Question 180
A Fabric administrator receives the following requirement: A Spark transformation filters by local server date instead of UTC event date and drops midnight transactions. What should the engineer do?
Explanation
Correct Answer
Date filters need consistent event-time interpretation. The recommended action directly addresses the stated requirement.
Incorrect Answers
This action is appropriate when a dataflow uses a case-sensitive comparison but source statuses differ only by capitalization. String matching must reflect the source's expected case rules. However, the question instead requires Normalize temporal boundaries and filter against the intended business timezone. because date filters need consistent event-time interpretation.
This action is appropriate when a SQL WHERE condition combines `AND` and `OR` and incorrectly includes unapproved customer types. Operator precedence can change which records are selected. However, the question instead requires Normalize temporal boundaries and filter against the intended business timezone. because date filters need consistent event-time interpretation.
This action is appropriate when an analytics query scans all transaction years although only last week's records are required. Early predicate filtering reduces unnecessary input processing. However, the question instead requires Normalize temporal boundaries and filter against the intended business timezone. because date filters need consistent event-time interpretation.






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