Centralizing Data for AI-Driven Analytical Dashboards.
PythonTo centralize data for AI-driven analytical dashboards, you often need a data lake to first centralize your data. A data lake allows you to store structured and unstructured data at scale, and it supports analytics and machine learning on top of the stored data. For cloud infrastructure, Google Cloud's
Dataplex
is a versatile solution to organize, manage, and govern your data across data warehouses and data lakes within Google Cloud.For our use case, we will create a Dataplex lake to centralize our data. Within this lake, we will create zones which represent a logical grouping of data that share the same security and compliance requirements. A zone in Dataplex can be further utilized to refine and process data for analytics.
We will also use Google Cloud's
BigQuery
to build a robust, serverless, and highly scalable data warehouse where we will structure and query data for our dashboards.Below is a Pulumi Python program that sets up a Dataplex lake with a basic zone configuration, and a BigQuery dataset that will be used to hold and analyze the processed data.
import pulumi import pulumi_gcp as gcp # Create a Dataplex lake where we can compile all our datasets for analytics. dataplex_lake = gcp.dataplex.Lake("central-ai-lake", # This is the display name and description for our central data lake. display_name="Central AI Lake", description="Lake for aggregating data for AI-driven analytics", # Labelling resources is a best practice to organize and retrieve resources based on some criteria. labels={ "env": "production", "purpose": "ai-analytics" }, # Location is important for compliance, data sovereignty, and latency considerations. location="us-central1", # Documentation link: https://www.pulumi.com/registry/packages/gcp/api-docs/dataplex/lake/ ) # Create a zone within the lake to manage similar datasets together. dataplex_zone = gcp.dataplex.Zone("analytics-zone", # Reference the lake we just created. lake=dataplex_lake.name, display_name="Analytics Zone", description="Zone for analytic ready data", # The type of zone determines how data can be stored and analyzed. For analytics, we use a CURATED type. type="CURATED", location=dataplex_lake.location, # Labels can also be applied to zones for better resource management. labels={ "stage": "raw", "sensitivity": "non-sensitive" }, # Documentation link: https://www.pulumi.com/registry/packages/gcp/api-docs/dataplex/zone/ ) # Create a BigQuery Dataset where we can create tables and views for our dashboards. bigquery_dataset = gcp.bigquery.Dataset("ai_analytics_dataset", # Set the dataset ID and friendly name. dataset_id="ai_analytics_data", friendly_name="AI Analytics", # Description to provide more insights about the purpose of this dataset. description="Dataset containing processed data for AI-driven analytical dashboards", # Location should be the same as of dataplex for reduced latency and consistency. location=dataplex_lake.location, # Labels for the dataset. labels={ "used_for": "ai_dashboards" }, # Documentation link: https://www.pulumi.com/registry/packages/gcp/api-docs/bigquery/dataset/ ) # Export the URLs of our Google Cloud resources. pulumi.export("dataplex_lake_id", dataplex_lake.id) pulumi.export("dataplex_zone_id", dataplex_zone.id) pulumi.export("bigquery_dataset_id", bigquery_dataset.id)
In this program, we defined the resources needed to aggregate data for artificial intelligence and machine learning purposes. We used Pulumi's Google Cloud (gcp) provider to create a
Dataplex
lake along with a zone to curate our data, and aBigQuery
dataset to hold the analytics tables. Each resource is annotated with inline comments to provide context on what is being created and why.The
dataplex.Lake
resource creates the dataplex lake, thedataplex.Zone
adds a structured zone inside the lake, andbigquery.Dataset
constructs a dataset that will be ready to receive queries.By running this program with Pulumi, you will have a centralized location for your data, which you can then connect to various analytics and machine learning tools. This data setup aims to provide scalable and manageable infrastructure for AI-driven dashboards.