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DP-203 · Question #86

You are planning a streaming data solution that will use Azure Databricks. The solution will stream sales transaction data from an online store. The solution has the following specifications: - The ou

The correct answer is A. Append. The "Append" output mode is appropriate when the output dataset is a set of new records and does not include any updates or deletions. It will only append new rows to the output dataset, which means there will be no duplicate data created as a result of the streaming data solutio

Submitted by anna_se· Mar 30, 2026Develop data processing

Question

You are planning a streaming data solution that will use Azure Databricks. The solution will stream sales transaction data from an online store. The solution has the following specifications:

  • The output data will contain items purchased, quantity, line total

sales amount, and line total tax amount.

  • Line total sales amount and line total tax amount will be aggregated

in Databricks.

  • Sales transactions will never be updated. Instead, new rows will be

added to adjust a sale. You need to recommend an output mode for the dataset that will be processed by using Structured Streaming. The solution must minimize duplicate data. What should you recommend?

Options

  • AAppend
  • BUpdate
  • CComplete

How the community answered

(23 responses)
  • A
    83% (19)
  • B
    4% (1)
  • C
    13% (3)

Explanation

The "Append" output mode is appropriate when the output dataset is a set of new records and does not include any updates or deletions. It will only append new rows to the output dataset, which means there will be no duplicate data created as a result of the streaming data solution. Since the solution will never update existing rows, but rather add new rows, the "Append" mode is the best choice to meet the requirements.

Topics

#Structured Streaming#append output mode#Databricks streaming#immutable events

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