Introduction

This Certified Associate (CCA) Data Analyst Training course will teach you to apply traditional data analytics and business intelligence skills to big data. This course presents the tools data professionals need to access, manipulate, transform, and analyze complex data sets using SQL and familiar scripting languages. Advance Your Ecosystem Expertise Apache Hive makes transformation and analysis of complex, multi-structured data scalable in Cloudera environments. Apache Impala enables real-time interactive analysis of the data stored in Hadoop using a native SQL environment. Together, they make multi-structured data accessible to analysts, database administrators, and others without Java programming expertise.

Course Objectives of Cloudera Certified Associate (CCA) Data Analyst

Throughout this training course participants will get to know:

• How the open source ecosystem of big data tools addresses challenges not met by traditional RDBMSs
• Using Apache Hive and Apache Impala to provide SQL access to data
• Hive and Impala syntax and data formats, including functions and subqueries
• Create, modify, and delete tables, views, and databases; load data; and store results of queries
• Create and use partitions and dierent file formats
• Combining two or more datasets using JOIN or UNION, as appropriate
• What analytic and windowing functions are, and how to use them Store and query complex or nested data structures?
• Process and analyze semi-structured and unstructured data
• Techniques for optimizing Hive and Impala queries
• Extending the capabilities of Hive and Impala using parameters, custom file formats and SerDes, and external scripts
• How to determine whether Hive, Impala, an RDBMS, or a mix of these is best for a given task?

Target Audience of Cloudera Certified Associate (CCA) Data Analyst  

This course is designed for:

• Data analysts
• Business intelligence specialists
• Developers
• Aystem architects
• Database administrators

Prerequisites of Cloudera Certified Associate (CCA) Data Analyst

Some knowledge of SQL is assumed, as is basic Linux command-line familiarity. Prior knowledge of Apache Hadoop is not required.

Course Outline for Cloudera Certified Associate (CCA) Data Analyst

Day 1

Apache Hadoop Fundamentals

• The Motivation for Hadoop
• Hadoop Overview
• Data Storage: HDFS Distributed Data Processing: YARN, MapReduce, and Spark
• Data Processing and Analysis: Hive, and Impala
• Database Integration: Sqoop _Other Hadoop Data Tools
• Exercise Scenario Explanation

Day 2

Introduction to Apache Hive and Impala

• What Is Hive?
• What Is Impala?
• Why Use Hive and Impala?
• Schema and Data Storage Comparing Hive and Impala to Traditional Databases
• Use Cases

Day 3

Querying with Apache Hive and Impala

• Databases and Tables Basic Hive and Impala Query Language Syntax
• Data Types
• Using Hue to Execute Queries
• Using Beeline (Hive's Shell)
• Using the Impala Shell

Day 4

Common Operators and Built-In Functions

• Operators
• Scalar Functions
• Aggregate Functions

Data Management

• Data Storage
• Creating Databases and Tables
• Loading Data
• Altering Databases and Tables
• Simplifying Queries with Views
• Storing Query Results

Day 5

Data Storage and Performance

• Partitioning Tables
• Loading Data into Partitioned Tables
• When to Use Partitioning
• Choosing a File Format
• Using Avro and Parquet File Formats

Day 6

Working with Multiple Datasets

• UNION and Joins
• Handling NULL Values in Joins
• Advanced Joins

Analytic Functions and Windowing

• Using Common Analytic Functions
• Other Analytic Functions
• Sliding Windows

Day 7

Complex Data

• Complex Data with Hive
• Complex Data with Impala

Analyzing Text

• Using Regular Expressions with Hive and Impala
• Processing Text Data with SerDes in Hive
• Sentiment Analysis and n-grams

Day 8

Apache Hive Optimization

• Understanding Query Performance
• Bucketing
• Hive on Spark

Apache Impala Optimization

• How Impala Executes Queries
• Improving Impala Performance

Day 9 & 10

Extending Apache Hive and Impala

• Custom SerDes and File Formats in Hive
• Data Transformation with Custom Scripts in Hive
• User-Defined Functions
• Parameterized Queries

Choosing the Best Tool for the Job

• Comparing Hive, Impala, and Relational Databases
• Which to Choose?