When I received the first pre-order email for an Amazon Echo in late 2014, I was excited by this new technology. I pre-ordered right away. The Echo became the first of many devices that tied into the Alexa Voice Service (AVS). This voice service encapsulates both speech recognition as well as Natural Language Understanding features. …
Read More Introduction to AlexaMoving to U-SQL for your ETL can feel like a step back from the drag and drop functionality we have in SSIS. But there is one great thing about your ETL being defined in text rather than a UI: you can automate it! Today I’m going to show you how you can automate the part…
Read More U-SQL: Automating Schema on ReadWe’ve been going through a simple U-SQL script to perform some ETL processing in Azure Data Lake. Last time, we started by covering some basic syntax like variables and expressions. Now, we’ll pick up with some transformations. SSIS v U-SQL In traditional data warehouse ETL, we’ve been spoiled by the ease of drag and drop…
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