Deequ with Apache Spark
by bCloud LLC
Version 2.0.21 + Free Support on Ubuntu 26.04
Deequ with Apache Spark is an open-source data quality and validation framework developed by Amazon that runs on top of Apache Spark. It enables organizations to define, measure, and verify data quality constraints on large-scale datasets using Spark's distributed processing capabilities. Deequ helps identify data anomalies, enforce quality rules, and automate validation in data engineering and analytics pipelines.
Features of Deequ with Apache Spark:
- Data quality validation: Defines constraints such as completeness, uniqueness, accuracy, consistency, and validity to ensure reliable datasets.
- Distributed processing: Leverages Apache Spark's distributed computing engine to efficiently analyze large datasets.
- Constraint verification: Automatically verifies data against predefined quality checks and reports violations.
- Metrics repository: Stores computed data quality metrics for historical comparison and trend analysis.
- Seamless Spark integration: Integrates directly with Spark applications using Scala, Java, and PyDeequ for Python-based workflows.
- Scalable architecture: Supports batch processing on local clusters, Hadoop, Kubernetes, and cloud-based Spark deployments.
Deequ Usage with Apache Spark:
$ sudo su$ cd /opt
$ source /opt/pydeequ-venv/bin/activate
$ /opt/spark/bin/pyspark --packages com.amazon.deequ:deequ:2.0.7-spark-3.5
Disclaimer: Deequ is an independent open-source project developed by Amazon Web Services (AWS). Apache Spark is a separate open-source project of the Apache Software Foundation. Deequ is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by the Apache Software Foundation or any Linux distribution.