Hello everyone, we are constantly working on extending and improving our existing components. This time we'd like to get your opinion on the existing Generic Extractor which is one of the most powerful components in our collection. We are already considering some improvements such as easier mapping, predefined configuration templates to speedup the setup, etc.

I'd like to start a discussion here and ask you what is your experience with it and what functionalities are you missing or what could be improved? 

There is another new component extending our component list! WooCommerce is a customizable, open-source eCommerce platform built on WordPress. 

With this component you can easily retrieve data from Orders,  Products, and Customer hierarchies.

I am happy to announce that we've recently released a new version of the Lytics Writer, that is replacing the previous one and brings some new features and enhancements. If you wish to use it, the existing configurations will need to be migrated manually. However, if you have some complex configurations we'll be happy to help you with the migration via our support.

Below is a list of the most notable changes:

Enhanced UI - Lytics Writer is now row-based meaning that you may push data into multiple streams 

LQL Queries are now segmented into "blocks" that help with better LQL code structuring

Generated LQL is "prettyfied" and well formatted, clearly separating the blocks:

Hacker Mode allowing pasting a raw query:

Enhanced dry run mode, validating queries against real data:

In Python transformations & workspaces there is a number of preinstalled libraries available. These are kept up to date and are updated regularly. However, it may happen that your code relies on a specific library version. In such case there are ways how to override the library version:

Specifying the library version explicitly in the list of packages

This is the simples way, just list your package explicitly with the desired version, e.g. pandas==1.1.0 The existing version will be then overridden.

Installing the package directly in the code

Another option is to reinstall the package at the runtime using pip directly from the code.

import subprocess
import sys
subprocess.call([sys.executable, '-m', 'pip', 'install', '--disable-pip-version-check', '--no-cache-dir', '--force-reinstall', 'pandas==1.1.0'])

Proud to announce that we've just released a Shopify Extractor. It allows downloading Orders, Products, Customers and Events from the world's favourite e-commerce platform. 

So don't hesitate and give it a try! Any feedback is greatly appreciated!