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The first dataset is a subset of real data from the Million Song Dataset. Each file is in JSON format and contains metadata about a song and the artist of that song. The files are partitioned by the first three letters of each song's track ID. For example, here are filepaths to two files in this dataset.
The second dataset consists of log files in JSON format generated by this event simulator based on the songs in the dataset above. These simulate app activity logs from an imaginary music streaming app based on configuration settings.The log files in the dataset will be working with are partitioned by year and month. For example, here are filepaths to two files in this dataset.
time - timestamps of records in songplays broken down into specific units
start_time, hour, day, week, month, year, weekday
Project Template
create_table.py is where you'll create your fact and dimension tables and staging tables for the star schema in Redshift.
etl.py is where you'll load data from S3 into staging tables on Redshift and then process that data into your analytics tables on Redshift.
sql_queries.py is where you'll define you SQL statements, which will be imported into the two other files above.
test.ipynb is where you'll create redshift cluster and create an IAM role that has read access to S3 and verify the result after runetl.py.
README.md is where you'll provide discussion on your process and decisions for this ETL pipeline.
Project Steps
Below are steps you can follow to complete each component of this project.
Create Table Schemas
Design schemas for your fact and dimension tables
Write a SQL CREATE statement for each of these tables insql_queries.py
Complete the logic increate_tables.py to connect to the database and create these tables
Write SQL DROP statements to drop tables in the beginning ofcreate_tables.py if the tables already exist. This way, you can runcreate_tables.py whenever you want to reset your database and test your ETL pipeline.
Launch a redshift cluster and create an IAM role that has read access to S3.
Add redshift database and IAM role info todwh.cfg.
Test by runningcreate_tables.py and checking the table schemas in your redshift database. You can use Query Editor in the AWS Redshift console for this.
Build ETL Pipeline
Implement the logic inetl.py to load data from S3 to staging tables on Redshift.
Implement the logic inetl.py to load data from staging tables to analytics tables on Redshift.
Test by runningetl.py after runningcreate_tables.py and running the analytic queries on your Redshift database to compare your results with the expected results.
Delete your redshift cluster when finished.
How to run scripts
Set environment variablesKEY andSECRET.
ChooseDB/DB_PASSWORD indhw.cfg.
Create IAM role, Redshift cluster, connect to S3 bucket and configure TCP connectivity
Drop and recreate tables
$ python create_tables.py
Run ETL pipeline
$ python etl.py
Validate the tables
Run test.ipynb
Open the Amazon Redshift and use the database info to make a connection.