Don’t be fooled by the " - II" in the title, as this is the third post in the series about using Kafka and Azure Data Explorer (ADX) to develop a real-time leaderboard for online gaming. This (" - II") is because the initial post was more of an intro, where I introduced a framework for generating and publishing events to Kafka. Posts in the series are:
- Develop a Real-Time Leaderboard Using Kafka and Azure Data Explorer - Prelude
- Develop a Real-Time Leaderboard Using Kafka and Azure Data Explorer - I
- Develop a Real-Time Leaderboard Using Kafka and Azure Data Explorer - II (this post)
The last post was all about ingesting data into ADX from Kafka. In this post, you will see more about ingesting data into ADX and some “cool stuff” related to that. Specifically, what to do if you need to update/transform the data you ingest.