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PYSPARK โ€ข LESSON 166

Incremental Appends with Append Mode

How do we append newly ingested hourly clickstream log records to an existing fact table?

Expertโฑ 2 Minutesโญ 940 XP
๐Ÿค” THE QUESTION

How do we append newly ingested hourly clickstream log records to an existing fact table?

๐Ÿ’ก WHAT IS IT?

mode('append') adds new records to the target destination path without altering or deleting existing files.

๐ŸŽฏ WHAT IS IT USED FOR?

Incremental event log ingestion, hourly batch appends, and time-series history tracking.

๐Ÿ’ป EXAMPLE
df.write.mode("append").parquet("warehouse/fact_web_logs")

๐ŸŽฏ Mission Objectives

Practice typing production-grade PySpark code for Incremental Appends with Append Mode.

  • โœ“ Configure append save mode
  • โœ“ Ingest incremental hourly logs
  • โœ“ Preserve historical fact data