage repository holding raw data in its native format until needed.
Operational Systems
Operational Systems
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User Queries
User Queries
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DSS Database
DSS Database
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Promotions Data
Promotions Data
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Best Performing Promotions
Best Performing Promotions
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Identity and Access Management
Identity and Access Management
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Agility in Cloud
Agility in Cloud
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BigQuery Resource Allocation
BigQuery Resource Allocation
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Slots in BigQuery
Slots in BigQuery
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On-demand Storage
On-demand Storage
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Cloud vs RDBMS
Cloud vs RDBMS
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Data Engineer
Data Engineer
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Data Pipelines
Data Pipelines
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Cloud Data Engineering
Cloud Data Engineering
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BigQuery
BigQuery
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Data Governance
Data Governance
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Production-ready Pipelines
Production-ready Pipelines
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Feature Pipeline
Feature Pipeline
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Raw Data
Raw Data
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ML Model
ML Model
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Data Features
Data Features
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Predictive Time
Predictive Time
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Dataset Accessibility
Dataset Accessibility
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Cloud Composer
Cloud Composer
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Apache Airflow
Apache Airflow
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Workflow orchestration
Workflow orchestration
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Production workflows
Production workflows
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Machine Learning (ML) training
Machine Learning (ML) training
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Google Analytics
Google Analytics
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Cloud Storage
Cloud Storage
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Event Triggering
Event Triggering
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Data Processing Workflow
Data Processing Workflow
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Hadoop Clusters
Hadoop Clusters
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SQL-based Analysis
SQL-based Analysis
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Data democratization
Data democratization
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Study Notes
Introduction to Data Engineering
- This module describes the role of a data engineer and explains why data engineering should be done in the cloud.
- Details of the role of a data engineer, including what data pipelines are and their purpose.
- Discussion of the challenges of data engineering and how cloud-based pipelines address these challenges.
- Introduction to BigQuery, a petabyte-scale serverless data warehouse in Google Cloud.
Module Agenda
- The module agenda outlines topics covered in the course.
- Key topics and their corresponding numbers in the agenda.
- The Role of a Data Engineer
- Data Engineering Challenges
- Introduction to BigQuery
- Data Lakes and Data Warehouses
- Transactional Databases Versus Data Warehouses
- Partner Effectively With Other Data Teams
- Manage Data Access and Governance
- Build Production-ready Pipelines
- Google Cloud Customer Case Study
Challenges in Data Engineering
- Access to data: Difficulty accessing necessary data.
- Data accuracy and quality: Data quality issues impacting analytics and machine learning models.
- Availability of computational resources: Limitations of resources for data transformations and queries.
- Query performance: Challenges in efficiently running queries and transformations.
- Consolidating disparate datasets, data formats, and managing access at scale: Difficulty in combining data from multiple siloed systems and managing access.
- Getting insights across multiple datasets without a data lake: Lack of a central repository for insights across multiple datasets.
- Data is often siloed in many upstream source systems: Data stored in separate systems by departments, hindering access and analysis.
- Cleaning, formatting, and getting data ready for insights in a data warehouse: Requires ETL pipelines for data transformations and quality control before usable insights.
- Ensuring compute capacity: Need to ensure sufficient compute resources to handle peak demands.
- Managing server and cluster capacity: Issues of managing server and cluster capacity for on-premises systems.
- Optimizing queries for performance: Queries may need optimization for caching and parallel execution.
- Managing query performance on-premise: Overhead of choosing, maintaining, and managing query engines and clusters.
Introduction to BigQuery
- BigQuery as Google Cloud's petabyte-scale serverless data warehouse.
- BigQuery's ability to handle large datasets without requiring complex infrastructure management.
- BigQuery's ease in managing clusters, emphasizing the difference from on-premise approaches.
- BigQuery as a replacement for traditional data warehouse hardware setups.
Data Lakes and Data Warehouses
- Data lakes as consolidated locations for storing raw data from various sources.
- Data warehouses as repositories for transformed data, designed for easy querying.
- Key considerations when deciding between data warehouse options, such as scalability, performance, and maintenance.
Transactional Databases Versus Data Warehouses
- Data engineers often manage transactional databases supporting application workloads and data warehouses supporting analytic workloads.
- Explanation of differences between databases and data warehouses, including their fundamental architectures and optimization strategies.
- How different workloads lead to distinct database types, requiring specialized tools and architectures.
- Advantages of Google Cloud SQL.
Partner Effectively With Other Data Teams
- Collaboration between data engineers and other teams.
- Importance of establishing and communicating data access policies.
- Need to discuss data governance and access controls.
Build Production-ready Pipelines
- Productionalize data operations with end-to-end, scalable data processing systems.
- Need for pipelines to be timely and accurate.
- Role of data engineering in maintaining the health and future of their production data pipelines.
- Use of Cloud Composer for workflow orchestration.
Google Cloud Customer Case Study
- Twitter's use of BigQuery to democratize data analysis across the company.
- Increased data accessibility and analysis capabilities.
Lab Intro
- Instructions and purpose of the lab.
- How to execute interactive queries in BigQuery and combine analytics on multiple datasets.
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Test your knowledge on the key concepts of data engineering, including the differences between transactional databases and data warehouses, the stages in the data engineering process, and the importance of data governance. This quiz will challenge your understanding of data lakes, serverless architectures, and the role of data engineers in machine learning.