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Note: You can report Dataflow data pipelines issues and request new features at google-data-pipelines-feedback." OverviewYou can use Dataflow data pipelines for the following tasks:
For API documentation, see the Data Pipelines reference.
FeaturesRegional availability: You can create data pipelines in available Cloud Scheduler regions.
Quota:
Default number of pipelines per organization: 2500
The organization level quota is disabled by default. You can opt-in to organization level quotas, and if you do so, each organization can have at most 2500 pipelines by default.
Labels: You can't use user-defined labels to label Dataflow data pipelines. However, when you use the additionalUserLabels
field, those values are passed through to your Dataflow job. For more information about how labels apply to individual Dataflow jobs, see Pipeline options.
Dataflow has two data pipeline types, streaming and batch. Both types of pipeline run jobs that are defined in Dataflow templates.
A batch data pipeline runs a Dataflow batch job on a user-defined schedule. The batch pipeline input filename can be parameterized to allow for incremental batch pipeline processing.
Note: Every Dataflow batch job name created by a batch data pipeline uses the following naming pattern:<pipeline_id>-mp--<timestamp>-<random int>
. The value of timestamp
has seconds granularity. The string -mp–
is reserved to indicate that this Dataflow batch job is created by a batch data pipeline. The pipeline_id
is truncated after 27 characters.
You can use datetime placeholders to specify an incremental input file format for a batch pipeline.
strftime()
format. Placeholders are preceded by the percentage symbol (%).strftime()
format.At each scheduled batch pipeline execution time, the placeholder portion of the input path is evaluated to the current (or time-shifted) datetime. Date values are evaluated using the current date in the time zone of the scheduled job. If the evaluated path matches the path of an input file, the file is picked up for processing by the batch pipeline at the scheduled time.
gs://bucket-name/%Y-%m-%d/prefix-%H_%M.csv
, on April 15, 2021, 6PM PST, the input path is evaluated to gs://bucket-name/2021-04-15/prefix-18_00.csv
.You can use + or - minute or hour time shift parameters. To support matching an input path with an evaluated datetime that is shifted before or after the current datetime of the pipeline schedule, enclose these parameters in curly braces. Use the format {[+|-][0-9]+[m|h]}
. The batch pipeline continues to repeat at its scheduled time, but the input path is evaluated with the specified time offset.
gs://bucket-name/%Y-%m-%d/prefix-%H_%M.csv{-2h}
, on April 15, 2021, 6PM PST, the input path is evaluated to gs://bucket-name/2021-04-15/prefix-16_00.csv
.For Dataflow data pipeline operations to succeed, you need the necessary IAM roles, as follows:
You need the appropriate role to perform operations:
Datapipelines.admin
: Can perform all data pipeline operationsDatapipelines.viewer
: Can view data pipelines and jobsDatapipelines.invoker
: Can invoke a data pipeline job run (this role can be enabled using the API)The service account used by Cloud Scheduler needs to have the roles/iam.serviceAccountUser
role, whether the service account is user-specified or the default Compute Engine service account. For more information, see Data pipeline roles.
You need to be able to act as the service account used by Cloud Scheduler and Dataflow by being granted the roles/iam.serviceAccountUser
role on that account. If you don't select a service account for Cloud Scheduler and Dataflow, the default Compute Engine service account is used.
NOT_FOUND
error status from Cloud Scheduler with the log entry type.googleapis.com/google.cloud.scheduler.logging.AttemptFinished
, it often indicates missing permissions on the service accounts for either Cloud Scheduler or Dataflow. Verify and correct these permissions to resolve data pipeline issues. Create a data pipeline
You can create a Dataflow data pipeline in two ways:
The data pipelines setup page: When you first access the Dataflow pipelines feature in the Google Cloud console, a setup page opens. Enable the listed APIs to create data pipelines.
Import a jobYou can import a Dataflow batch or streaming job that is based on a classic or flex template and make it a data pipeline.
In the Google Cloud console, go to the Dataflow Jobs page.
Select a completed job, then on the Job Details page, select +Import as a pipeline.
On the Create pipeline from template page, the parameters are populated with the options of the imported job.
For a batch job, in the Schedule your pipeline section, provide a recurrence schedule. Providing an email account address for the Cloud Scheduler, which is used to schedule batch runs, is optional. If it's not specified, the default Compute Engine service account is used.
In the Google Cloud console, go to the Dataflow Data pipelines page.
Select +Create data pipeline.
On the Create pipeline from template page, provide a pipeline name, and fill in the other template selection and parameter fields.
For a batch job, in the Schedule your pipeline section, provide a recurrence schedule. Providing an email account address for the Cloud Scheduler, which is used to schedule batch runs, is optional. If a value is not specified, the default Compute Engine service account is used.
To create this sample batch data pipeline, you must have access to the following resources in your project:
This example pipeline uses the Cloud Storage Text to BigQuery batch pipeline template. This template reads files in CSV format from Cloud Storage, runs a transform, then inserts values into a BigQuery table with three columns.
Create the following files on your local drive:
A bq_three_column_table.json
file that contains the following schema of the destination BigQuery table.
{
"BigQuery Schema": [
{
"name": "col1",
"type": "STRING"
},
{
"name": "col2",
"type": "STRING"
},
{
"name": "col3",
"type": "INT64"
}
]
}
A split_csv_3cols.js
JavaScript file, which implements a simple transformation on the input data before insertion into BigQuery.
function transform(line) {
var values = line.split(',');
var obj = new Object();
obj.col1 = values[0];
obj.col2 = values[1];
obj.col3 = values[2];
var jsonString = JSON.stringify(obj);
return jsonString;
}
A file01.csv
CSV file with several records that are inserted into the BigQuery table.
b8e5087a,74,27531
7a52c051,4a,25846
672de80f,cd,76981
111b92bf,2e,104653
ff658424,f0,149364
e6c17c75,84,38840
833f5a69,8f,76892
d8c833ff,7d,201386
7d3da7fb,d5,81919
3836d29b,70,181524
ca66e6e5,d7,172076
c8475eb6,03,247282
558294df,f3,155392
737b82a8,c7,235523
82c8f5dc,35,468039
57ab17f9,5e,480350
cbcdaf84,bd,354127
52b55391,eb,423078
825b8863,62,88160
26f16d4f,fd,397783
Use the gcloud storage cp
command to copy the files to folders in a Cloud Storage bucket in your project, as follows:
Copy bq_three_column_table.json
and split_csv_3cols.js
to gs://BUCKET_ID/text_to_bigquery/
gcloud storage cp bq_three_column_table.json gs://BUCKET_ID/text_to_bigquery/
gcloud storage cp split_csv_3cols.js gs://BUCKET_ID/text_to_bigquery/
Copy file01.csv
to gs://BUCKET_ID/inputs/
gcloud storage cp file01.csv gs://BUCKET_ID/inputs/
In the Google Cloud console, go to the Cloud Storage Buckets page.
To create a tmp
folder in your Cloud Storage bucket, select your folder name to open the Bucket details page, then click Create folder.
In the Google Cloud console, go to the Dataflow Data pipelines page.
Select Create data pipeline. Enter or select the following items on the Create pipeline from template page:
text_to_bq_batch_data_pipeline
.For Dataflow template, in Process Data in Bulk (batch), select Text Files on Cloud Storage to BigQuery.
Note: Don't select the streaming pipeline with the same name in Process Data Continuously (stream).For Schedule your pipeline, select a schedule, such as Hourly at minute 25, in your timezone. You can edit the schedule after you submit the pipeline. Providing an email account address for the Cloud Scheduler, which is used to schedule batch runs, is optional. If it's not specified, the default Compute Engine service account is used.
In Required parameters, enter the following:
gs://BUCKET_ID/text_to_bigquery/split_csv_3cols.js
BUCKET_ID/text_to_bigquery/bq_three_column_table.json
transform
PROJECT_ID:DATASET_ID.three_column_table
BUCKET_ID/inputs/file01.csv
BUCKET_ID/tmp
BUCKET_ID/tmp
Click Create pipeline.
Confirm pipeline and template information and view current and previous history from the Pipeline details page.
You can edit the data pipeline schedule from the Pipeline info panel on the Pipeline details page.
You can also run a batch pipeline on demand using the Run button in the Dataflow Pipelines console.
Create a sample streaming data pipelineYou can create a sample streaming data pipeline by following the sample batch pipeline instructions, with the following differences:
gs://BUCKET_ID/inputs/file01.csv
pattern and any additional files matching this pattern that you upload to the inputs/
folder. If the size of CSV files exceeds several GB, to avoid possible out-of-memory errors, select a machine type with higher memory than the default n1-standard-4
machine type, such as n1-highmem-8
.This section shows you how to resolve issues with Dataflow data pipelines.
Data pipeline job fails to launchWhen you use data pipelines to create a recurring job schedule, your Dataflow job might not launch, and a 503
status error appears in the Cloud Scheduler log files.
This issue occurs when Dataflow is temporarily unable to run the job.
To work around this issue, configure Cloud Scheduler to retry the job. Because the issue is temporary, when the job is retried, it might succeed. For more information about setting retry values in Cloud Scheduler, see Create a job.
Investigate pipeline objectives violationsThe following sections describe how to investigate pipelines that don't meet performance objectives.
Recurring batch pipelinesFor an initial analysis of the health of your pipeline, on the Pipeline info page in the Google Cloud console, use the Individual job status and Thread time per step graphs. These graphs are located in the pipeline status panel.
Example investigation:
You have a recurring batch pipeline that runs every hour at 3 minutes past the hour. Each job normally runs for approximately 9 minutes. You have an objective for all jobs to complete in less than 10 minutes.
The job status graph shows that a job ran for more than 10 minutes.
In the Update/Execution history table, find the job that ran during the hour of interest. Click through to the Dataflow job details page. On that page, find the longer running stage, and then look in the logs for possible errors to determine the cause of the delay.
For an initial analysis of the health of your pipeline, on the Pipeline Details page, in the Pipeline info tab, use the data freshness graph. This graph is located in the pipeline status panel.
Example investigation:
You have a streaming pipeline that normally produces an output with a data freshness of 20 seconds.
You set an objective of having a 30-second data freshness guarantee. When you review the data freshness graph, you notice that between 9 and 10 AM, data freshness jumped to almost 40 seconds.
Switch to the Pipeline metrics tab, then view the CPU Utilization and Memory Utilization graphs for further analysis.
If you try to create a new pipeline with a name that already exists in your project, you receive this error message: Pipeline Id already exist within the project
. To avoid this issue, always choose unique names for your pipelines.
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