DataWorks:Configure a batch synchronization task by using the codeless UI

Background information

The batch synchronization feature of Data Integration provides Readers and Writers for you to read data from and write data to data sources. You can configure batch synchronization tasks for different types of data sources by using the codeless UI or code editor to synchronize data from a single source table or tables in sharded source databases to a single destination table. For more information, see Overview of the batch synchronization feature.

Usage notes

• You cannot configure batch synchronization tasks for specific types of data sources by using the codeless UI. If the system displays a message indicating that the current data source does not support the codeless UI when you configure a batch synchronization task, you can click the icon in the top toolbar of the configuration tab of the task in DataStudio to switch to the code editor and configure the task by using the code editor. For more information, see Configure a batch synchronization task by using the code editor.

• The codeless UI is easy to use but provides only limited features. If you want to make finer-grained configurations for your batch synchronization task, you can click the Conversion script icon in the top toolbar of the configuration tab of the task in DataStudio to switch to the code editor and configure the task by using the code editor.

Go to the DataStudio page

1. Go to the DataStudio page.

   Log on to the DataWorks console. In the top navigation bar, select the desired region. Then, choose Data Modeling and Development > DataStudio in the left-side navigation pane. On the page that appears, select the desired workspace from the drop-down list and click Go to DataStudio.

Procedure

1. Step 1: Create a batch synchronization task

2. Step 2: Establish network connections between the exclusive resource group for Data Integration and the data sources

3. Step 3: Configure the source and destination

4. Step 4: Configure mappings between source fields and destination fields

5. Step 5: Configure channel control policies

6. Step 6: Configure scheduling properties for the batch synchronization task

7. Step 7: Commit and deploy the batch synchronization task

Step 1: Create a batch synchronization task

1. Create a workflow. For more information, see Create a workflow.

2. Create a batch synchronization task.

   You can use one of the following methods to create a batch synchronization task:

   • Method 1: Log on to the DataWorks console. In the left-side navigation pane, click Workspaces. On the Workspaces page, find the workspace in which you want to create a batch synchronization task and click DataStudio in the Actions column. In the Scheduled Workflow pane of the DataStudio page, find the created workflow and click its name. Right-click Data Integration and choose Create Node > Offline synchronization.

   • Method 2: Log on to the DataWorks console. In the left-side navigation pane, click Workspaces. On the Workspaces page, find the workspace in which you want to create a batch synchronization task and click DataStudio in the Actions column. In the Scheduled Workflow pane of the DataStudio page, find the created workflow and double-click its name. In the Data Integration section of the workflow editing tab that appears, drag Offline synchronization to the canvas on the right.

3. In the Create Node dialog box, configure the parameters to create a batch synchronization task.

Step 2: Establish network connections between the exclusive resource group for Data Integration and the data sources

Step 3: Configure the source and destination

In the data source selection section, select the tables from which you want to read data and the tables to which you want to write data, and specify a filter condition when you configure the source.

• Operations related to the source

  Operation	Description
  Specify a filter condition	If you specify a filter condition after you select the tables from which you want to read data, only the data that meets the filter condition in the tables can be synchronized. You can use a filter condition together with scheduling parameters to implement incremental synchronization. This way, the filter condition can dynamically change with the settings of the scheduling parameters, and incremental data can be synchronized. Configurations for incremental synchronization and implementation of incremental synchronization vary based on the Reader type. For more information, see Configure a batch synchronization task to synchronize only incremental data. Note When you configure scheduling properties for the batch synchronization task, you can assign values to the variables that you specified in the filter condition. You can configure scheduling parameters for the batch synchronization task to enable full or incremental data in the source to be written to the related time-based partitions in the destination tables. For more information about scheduling parameters, see Supported formats of scheduling parameters. The syntax of the filter condition that is used to implement incremental synchronization is almost the same as the syntax supported by a database. During data synchronization, the batch synchronization task uses a complete SQL statement that is obtained based on the filter condition to extract data from the source. If you do not specify a filter condition, full data in the source tables is synchronized by default.
  Specify a shard key used to shard data in a relational database	A shard key specifies a field based on which source data is sharded. After you specify a shard key, source data is sharded and distributed to multiple shards. This way, the batch synchronization task can run parallel threads to read the data in batches. Note We recommend that you specify the name of the primary key column of a source table as the shard key. This way, data can be evenly distributed to different shards based on the primary key column, instead of being intensively distributed only to specific shards. A shard key can be used to shard data only of an integer data type. If you use a shard key to shard data of an unsupported data type, the batch synchronization task ignores the shard key that you specified and uses a single thread to read data. If no shard key is specified, a data synchronization task uses a single thread to read data. Support of Readers for the configuration of a shard key varies based on the Reader type. The instructions provided in this topic are for reference only. You can refer to the topic for a Reader to check whether the Reader supports the configuration of a shard key. For more information, see Supported data source types, Readers, and Writers.

• Operations related to the destination

  Operation	Description
  Configure SQL statements that you want to execute before and after data synchronization	DataWorks allows you to execute SQL statements before and after data is written to specific types of destinations. For example, when you configure a batch synchronization task that uses MySQL Writer, you can configure the SQL statement truncate table tablename as a statement to be executed before data is written to the destination. This statement is used to delete existing data in a specified table. You can also configure an SQL statement as a statement to be executed after data is written to the destination.
  Specify the write mode that is used when a conflict occurs	You can specify the write mode in which you want to write data to the destination when a conflict, such as a path conflict or primary key conflict, occurs. The configuration varies based on the attributes of destinations and the support of Writers. To configure this item, refer to the topic for the related Writer.

Step 4: Configure mappings between source fields and destination fields

After the source and destination are configured, you must configure mappings between source fields and destination fields. After the mappings between source fields and destination fields are configured, the batch synchronization task writes the values of the source fields to the destination fields of the same data type based on the mappings.

The data type of source fields may be different from that of destination fields. In this case, the values of the source fields cannot be written to the destination fields. The values that fail to be written to the destination are considered as dirty data. You can refer to the operations described in the Configure channel control policies step to specify the maximum number of dirty data records that are allowed during data synchronization.

You can map source fields to destination fields whose names are the same as those of source fields or map fields in a row of the source to the fields in the same row of the destination. When you configure field mappings, you can also perform the following operations:

• Add fields to a source table and assign values to the fields: You can click Add a row in the source field list to add fields to the source table. The added fields are synchronized to the destination table during data synchronization. The fields can be constants and variables that are enclosed in single quotation marks ('), such as '123' and '${Variable name}'.

  Note

  If you add variables to the source table as fields, you can assign values to the variables when you configure scheduling properties for the batch synchronization task. For information about scheduling parameters, see Supported formats of scheduling parameters.

• Edit fields in the source table: You can click the icon in the source field list to perform the following operations:

  • Use a function that is supported by the source to process fields in the source table. For example, you can use the Max(id) function to implement synchronization of data in the row with the largest ID in the source table.

  • If only some fields in the source table are displayed when you configure field mappings, edit the fields in the source table.

  Note

  Functions are not supported if you configure a batch synchronization task that uses MaxCompute Reader.

Step 5: Configure channel control policies

You can configure channel control policies to define attributes for data synchronization.

Step 6: Configure scheduling properties for the batch synchronization task

If you want DataWorks to periodically schedule your batch synchronization task, you must configure scheduling properties for the task. This step describes how to configure scheduling properties for a batch synchronization task. You can go to the configuration tab of the batch synchronization task and click Properties in the right-side navigation pane to configure scheduling properties for the task. For information about how to use scheduling parameters, see Description for using scheduling parameters in data synchronization.

• Configure scheduling parameters: If you use variables in the preceding steps for the batch synchronization task, you can assign scheduling parameters or constants to the variables as values.

• Configure time properties: The time properties define the mode in which the batch synchronization task is scheduled in the production environment. In the Schedule section of the Properties tab of the task, you can configure properties such as the instance generation mode, scheduling type, and scheduling cycle for the task.

• Configure the resource property: The resource property defines the exclusive resource group for scheduling that is used to issue the batch synchronization task to the related exclusive resource group for Data Integration. You can select the exclusive resource group for scheduling that you want to use in the Resource Group section of the Properties tab.

  Note

  DataWorks uses resource groups for scheduling to issue batch synchronization tasks in Data Integration to resource groups for Data Integration and uses the resource groups for Data Integration to run the tasks. You are charged for using the resource groups for scheduling to schedule batch synchronization tasks. For information about the task issuing mechanism, see Mechanism for issuing tasks.

Step 7: Commit and deploy the batch synchronization task

If you want to periodically run the batch synchronization task, you must deploy the task to the production environment. For more information about how to deploy a task, see Deploy tasks.

References

• Supported data source types and synchronization operations

• Overview of the batch synchronization feature

• Configure a batch synchronization task by using the code editor