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It will cost you more on the compute to explode/access such field, but it leaves more flexibility on the data producer side. If the producer is unsure about the definition of all the schema (e.g., they depend on 3rd party APIs), you can go as far as you can in the definition and leave the rest of the unknown as a JSON string. Tip 3: BUT you can make some compromise(s) on nesting fields If you have a lot of nesting fields, think about splitting the event into multiples one with specific schemas. Tip 2: Don’t go crazy on nesting fieldsĪs we usually analyze data in a columnar format, having too many nested complex fields can be challenging for schema evolution and expensive to process. It’s supported by all schema registries and has a lot of interoperability with other processing engines (Flink, Spark, etc.) for further transformation. A common standard for typed events is to use Avro. Here are a few things to recommend when implementing data contracts with an event bus. The beauty of such a process is that it forces the discussion to happen before making any change. The CI/CD pipeline picks up and deploys the change with the corresponding schema on merge. With clear ownership and consumer to a topic, you can quickly know who can approve changes to the schema. avoid having an explosion of events type created at the source but may be a bit hard to discuss change as more stakeholders will be involved.Īll schema creation/change/deletion can go through a git pull request.

Create an event that’s dedicated to data analytics use case.

Make compromise about the schema so that it fits both data analytics and their use case.

For instance, communicating between micro-services. The idea is to create a brand new contract with the backend and agree on the best need for (data) consumers.īackend folks often have use cases for event-driven patterns outside analytics. Technology like AWS Kinesis or Kafka (with managed Kafka like AWS MSK or Confluent), Cloud Pub/Sub are good options to get you started.

Events platforms (aka pub/sub) offer built-in connectors for classic downstream data consumption (object storage, data warehouse).

It’s cheap if you use a serverless event stream and the infrastructure is self-contain (per topic).

Events can be strongly typed, and each event can be associated with a schema version.

However, with today’s cloud technology, it’s not so far-fetched.Īn event-driven architecture can help support data contracts for multiple reasons : It seems unrealistic at first as you rarely have the opportunity to start with a greenfield infrastructure. 📎 How do we implement such contracts? What if we could re-do everything from scratch? Data teams have an explicit way to ask what they need and put a more strict process to handle change management. The more problem you have upstream, the more challenging it will be for data teams.

They can do some magic to some extent but garbage-in garbage-out. They will “plug” their pipelines against an existing operational database, off-load data to a warehouse and handle the rest.ĭata teams are stuck between the hammer (the operational databases they have no control) and the business screaming their needs. With data not being the first class citizen, data teams mostly start getting analytics on an existing infrastructure that serves other initial goals.

There seems to be a problem upstream in the data, but none of your internal colleagues knows why so what do we do? Who should we contact? If you work in data, chances are high you faced multiple times this problem: data is wrong, and you have no idea why. But why do we need them in the first place? 🔥What’s the fuzz about data contracts? Being proactive instead of reactive Data contracts are something real and valuable that you can start leveraging today with less effort than you think.

#Heroes of might and magic v help how to#

While I think data contracts are a wild topic, I wanted to share my experience with pragmatic tips on how to get started. Some data practitioners shared opinions about pros and cons but mostly about what it is and its definition. Recently, there has been a lot of noise around data contracts on social media. Writing data contracts - Image by the Author, generated with Stable Diffusion.