PDE Maintaining and Automating Data Workloads Practice Question
An engineer needs to create a reusable Dataflow pipeline that can be executed with different parameters without modifying code. Which Dataflow feature should they use?
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Dataflow Flex Templates
Flex Templates allow packaging a pipeline into a Docker image with parameterization, enabling reuse across different environments.
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Dataflow Shuffle
Why it's wrong here
Dataflow Shuffle is a service for efficient data shuffling, not template creation.
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Dataflow Flex Templates
Why this is correct
Flex Templates use Docker containers and support any pipeline dependency, allowing parameterization.
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Dataflow SQL
Why it's wrong here
Dataflow SQL is for SQL-based pipelines, not reusable templates.
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Dataflow Classic Templates
Why it's wrong here
Classic Templates are limited to a single environment; Flex Templates are more flexible for custom containers.
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