Transforming data to Delta with Auto Loader
Harness the power of Auto Loader to automate your data ingestion process, significantly enhancing your data product’s workflow efficiency. It can ingest data from cloud storage and streaming data sources. You can configure Auto Loader to run on a schedule or be triggered manually.
Here are some benefits of using Databricks’ Auto Loader:
- It keeps data up to date: Auto Loader maintains checkpoints, removing the need to know which data is new. Auto Loader handles all that on its own.
- It improves data quality: Auto Loader can automatically detect schema changes and rescue any new data columns, so you can be confident that your data is accurate.
- It increases data agility: Auto Loader can help you quickly and easily ingest new data sources so that you can be more agile in responding to changes in your business.
- Flexible ingestion: Auto Loader can stream files in batches or continuously. This means it can consume...