Questions tagged [u-sql]

U-SQL is a query language designed for Azure Data Lake. It provides a way to mingle SQL keywords with syntactic C# expressions, so that within a single script, a programmer can schematize the data from an unstructured source, use SQL to aggregate the data into the desired form, and then write the output to a file or table.

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Extracting data using U-SQL file set pattern when silent switch is true

I want to extract data from multiple file so I am using file set pattern that requires one virtual column. Because of some issues in my data, I also require silent switch other wise I am not able to process my data. It looks like, when I use virtual…
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How to extract attribute values from XML element using XML Extractor in U-SQL

How can I extract attribute value from XML element using XML Extractor in U-SQL for my Azure data lake analytic job. Update: More details about the issue My XML file looks like this:
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azure data lake u-sql pivot

I am loving Azure Data Lake but lack of documentation will probably slow down the adoption. I hope somebody out there have more experinnce on U-SQL than I do. Trying to derive from what's available under Microsoft.Analytics.Interfaces and via U-SQL…
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Referencing ADL storage gen2 files from U-SQL

I have an ADL account set up with two storages: the regular ADLS gen1 storage set up as a default and a blob storage with "Hierarchical namespace" enabled which is connected to ADLS using storage key if that matters (no managed identities at this…
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How do we create a generic mapping dataflow in datafactory that will dynamically extract data from different tables with different schema?

I am trying to create a azure datafactory mapping dataflow that is generic for all tables. I am going to pass table name, the primary column for join purpose and other columns to be used in groupBy and aggregate functions as parameters to the…
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"GetVersionedSdkPath: Unexpected layout" error trying to build U-SQL project

Two different computers, Windows 10 1803, brand new installs of VS2017 with v2.4.2000.0 of Azure Data Lake and Stream Tools. I try to build my ultra basic U-SQL project to run local and I get the following error... GetVersionedSdkPath: unexpected…
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VS update broke the microsoft.analytics.dll

I have a solution with two projects (C# and U-SQL) to run in the Azure Data Factory. I have referenced microsoft.analytics to use some analytics functions. After the VS update to 15.9.14 on July 9, 2019 the c# project was not building giving the…
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Unable to do conversion of datatype in U-sql

I am facing issue doing some transformations using U-sql one of the issue is while changing the Date format, Only when I skip the First rows(1) I am able to convert the date format. But I do need the column names so I cannot Skip the first row. Also…
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ADLS Gen 1 poor performance vs General Purpose Storage Blob for ADLA U-SQL job

Acronyms ADLA : Azure Data Lake Analytics ADLS : Azure Data Lake Storage I've been trying to figure out my best option for storing the input data for an ADLA U-SQL job in either ADLS (gen 1) or a general purpose storage blob container, and have…
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Choosing between U-SQL and Spark / Databricks

I have experience in making ETL solutions based on Azure Data Factory and Azure Data Lake Analytics (U-SQL). But seems like Microsoft has started forcing Azure Databricks. Is U-SQL is dying? I have not seen any news about new features since…
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Calculating change in column over groups and extracting based on criteria

I am a beginner to coding in U-SQL/C#. I am stuck in a place during windowing/aggregation. My Data looks like Name Date OrderNo Type Balance one 2018-06-25T04:55:44.0020987Z 1 Drink 15 one…
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File Exists function in USQL

I am doing a simple test in USQL to check if a file exists and then perform Merge operations based on that. However, I cannot seem to get this right. Can you please help me with this and let me know where am I going wrong. DECLARE @InputFile1 string…
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U-SQL + Pandas Merge_asof

I am working with Azure Data Lake Analytics for the first time and I am unsure how to merge 2 datasets like I would with pandas in python. I am merging two datasets that have different timestamps but I need to line them up if they are within a…
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Write and Read an object with binaryformatting, u-sql

So I am currently attempting to create a couple of U-sql scripts one where a specific object is written to file, another script which reads the file and gets the object back. Write U-sql script : @bloomTest = EXTRACT date DateTime, …
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Update data in Azure Data Lake

I'm new to Azure Data Lake and big data in general and I apologize if my question seems stupid. I've been looking at ADL and ADLA to develop a cold path data storage. I've an Azure Stream Analytics query that outputs to Power Bi for real time…
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