Connect Fivetran to capture data from the platform and load it into your data warehouse.Host a function on a serverless platform.Write a small function to fetch data from your custom source.
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This feature allows users to leverage popular serverless cloud computing products such as AWS Lambda, Azure Functions, and Google Functions to bring in data from a source that isn’t currently supported by one of their 180 native connectors. Well, Fivetran’s Cloud Functions are here help answer such questions. Which vendor natively connects to this source? How much ongoing maintenance is needed? How long will it take to get this data into my data warehouse? That’s where things can get tricky and overwhelming. The key is your ability to take actions based on the insights you glean from these services. Like all innovative organizations, there are specific platforms used to create an edge and competitive advantage. A client use-case for Simplecast – a podcast hosting & distribution platform.
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In this article, we’ll be discussing a different approach, Fivetran Cloud Functions. Since this framework is highly customized to our client’s exact needs, it requires extensive fine tuning or, development hours. In that article we presented one possible solution utilizing Data Clymer’s custom data connector framework. In a previous article, we discussed the existing challenge of bringing data into your data warehouse from a source that does not have an out-of-the-box connector from a data syncing service like Fivetran.