Extract, Transform , & Load with Azure Data Factory
ETL (extract, transform, load) is one of the most widely used data integration methodologies.
ETL consists of three steps:
Firstly, Data is extracted from a source location, such as a file or database.
Next, the data is changed from its original format to meet the schema of the target site.
Final step is to load the modified data into a destination place, such as a data warehouse, where it may be used for analytics and reporting.
The data you require for your analytics tasks could be in a variety of formats and places, both inside and outside your company. This data should be maintained in a centralised repository, such as a data warehouse, for best efficiency. ETL is an important aspect of the data transfer process since it makes integrating several data sources easier and more efficient.
Finally, ETL and ELT, set of data integration paradigm, are closely related to each other. The order in which ETL and ELT complete the “Load” and “Transform” processes differs. To put it another way, ELT transforms data that has already been stored into the data warehouse. When consuming vast amounts of unstructured data, ELT allows data professionals to pick and select the data they wish to transform, saving time. Addend Analytics’ experts can help you with the right choice!
Azure Data Factory (ADF) is a service that enables developers to combine data from various sources. It’s a Microsoft Azure platform for resolving issues with data sources, integration, and storage of relational and non-relational data. Azure Data Factory’s job is to build data factories on the cloud. To put it another way, ADF is a cloud-based managed service designed for complicated hybrid extract-transform-load (ETL), extract-load-transform (ELT), and data integration projects. ADF also includes an always-up-to-date monitoring dashboard, so you can deploy your data pipelines and immediately see them in your monitoring dashboard. Also, HD Insight, Hadoop, Spark, Azure Data Lake, and other computing services are supported by Azure Data Factory. Addend Analytics can help you maneuver ADF with ease!
- Implementing SQL statements.
- Data sources can be collected, cleansed, and merged.
- Data extraction from databases (SQL Server, Oracle, Db2, and so on) and Excel spreadsheets.
- ETL data sources and targets are defined.
- Graphical tools and wizards that are easy to use.
Azure Data Factory is a mature and reliable solution for combining structured, semi-structured, and unstructured data from Microsoft SQL Server, Azure SQL Database, Azure Blob Storage, and Azure Table Storage sources. It also works nicely with Microsoft's business intelligence and analytics tools, such as Power BI and Azure HDInsight.
While SSIS was formerly Microsoft's favored tool for developing ETL data pipelines, Azure Data Factory's own Mapping Data Flows functionality now gives it a run for its money. To determine which data transfer option is better for your needs, weigh the advantages and disadvantages of Mapping Data Flows and SSIS.
Lastly, despite the launch of Azure Data Factory, SSIS isn't going away anytime soon—the two tools enjoy a friendly rivalry if you will. The Integration Runtime is a feature in newer versions of Azure Data Factory that allows data to be integrated across multiple network settings. This functionality enables Azure Data Factory to run SSIS packages (automated import and export pipelines between different data sources).
ADF service allows businesses to transform all of their raw big data from relational, non-relational, and other storage systems into actionable information.
For convenience of use, the ADF service has a drag-and-drop interface.
You can iteratively create, debug, deploy, operationalize, and monitor your big data pipelines using visual tools.
Companies may use Azure Data Factory to construct and plan data-driven workflows, known as pipelines, that can ingest data from a variety of sources.
Users can also publish and output data to data stores for use by business intelligence (BI) applications, such as Azure SQL Data Warehouse.
Users may organise raw data into useful data stores and data lakes for better business decisions using Azure Data Factory.
that can be used for any of your digital transformation projects.
- Allow citizen integrators and data engineers to drive business and IT-driven analytics and business intelligence.
- Code-free data preparation, ETL and ELT operations, and pipeline orchestration and monitoring The managed Apache SparkTM service handles code generation and maintenance.
- Intelligent intent-driven mapping automates copy tasks, allowing you to transform faster.
- With the Azure Hybrid Benefit, you may save up to 88 % on your IT costs.
- Take advantage of the only fully compatible service that makes moving all of your SSIS packages to the cloud simple and hassle free.
- The deployment wizard and extensive how-to manuals make SSIS to Cloud migration simple.
- Combine Data Factory cloud data pipelines with your strategy for hybrid big data and data warehousing efforts.
- Extract data from Big Data sources like Amazon Redshift, Google BigQuery, and HDFS; business data warehouses like Oracle Exadata, Teradata; SaaS programs like Salesforce, Marketo, and ServiceNow; and all Azure data services, along with more than 90 built-in connectors.
- Utilize the maximum potential of the underlying network bandwidth, which is up to 5 GB/s.
- Data Factory is available in more than 25 countries around the world to assure data compliance, efficiency, and lower network departure costs.
- HIPAA and HITECH, as well as ISO/IEC 27001, ISO/IEC 27018, and CSA STAR, have all certified Azure Data Factory which makes it fully compliant to global standards.
- Managed identity and service principal provide a secure connection to Azure data services. Azure Key Vault is a secure vault where you may store your credentials.
- You may deploy your data integration pipelines in an isolated and highly secure environment with a managed virtual network.
- Certified Microsoft Azure Gold partner
- 100+ ETL projects deployed with Microsoft Azure across U.S. & Europe
- All technically Qualified & Microsoft Azure certified Consultants
- 90% of Addend Analytics’ clients are repeated clients
Top Reasons to consider Addend Analytics for ETL with Azure
- Certified Microsoft Azure Gold partner
- 100+ ETL projects deployed with Microsoft Azure across U.S. & Europe
- All technically Qualified & Microsoft Azure certified Consultants
- 90% of Addend Analytics’ clients are repeated clients
Addend Analytics is a Microsoft Gold Partner based in Mumbai, India, and a branch office in U.S. We have successfully implemented 15+ global companies to harness their data using Microsoft Azure Data Factory projects across U.S., Europe, and Australia.
Our rates are typically around $40 per hour for a typical small and medium-sized upgrade and go even lower for the longer projects.
ETL with Azure Data Factory or SSIS projects range typically from 30 days to even 6 months! Once we analyse your project scope and requirements, we can give you the estimates and timeline required for it. Please email your requirements at kamal.sharma@addendanalytics.com
Please email your requirements at kamal.sharma@addendanalytics.com and we will get back to you.