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Bulk data load

A Bulk data load task in Amorphic can be setup by using the "Create New Task" option in the connection details page under the "Tasks" tab.

Note

As part of Amorphic amorphic bulk data load, datasets are not required to be created already as a pre-requisite. When user creates a task then datasets will be created as part of the task and will be used for data ingestion, these datasets are tightly coupled with the task and cannot be used for normal data upload either from UI or any other process.

The following picture depicts the connections tasks page in Amorphic

Connections Tasks Home Page

Tasks​

Task refers to a unit of work that migrates data from a source database to a target database. There are two types of tasks: those with on-demand instances and Serverless replication tasks. The steps for creating both types of tasks are outlined below.

How to create a Task​

Below are the steps that are required to create a bulk data load task in Amorphic.

Task Specifications

  • Task Name : Name of the task to be used, an identifier of the task.

  • Migration Type : Full Load, Change Data Capture (CDC) & Full Load and CDC

    • Full Load : This option simply migrates the data from your source database to your target database.
    • Full load and CDC (Migrate existing data and replicate ongoing changes) : This option performs a full data load while capturing changes on the source. After the full load is complete, captured changes are applied to the target and henceforth.
    • CDC only (Replicate data changes only) : In this option, only ongoing data changes are captured.

  • Target Location : Select the target where the data has to be migrated.

    Note
    • For S3Athena target type only Full Load is supported for now.
    • For Redshift target tasks, the exported file will not include headers. This is the default behavior for the Redshift target tasks.
    • In contrast, for S3Athena target types, the file will include headers by default.

  • Sync To S3 : Only applicable when the target location is selected to DWH, this option enables the user to choose whether data should be copied to S3 or not either for full-load or CDC related tasks. For CDC type of tasks to sync the data to S3, a schedule needs to be created in the schedules page after selecting this option as Yes.

  • Data Format: Data Format is used to determine the target data format of a task. For S3 and S3Athena target tasks files will be created for the datasets in the format that is specified here. For DWH type of targets this field is used to determine the format of data to be exported to S3 when SyncToS3 is selected as "yes" and will be shown only if it is applicable for DWH. This is an optional field and defaulted to "csv" if not specified.

  • CDC Start Time(Applicable only for CDC) : Custom start time which is used as a starting point to capture the data from the source.

  • CDC Stop Type : Custom stop type which is used as stopping point of the change data capture. Available options are Server Time & Commit Time

  • CDC Stop Time: Custom stop time which is used as stopping time of the change data capture.

    Note

    Both CDC Stop Type & CDC Start Time are required to use the functionality of CDC stop time. This setting is only supported for DWH targets (i.e., Either AuroraMysql or Redshift)

  • Target Extra Connection Attributes(Optional) : Extra connection attributes to be applied to target for data migration jobs. Please refer below documentation for the available extra connection attributes.

    Note

    For S3 target type of datasets Amorphic uses addColumnName=true;timestampColumnName=RecordModifiedTimeStamp;includeOpForFullLoad=true as ExtraConnectionAttributes. When user provides extra connection attributes in the option above then predefined settings will be overwritten, user have to make sure to add these flags when creating the tasks to be in sync with other data loads.

  • Source Extra Connection Attributes(Optional) : Extra connection attributes to be applied to the source db for data migration jobs. Please refer below documentation for the available extra connection attributes.

    Note

    To add source extra connection attibutes, it has to added in Edit Task Payload(Beta) page only. Below is an example for the same

    Source extra connection attributes sample json
        {
            "SourceExtraConnectionAttributes": "parallelLoadThreads=5;maxFileSize=512"
        }

Replication Configuration

Task by using on-demand instance

  • Use Serverless Replication : When a user wants to utilize instance-provisioned data migration, proceed with this feature disabled (it is disabled by default). If your workload is predictable, instance types may offer cost benefits.

  • Use Shared Instance : If a shared instance should be used for a task then this option should be selected as Yes and a drop down appears where user can selected one of the shared instaces that are available for the connection. This is an optional field and will be defaulted to No if no option is specified.

  • Replication Instance AZ : Availability zone to be used to launch the replication instance. When an AZ is selected, all the available instance classes in that AZ will be shown and one can be selected from the list.

  • Replication Instance Class : Type of DMS instance class to be used for the data migration (When user selects the instance here then backend instance selection will be nullified). Please choose approx Instance based on the data volume of all the tables.

  • Allocated Storage : Amount of storage space you want for your replication instance. AWS DMS uses this storage for log files and cached transactions while replication tasks are in progress.

    Note

    Both the 'Allocated Storage' and 'Replication Instance Class' parameters are required to use the instance setting provided by the user for the DMS task, if above two parameters are defined then Approx Table Size parameter that was selected in the table metadata page will not have any affect and Amorphic uses the instance setting provided by the user else instance config is decided based on the aggregate sum of all Table Sizes in the task.

Serverless replication task

  • Use Serverless Replication : To access serverless functionality, the user should select this option as Yes. The Serverless replication feature eliminates replication instance management tasks like capacity estimation, provisioning, cost optimization, and managing replication engine versions etc. Choose serverless for unpredictable migrations, as well as for simplicity and ease of use. This can scales automatically based on your workload. Keep in mind that if your workload is predictable, instance types may offer cost benefits.

  • Max Capacity Units : Maximum DMS Capacity Units (DCU) that AWS DMS can provision, depending on your replication's capacity prediction. This is also the maximum DCU that autoscaling could scale up to

  • Min Capacity Units : Minimum number of DCU that AWS DMS will provision. This is also the minimum DCU that autoscaling could scale down to.

  • MultiAZ : Setting this optional parameter creates a standby replica of your replication in another Availability Zone for failover support

  • ReplicationAZ : Availability zone to be used to launch the serverless replication task

All other attributes remain the same as tasks with on-demand instances. However, there are some limitations with serverless replication. Notably, serverless tasks do not support Views in selection and transformation rules.

The video below demonstrates how to choose the replication task configuration between on-demand instance types and serverless options. Task

Table(s) selection

  • Select all the tables that are needed to be loaded into Amorphic.
  • Schemas and tables can be filtered if necessary with the filter on the top.
  • After selecting the tables, click on Next which is at the end of the page to proceed with the metadata edit/update.

Ingestion Configuration

  • Bulk Edit:

    • Bulk Edit is used to update/edit metadata of the datasets instead of editing/updating the pre-filled metadata for each dataset

  • Information that is showed/edited/updated in this page will be used as metadata to register the datasets in Amorphic.

  • The following are the options available in Bulk edit page and their corresponding use.

    • Amorphic Dataset Name : This option is used to edit the Dataset Name's in bulk by adding prefix/suffix to the generated names.
    • Description : Edit the generated description by using this option.
    • Approx Table Size : This parameter is used to determine the type of Instance to be used while running the data migration task and has nothing to do with the metadata of the dataset. Please select approx size of the source table with this parameter so that instance can be decided accordingly
    • Domain : Edit domain for the datasets.
    • Keywords : Edit Keywords for the datasets.
    • Enable Filters, Transforms And Sort : This option will enable additional config that can be applied either on the source tables or on the target data while running the task and during the data ingestion.

    Please note that metadata of the datasets can also be edited individually by selecting the table from left pane

  • Filter & Transformation rules

    • Filter rules are used to filter the data while ingesting the data to Amorphic. Below are the rules that are supported during ingestion.

      • Equal to
      • Greater than or Equal to
      • Less than or Equal to

    • Transformation rules are used to modify the column names or datatype of the table while ingesting the data to target, below is the list of transformation rules that are available.

      • Rename To
      • Remove Column
      • Make UpperCase
      • Make LowerCase
      • Add Prefix
      • Remove Prefix
      • Replace Prefix
      • Add Suffix
      • Remove Suffix
      • Replace Suffix
      • Change Data Type (Only Integer, Double & String data types are available for conversion now)
      • Add Column

      Below is the sample table which illustrates the column names that will be created in Amorphic when Transformation rules are applied on the columns. An example name of column_name is used to for all the rules.

      RulenameOld valueNew valueResult
      Rename ToN/Anew_column_namenew_column_name
      Remove ColumnN/AN/AN/A
      Make UpperCaseN/AN/ACOLUMN_NAME
      Make LowerCaseN/AN/Acolumn_name
      Add PrefixN/Aprefixprefix_column_name
      Remove Prefixcolumn/COLUMNN/Aname
      Replace Prefixcolumncolcol_name
      Add SuffixN/A_suffixcolumn_name_suffix
      Remove Suffix_name/_NAMEN/Acolumn
      Replace Suffix_name_nmcolumn_nm
      Change Data TypeN/AN/ADatatype changes
      Add ColumnN/Anew_column_namenew_column_name
Note

When multiple transformation rules are applied on a single column then AWS will consider only the first rule that is applied and rest others are ignored. Incase if multiple transformation rules needed to applied on a column then consider using Rename Column Transformation rule

Preview and Submit

  • Here all the details that were entered can be reviewed along with the Transformation and Filter rules added for each dataset.

  • If the task name is already taken by some other task then it can be edited in this page and the edit option will be shown after Submit Task is clicked which will validate the task name in the backend.

  • After selecting all the options click on Submit Task which does the schema conversion and registers the datasets in Amorphic.

    Please follow the below animation as a reference to create a task. Connections Task Creation

  • After successful datasets registration, the task can be started with the Start Task option.

    Connections Tasks Start Task

View Task Details​

Once the task is started, the status of the task will be changed to running and the latest status can be fetched with the page refresh page.

Connections Tasks View Task Details

Task Stats​

Data migration statistics can be viewed by clicking More Details option or task name on the task details.

Connections Tasks Task Stats

For Full-load type of tasks an additional tab called Runs will be shown which gives the run history of the task and their corresponding metrics.

Connections Tasks View Task Details Full Load

Note

Schedules tab shown in above image is applicable to any task type and is visible only when a schedule is created for the task.

Additional Info​

Additional info related to the task like Datasets Registered, View/Download logs can be viewed under the View of Stats, Schedules, Datasets & Logs page.

Please follow below animation for the details:

Connections Tasks Task Details

Instance configuration can be changed to a running task if required. Editing an instance can be done only when the task is in Stopped state.

Edit Task Payload(Beta)​

Edit payload is also which is used to add any custom table mapping rules that are not possible via UI. User can click on Edit task payload option from the UI and can add the rules as required.

Below image shows where the Edit task payload option is avaialble.

Edit Payload

Addtional configuration​

Amorphic also supports few additional configurations that can be applied to a task. These configurations are optional and will be defaulted if not provided by the user. Below is the list for the same:

  • TaskRetryConfig : If a task fails for some reason in its first attempt then based on this configuration task will be retried. This configuration can be applied only from Edit Task Payload option and is applicable to full load tasks only. Below is the payload reference.

    Add TaskRetryConfig to the payload

        "TaskRetryConfig": {
            "AutoRetry": <string> ("enable" or "disable" are the allowed values),
            "MaxRetries": <Integer> (Allowed values are between 1 &3)
            "RetryInterval": <Integer> (Allowed values are between 10 & 60)
            }

        Notes:-
        RetryInterval is the metric in minutes, i.e. if user gives the input as 10 then task waits for 10 mins before a restart
        When "AutoRetry" is "disable" then "MaxRetries" & "RetryInterval" are not applicable

  • AdditionalTaskSettings : Any additional settings can be applied to a task with the help of this configuration. Below is the AWS documentation with the list of all available settings.

Below is an example payload where both TaskRetryConfig & AdditionalTaskSettings are applied on a task

Example task payload with additional configuration

        "TaskRetryConfig": {
            "AutoRetry": "enable",
            "MaxRetries": 2
            "RetryInterval": 10
            },
        "AdditionalTaskSettings": {
            "FullLoadSettings": {
                "MaxFullLoadSubTasks": 8,
                "CommitRate": 50000
            }

Example Task additional configuration

  • DmsVersion : This setting is used for the creation of DMS replication Instance, if no value is provided by the user then Amorphic picks the latest non-beta version that is available in that AWS region. This setting is applicable to all task types. This parameter is optional, and users can update it as well. Both creation and updation are exclusively possible through the API.

Below is an example payload where DmsVersion is applied on a task

Example task payload with DMS version
        "DmsVersion": "3.4.5"

Example Task Dms version

Reload table/s in a task​

If the data ingestion is failed for few tables in a task then the user can reload the ingestion for only failed tables instead of re-running the entire task again. Amorphic supportes reload table/s in a task via API only feature. Below is the API & the method to be used for reloading table/s in a task.

/connections/{id}/dataloads/{taskid}?action=reload-tables & PUT method

Request payload to reload table/s in a task
    {
        "ReloadTables": [
            {"SchemaName": "schema1", "TableName": "table1"},
            {"SchemaName": "schema2", "TableName": "table2"},
            {"SchemaName": "schema3", "TableName": "table2"},
            .
            .
            .
            ]
    }

Addtional Info​

  • Only below configurations are editable when using Edit Task Payload feature.

    • TargetTablePrepMode
    • DatasetDefinitions
    • TaskDefinitions
    • TableMappings
    • SyncToS3
    • DataFormat
    • CdcStartTime
    • CdcStopPosition
    • TargetExtraConnectionAttributes
    • TaskRetryConfig
    • AdditionalTaskSettings
    • SourceExtraConnectionAttributes
    • InstanceConfig (InstanceMultiAZ, InstanceClass, AllocatedStorage, InstanceAZ)
    • SharedInstance
    • DmsVersion
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