Learning Apache Apex
by Ananth Gundabattula, Thomas Weise, Munagala V. Ramanath, David Yan, Kenneth Knowles
Summary
The project that we developed in this chapter is an example for streaming analytics. The incoming tweet stream is processed to compute aggregates which are visualized in real time with a Grafana dashboard. It shows how continuously generated data (in this case, tweets) can be analyzed and used to generate immediate insights. We have seen how existing building blocks from the Apex library (connectors, windowing) are used to accelerate application development and how integration with other infrastructure for data visualization can be accomplished.
The pipeline pattern is broadly applicable. Similar to the introductory ad-tech use case, it can be applied to other domains with data streams such as mobile, sensor, or financial transaction ...
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