The field of data analytics is evolving rapidly, and new trends and technologies are emerging every month, below are the latest trends as of now: Augmented Analytics: Augmented analytics combines artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) techniques with data analytics to automate data preparation, insight generation, and data visualization. It empowers non-technical users to... Continue Reading →
Will Microsoft Copilot change the Cloud Computing world?
Microsoft Copilot is an AI-powered code completion tool developed by Microsoft in collaboration with OpenAI that uses machine learning to provide code suggestions and completions to developers as they write code. It is designed to help developers be more productive by automating some of the more repetitive tasks of coding. It has the potential to... Continue Reading →
Which jobs are Recession Proof?
Recession in simple terms is a slowdown or massive decline of economic activities. A country is said to be in recession if there is a decline in activities like consumption, investment, government spending, and net export. If you are following the news, then you must be aware that countries like UK and USA are slowing moving... Continue Reading →
How to handle duplicate records while inserting data in Databricks
Have you ever faced a challenge where records keep getting duplicated when you are inserting some new data into an existing table in Databricks? If yes, then this blog is for you. Let’s start with a simple use case: Inserting parquet data from one folder in Datalake to a Delta table using Databricks. Follow the... Continue Reading →
How to read .xlsx file in Databricks using Pandas
Step 1: In order to read .xlsx file, you need to have the library openpyxl installed in the Databricks cluster. Steps to install library openpyxl to Databircks cluster: Step 1: Select the Databricks cluster where you want to install the library. Step 2: Click on Libraries. Step 3: Click on Install New. Step 4: Select PyPI. Step 5: Put openpyxl in the text box under Package... Continue Reading →
Basic concepts anyone starting in SQL should know about
SQL stands for Structured Query Language. SQL is a database management language for relational databases. SQL lets you access and manipulate databases. SQL queries are not case sensitive. (SELECT = select) Division of SQL: Data Manipulation Language (DML) is used to add, update or delete data . Examples: INSERT, DELETE and UPDATE. Data Definition Language (DDL) is used... Continue Reading →
How to Decrypt PGP Encrypted files in Databricks
As a Data Engineer you may come across a project where you need to Decrypt the PGP Encrypted files in order to get the data and apply transformation logic on it
How to read .csv and .xlsx file in Databricks
How to read .xlsx file: Step 1: In order to read .xlsx file, you need to have the library com.crealytics:spark-excel_2.11:0.12.2 installed in the Databricks cluster. Steps to install library com.crealytics:spark-excel_2.11:0.12.2 to Databircks cluster: Step 1: Select the Databricks cluster where you want to install the library. Step 2: Click on Libraries. Step 3: Click on... Continue Reading →
Everything you need to know about Cloud Computing
Cloud Computing refers to the process of making computing services available to users over the internet.