View source for Exam DP203 front-end services Azure Synapse Analytics Studio

First [[Exam_DP203_front-end_services|front-end_service]] is 1. Azure Synapse Analytics Studio.

To open this, go into the Azure Synapse Analytics '''Workspace''' resource, and click a button to open the Azure Synapse Analytics Studio web app.

Pipelines.

Functions:
* Descriptive analytics
* Diagnostic analytics
* Predictive analytics
* Prescriptive analytics

A '''Workspace''' typically has a default '''data lake''', which is implemented as a linked service to an '''Azure Data Lake Storage Gen2''' container.

Note there are two meanings of the word "Workspace". The first one is that of the overall Azure Synapse Analytics Resource. The other is the name of the "Workspace" tab.

There are the following sections on the left-hand side:

# Home
# Data
# Develop
# Integrate
# Monitor
# Manage

Looking at these in more detail:

== 1. Home ==
The "Ingest" button is a go-to to manually import data from a .csv file. It opens the [[Exam DP203_Copy_Data_tool|Copy Data tool]]

== 2. Data ==
Here there are two tabs:

# Workspace
# Linked
And items under these have Categories such as "Azure Data Lake Storage Gen2", under which the specific data sources are to be found.

These in more detail:

=== Workspace ===
Contains databases defined in the Workspace (i.e. wholly within the Azure Synapse Analytics Studio environment). The "Data Explorer" application within this allows you to explore the data using uses '''KQL''' - Kusto Query Language.

=== Linked ===
Data sources that are linked to the workspace, including Azure Data Lake storage.

Access by Azure Synapse Analytics Studio to files in Azure Data Lake Storage Gen2 is normally done in the "Linked" tab, under section "Azure Data Lake Storage Gen2" by adding a path to the files in Azure Data Lake Storage Gen2.

This involves providing credentials so that Azure Synapse Analytics Studio is able to connect to Azure Data Lake Storage Gen2.

I think "Azure Synapse Link" is the name given to these links with other parts of Azure.

== 3. Develop ==

Saved SQL query objects, [[Exam_203_back-end_services_Spark|Spark Notebooks]], and "Data Explorer" KQL scripts. Click the + button to choose the new item from these to create here.

== 4. Integrate ==
This is where Pipelines are developed. See: [[Exam_DP203_Synapse_Data_Pipelines|Data Pipelines]]

== 5. Monitor ==

== 6. Manage ==

Manage the two types of SQL Pool:

# [[Exam_DP203_Serverless_SQL_Pool|Serverless SQL Pool]]. Built-in pool. Reads from data lake files.
# [[Exam_DP203_Dedicated_SQL_Pool|Dedicated SQL Pool]]. sql''xxxxxxx''. Reads relational data from data Warehouses.

Azure Synapse Analytics can also be used for Real time analytics. Stream Analytics?