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PYSPARK • LESSON 227

Incremental Deduplication against Existing Target Table

How can we deduplicate a new incremental batch against already committed records in the warehouse?

Advanced3 Minutes860 XP
🤔 THE QUESTION

How can we deduplicate a new incremental batch against already committed records in the warehouse?

💡 WHAT IS IT?

Performing a left_anti join between incoming batch records and existing warehouse keys discards already-loaded data.

🎯 WHAT IS IT USED FOR?

Idempotent batch ETL runs preventing double insertion when pipelines are rerun.

💻 EXAMPLE
df_new_records = df_incoming.join(df_existing_target, "order_id", "left_anti")

🎯 Mission Objectives

Practice typing production-grade PySpark code for Incremental Deduplication against Existing Target Table.

  • left_anti incremental filter
  • Idempotent ETL processing
  • Target warehouse key exclusion