Data Setup20% of the exam
Data 360 data streams, DLOs and data kits
How the Data 360 data that Tableau Next analyzes is ingested and managed: data stream settings and edits, reusing and keeping data lake objects, packaging streams and data models in data kits, and how streaming transforms delete records.
Understand basic Data 360 features capabilities, including data integration, management, preparation, and modeling.
~7 min read · 20 practice questions
What the exam expects
- Place ingestion, DLOs and DMOs before a semantic model, and judge whether Tableau Next setup must wait for them.
- Configure and edit a data stream: renames, disabled fields, refresh modes, filters and file settings.
- Reuse an existing DLO for a new file stream, and delete a stream while keeping its DLO.
- Package data models and streams in a data kit, then create, deploy, update and uninstall it.
- Predict when a streaming data transform deletes a target record.
Key terms:
- Data stream: a connection plus the data it ingests into Data 360.
- DLO (data lake object): where ingested data is stored in its original form.
- DMO (data model object): the harmonized object DLO data is mapped to.
- Data kit: a wrapper around packageable Data 360 metadata for deployment.
- Conditional deletion: deleting a stream without implicitly deleting its DLO.
Key facts
Stream rename
- Detail
- DLO keeps its name
Disabled field
- Detail
- No new data; existing DLO data stays; name can't be reused
Headerless retrieval
- Detail
- Turn on only after the initial run
Refresh initial file immediately
- Detail
- Initial file retrieved without waiting for the schedule
Existing DLO
- Detail
- Not used by another source; map its primary key
Conditional delete
- Detail
- Single, non-managed S3, GCS, Azure Storage or SFTP stream
Standard data model in a kit
- Detail
- Only custom mappings and custom fields packaged
File-based stream from a kit
- Detail
- Uneditable timestamp appended to its name
Failed kit component
- Detail
- Deployment stops; later components not deployed
Kit change
- Detail
- Update the kit, then publish a new package version
Kit removal
- Detail
- Un-deploy from all data spaces, then uninstall
Shared streaming target
- Detail
- Record deleted when only the primary key remains
Sources for this section (10)
- Edit a Data Streamhelp.salesforce.com (opens in a new tab)
- Disable a Data Stream Fieldhelp.salesforce.com (opens in a new tab)
- Data Stream Settingshelp.salesforce.com (opens in a new tab)
- Using an Existing DLOhelp.salesforce.com (opens in a new tab)
- Delete a Data Streamhelp.salesforce.com (opens in a new tab)
- Create a Data Stream from a Data Kithelp.salesforce.com (opens in a new tab)
- Deploy Data Kit Componentshelp.salesforce.com (opens in a new tab)
- Update a Data Kithelp.salesforce.com (opens in a new tab)
- Uninstall a Data Kithelp.salesforce.com (opens in a new tab)
- Considerations for Deleting Datahelp.salesforce.com (opens in a new tab)
- Why disable a field in Data 360 before deleting it in the connected CRM org?
- When an incremental stream runs, which records from the previous run are processed again?
- How do you remove records from an incrementally updated DLO?
- Which permission set does the Tableau Next setup guide name for the data connection step?
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