I recently downloaded Oracle Analytics Desktop (OAD)12.2.5.4 to check in on what's new. The last time I used Oracle's desktop tool, it was called Data Visualization Desktop; I figured they must have made some updates over the last few years. I was not terribly impressed with the original application (at least early versions of it), [...]
In Part 1 of our post about Migrating Data to Snowflake, we exported our data from on-premise, and uploaded it to S3. We are just about ready to start importing the data into Snowflake. First here is a quick recap of what we have done so far. Part 1 Recap Okay, to recap at [...]
In this series, we are showcasing a fictitious midsize brokerage company moving their technical environment to the cloud. We have established previously, the company is experiencing contention issues, at both the user and hardware level. We will talk about the Oracle BI migration in a future blog; but first, we have to get the data [...]
The sun is shining, and the data-driven community is coming out of hibernation to gather across the country. Check out where Red Pill Analytics will be in the coming months, and let us know if you will be attending. We’d love to connect in person! Kafka Summit 2019: April 2, 2019 New York, NY The [...]
How to use the Snowflake Data Warehouse destination in StreamSets Data Collector to replicate an OLTP database StreamSets Data Collector offers incredible flexibility while creating data integration pipelines by allowing developers to either create a custom stage (an origin, processor, executor, or destination) completely from scratch, tailor a universal stage to a specific requirement, or use [...]
In a recent blog titled Managing Snowflake Data Warehouse Compute in OBIEE, I explained how to assign application users and roles to use designated compute clusters (warehouses) in Snowflake. The idea of specifying a Snowflake warehouse on a per user (or groups of users) basis is not specific to OBIEE and can be achieved with [...]
How to dynamically set a Snowflake virtual warehouse Congratulations! You just configured Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition (OBIEE) to connect to your freshly loaded Snowflake Data Warehouseinstance and you’re feeling pretty good. Maybe your OBIEE dashboards are finally meeting SLAs, you’re not sitting with a DBA trying to tune SQL statements, your data is finally all in one [...]
Serverless computing is here to stay, and while the term “serverless” is a bit of a misnomer, the concept offers many benefits. Most notably, serverless computing allows developers to focus on writing code and not concern themselves with provisioning, configuring, or maintaining servers. One such example of serverless computing is AWS Lambda. Although there are [...]
As technology moves further into a service-oriented (read: Cloud) world, people and enterprises alike need to ensure that securing their assets is taken seriously. Security has always been one of the first of topics covered before purchasing a cloud service which is why good cloud vendors typically spend more time securing their products than any […]
Snowflake Data Warehouse release 2.11 (September 7, 2017) included the addition of an OVERWRITE parameter for the INSERT command. INSERT OVERWRITE effectively consolidates two commands, TRUNCATE TABLE and INSERT, into one. INSERT OVERWRITE also deletes the file load history and retains access control privileges on the target table; both of which are not insignificant details. […]
