Microsoft DP-700 Dumps

To efficiently ingest large data files (500 GB each) into Lakehouse1 with high throughput and trigger the process when a new file is added, a Data pipeline is the most suitable solution. Data pipelines in Fabric are ideal for orchestrating data movement and can be configured to automatically trigger based on file arrivals or other events. This solution meets both requirements: ingesting the data without transformations (since you just need to copy the data) and triggering the process when new files are added.

To copy data from an on-premises Microsoft SQL Server database (Database1) to a warehouse (Warehouse1) in Fabric, a data pipeline is the most appropriate tool. A data pipeline in Fabric is designed to move data between various data sources and destinations, including on-premises databases like SQL Server, and cloud-based storage like Fabric warehouses. The data pipeline can handle the connection through an on-premises data gateway, which is required to access on-premises data. This solution facilitates the orchestration of data movement and transformations if needed.

Problem Overview:

Table1 has 2,000 small Parquet files (1 MB each).

Query performance suffers when the table contains numerous small files because the query engine must process each file individually, leading to significant overhead.

Solution:

To improve performance, file compaction is necessary to reduce the number of small files and create larger, optimized files.

Commands and Their Roles:

OPTIMIZE Command:

- Compacts small Parquet files into larger files to improve query performance.

- It supports optional features like V-Order, which organizes data for efficient scanning.

VACUUM Command:

- Removes old, unreferenced data files and metadata from the Delta table.

- Running VACUUM after OPTIMIZE ensures unnecessary files are cleaned up, reducing storage overhead and improving performance.

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When you restructure Workspace1 by adding a new folder (Folder1) and moving Pipeline1 into it, deployPipeline1 will deploy the entire structure of Workspace1 to Workspace2, preserving the changes made in Workspace1. This includes:

Folder1 will be created in Workspace2, mirroring the structure in Workspace1.

Pipeline1 will be moved into Folder1 in Workspace2, maintaining the same folder structure.

Lakehouse1 will be deployed to Workspace2 as it exists in Workspace1.

To consolidate the underlying Parquet files in Table1 and improve query performance by optimizing the data layout, you should use the OPTIMIZE command in Delta Lake. The OPTIMIZE command coalesces smaller files into larger ones and reorganizes the data for more efficient reads. This is particularly useful when working with large datasets in Delta tables, as it helps reduce the number of files and improves performance for subsequent queries or operations like MERGE.

Changes to Table1 Structure:

StreamData column: An additional temperature element was added.

Timestamp column: Data type changed from datetime to date.

DeviceId column: Data type changed from guid to string.

Impact of Changes:

Only records that comply with Table2’s structure will load.

Records that deviate from Table2’s column data types or structure will be rejected.

Record B:

Timestamp: Matches Table2 (datetime format).

DeviceId: Matches Table2 (guid format).

StreamData: Contains only the index and eventid, which matches Table2.

Accepted because it fully matches Table2’s structure and data types.

Record D:

Timestamp: Matches Table2 (datetime format).

DeviceId: Matches Table2 (guid format).

StreamData: Matches Table2’s structure.

Accepted because it fully matches Table2’s structure and data types.

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To meet the requirements of ensuring that the data engineer can write data to the Customer table without reading data from the Employee table (which contains Personally Identifiable Information, or PII), you can implement the following steps:

Share Lakehouse1 with the data engineer.

By sharing Lakehouse1 with the data engineer, you provide the necessary access to the data within the lakehouse. However, this access should be controlled through roles and permissions, which will allow writing to the Customer table but prevent reading from the Employee table.

Assign the data engineer the Contributor role for Workspace1.

Assigning the Contributor role for Workspace1 grants the data engineer the ability to perform actions such as writing to tables (e.g., the Customer table) within the workspace. This role typically allows users to modify and manage data without necessarily granting them access to view all data (e.g., PII data in the Employee table).

Migrate the Employee table from Lakehouse1 to Lakehouse2.

To prevent the data engineer from accessing the Employee table (which contains PII), you can migrate the Employee table to a separate lakehouse (Lakehouse2) or workspace (Workspace2). This separation of sensitive data ensures that the data engineer's access is restricted to the Customer table in Lakehouse1, while the Employee table can be managed separately and protected under different access controls.

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Bronze Layer: A pipeline Copy activity

The bronze layer is used to store raw, unprocessed data. The requirements specify that no transformations should be applied before landing the data in this layer. Using a pipeline Copy activity ensures minimal development effort, built-in connectors, and the ability to ingest the data directly into the Delta format in the bronze layer.

Silver Layer: A notebook

The silver layer involves extensive data cleansing (deduplication, handling missing values, and standardizing capitalization). A notebook provides the flexibility to implement complex transformations and is well-suited for this task.

MAR1 has seven entities, each accessible via a different API endpoint. A ForEach activity is required to iterate over these endpoints to fetch data from each one. It enables dynamic execution of API calls for each entity.

The Copy data activity is the primary mechanism to extract data from REST APIs and load it into the bronze layer in Delta format. It supports native connectors for REST APIs and Delta, minimizing development effort.

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Join between Products and ProductSubCategories:

Use an INNER JOIN.

The goal is to include only products that are assigned to a subcategory. An INNER JOIN ensures that only matching records (i.e., products with a valid subcategory) are included.

Join between ProductSubCategories and ProductCategories:

Use an INNER JOIN.

Similar to the above logic, we want to include only subcategories assigned to a valid product category. An INNER JOIN ensures this condition is met.

WHERE Clause

Condition: IsActive = 1

Only active products (where IsActive equals 1) should be included in the gold layer. This filters out inactive products.

The technical requirements specify that:

Medallion layers must be fully populated sequentially (bronze → silver → gold). Each layer must be populated before the next.

If any step fails, the process must notify the data engineers.

Data imports should run simultaneously when possible.

Why Use a Data Pipeline That Calls Other Data Pipelines?

A data pipeline provides a modular and reusable approach to orchestrating the sequential population of medallion layers.

By calling other pipelines, each pipeline can focus on populating a specific layer (bronze, silver, or gold), simplifying development and maintenance.

A parent pipeline can handle:

- Sequential execution of child pipelines.

- Error handling to send email notifications upon failures.

- Parallel execution of tasks where possible (e.g., simultaneous imports into the bronze layer).

To ensure that the usage of the data in the Amazon S3 bucket meets the technical requirements, we must address two key points:

Minimize egress costs associated with cross-cloud data access: Using a shortcut ensures that Fabric does not replicate the data from the S3 bucket into the lakehouse but rather provides direct access to the data in its original location. This minimizes cross-cloud data transfer and avoids additional egress costs.

Prevent saving a copy of the raw data in the lakehouses: Disabling caching ensures that the raw data is not copied or persisted in the Fabric workspace. The data is accessed on-demand directly from the Amazon S3 bucket.

Data Analysts' Access Requirements must only have read access to the Delta tables in the gold layer and not have access to the bronze and silver layers.

The gold layer data is typically queried via SQL Endpoints. Granting the Read all SQL Endpoint data permission allows data analysts to query the data using familiar SQL-based tools while restricting access to the underlying files.

The sales data issue can be resolved by configuring incremental refresh for the dataflow. Incremental refresh allows for only the new or changed data to be processed, minimizing the amount of data transferred and improving performance.

The solution specifies that data older than one month never changes, so setting the refresh period to 1 Month is appropriate. This ensures that only the most recent month of data will be refreshed, reducing unnecessary data transfers.