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• Did You Know? : Adding Comments
  Adding comments Composable DataFlows can span the range from simple tasks accomplished with a small number of easily-traceable modules to broad, complex, even nested tasks that become harder to follow…
• Did You Know? : Changing Wire Type
  Changing Wire Type Some people like the default curvy connectors between the modules in a Composable DataFlow, but some would like a different look. Did you know that those connectors…
• Spotlight: Comparing Modules
  Comparing Modules The purpose of this Spotlight is to explore how one could compare modules and evaluate which to use within a Composable DataFlow. This Spotlight illuminates the first lab…
• Facilitating Development of Composable DataFlows in Code with Visual Studio
  Composable’s DataFlow designer is a powerful tool for rapid development of data pipelines in an intuitive, visual setting. However, some users with programming experience may prefer developing DataFlows in code…
• Migrating Microsoft Exchange to Microsoft Graph in Composable
  Tutorial “Effective October 1, 2022, we will begin to permanently disable Basic Auth in all tenants, regardless of usage, with the exception of SMTP Auth.” https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/exchange-team-blog/basic-authentication-and-exchange-online-september-2021-update/ba-p/2772210 Due to the recent…
• Advanced Comparisons using Composable Predicate Modules
  What is a Predicate? A predicate is an operation on an Input object which produces a boolean (true/false) result. It can be helpful to think of a predicates as “Yes…
• Enabling Long Paths in Composable
  Have you ever received the error System.IO.PathTooLongException: The specified path, file name, or both are too long. The full qualified file name must be less than 260 characters, the the…
• Configuring DataBricks ODBC connection in Composable
  In this post we’ll be going over how to configure an ODBC connection to DataBricks within Composable so you can run spark queries from Composable resources (i.e. QueryViews and DataFlows)…
• Validating an external API with Composable Web Requests
  At my previous job, I was reliant on external API’s to work correctly and to know when functionality had changed. With proper acceptance/validation testing on foreign API’s, you can sleep…
• Saving Your Progress: DataFlow Resume and Pinned Results
  This post will cover two recent additions to Composable DataFlows that have yet to receive a comprehensive write-up: DataFlow Resume and Pinned Results. We’ll be discussing them together due to…