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2.4.3 Ingesting From External File/Storage System

Impulse supports ingesting data from the following external file systems:

  1. Amazon S3: Ingest a file of files stored in S3 bucket. This is the default storage system if Impulse is running on Amazon EC2 or you purchased the impulse license from the AWS Marketplace.
  2. HDFS: Ingest file or files stored in Hadoop Distributed File System (HDFS)
  3. Momentum: Ingest data from Momentum storage. Momentum provides a highly scalable ETL, including data ingestion from a wide variety of sources, transformation, cleaning, blending, and merging with multiple sources. It also allows ingesting data in automated fashion and creating indexes in Impulse.
  4. Google Cloud Storage: This is the default storage system if Impulse is running on Google Cloud.

To ingest data from the external system, follow these steps:

  1. From the main navigation menu, click “Load Data” (See Figure 2.4.3a below as an example)
  2. Fill out the form:
    1. Warehouse: Select the warehouse from the drop down options
    2. Datasource: Enter the table or datasource name.
    3. Input Source: Select the external system to ingest data from.
    4. Input Path: Provide the fully qualified path to the data directory or a single file. For example:
      1. Momentum: fully qualified component name, e.g. accure.tr.sampledata
      2. S3: absolute path of the file or directory, e.g. s3://mybucket/mydir
      3. GCS: absolute path of the file or directory, e.g. gs://mybucket/mydir
      4. HDFS: absolute path of the file or directory, e.g. hdfs://ip-address:port/directory/path
    5. File Format: Select the input file format
    6. Input Header: Enter a comma separated list of header columns if the input format is CSV, TSV or PSV and the input files do not contain the header in the first line.
    7. Click Next and follow the Step 2 as described in the previous section Uploading File Using Impulse UI
Figure 2.4.3a: Screen showing the form fields for ingesting data from external systems

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Throughout his extensive 20+ years of experience in enterprise software development, Sam has been involved with several tech startups and early-stage companies. He has played pivotal roles in building and expanding tech teams from the ground up, contributing to their eventual acquisition by larger organizations. At the beginning of his career, he worked with esteemed institutions such as the US Department of Defense (DOD) and IBM, honing his skills and knowledge in the industry.

Currently, Sam serves as the President and CEO of Accure, Inc., an AI company that he founded. He is the creator, architect, and a significant contributor to Momentum AI, a no-code platform that encompasses data engineering, machine learning, AI, MLOps, data warehousing, and business intelligence. Throughout his career, Sam has made notable contributions in various domains including healthcare, retail, supply chain, banking and finance, and manufacturing. Demonstrating his leadership skills, he has successfully managed teams of software engineers, data scientists, and DevSecOps professionals, leading them to deliver exceptional results. Sam earned his bachelor’s degree in engineering from Birsa Institute of Technology (BIT) Sindri and subsequently a Master’s degree from the prestigious Indian Institute of Information Technology and Management Kerala (IIITM-K).

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Mogishuddin Raza is a technology leader. As the COO of Accure he is having global product delivery responsibility along with overall strategic and operational responsibility.

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