Most of the systems built in organizations today are data processing systems. A typical data processing system can perform one or a combination of the following tasks:
- Conversion of data from one format to another
- Targeting of input data to appropriate storage
- Validation and clean-up of data
- Sorting of data
- Summarization of data
- Aggregation of data from multiple sources
- Statistical analysis of existing or new data
- Generating reports that list a summary or details of computed information
Data processing function apps can be used to build Nanoservices that can be aggregated to form data processing systems. Data processing function apps are always triggered by a data event. A data event is raised when state of data changes in a linked resource for example an item being added to a table, a queue, a container, and so on.
A data processing function has...