Adobe Data Distiller Guide
  • Adobe Data Distiller Guide
  • What is Data Distiller?
  • UNIT 1: GETTING STARTED
    • PREP 100: Why was Data Distiller Built?
    • PREP 200: Data Distiller Use Case & Capability Matrix Guide
    • PREP 300: Adobe Experience Platform & Data Distiller Primers
    • PREP 301: Leveraging Data Loops for Real-Time Personalization
    • PREP 302: Key Topics Overview: Architecture, MDM, Personas
    • PREP 303: What is Data Distiller Business Intelligence?
    • PREP 304: The Human Element in Customer Experience Management
    • PREP 305: Driving Transformation in Customer Experience: Leadership Lessons Inspired by Lee Iacocca
    • PREP 400: DBVisualizer SQL Editor Setup for Data Distiller
  • PREP 500: Ingesting CSV Data into Adobe Experience Platform
  • PREP 501: Ingesting JSON Test Data into Adobe Experience Platform
  • PREP 600: Rules vs. AI with Data Distiller: When to Apply, When to Rely, Let ROI Decide
  • Prep 601: Breaking Down B2B Data Silos: Transform Marketing, Sales & Customer Success into a Revenue
  • Unit 2: DATA DISTILLER DATA EXPLORATION
    • EXPLORE 100: Data Lake Overview
    • EXPLORE 101: Exploring Ingested Batches in a Dataset with Data Distiller
    • EXPLORE 200: Exploring Behavioral Data with Data Distiller - A Case Study with Adobe Analytics Data
    • EXPLORE 201: Exploring Web Analytics Data with Data Distiller
    • EXPLORE 202: Exploring Product Analytics with Data Distiller
    • EXPLORE 300: Exploring Adobe Journey Optimizer System Datasets with Data Distiller
    • EXPLORE 400: Exploring Offer Decisioning Datasets with Data Distiller
    • EXPLORE 500: Incremental Data Extraction with Data Distiller Cursors
  • UNIT 3: DATA DISTILLER ETL (EXTRACT, TRANSFORM, LOAD)
    • ETL 200: Chaining of Data Distiller Jobs
    • ETL 300: Incremental Processing Using Checkpoint Tables in Data Distiller
    • [DRAFT]ETL 400: Attribute-Level Change Detection in Profile Snapshot Data
  • UNIT 4: DATA DISTILLER DATA ENRICHMENT
    • ENRICH 100: Real-Time Customer Profile Overview
    • ENRICH 101: Behavior-Based Personalization with Data Distiller: A Movie Genre Case Study
    • ENRICH 200: Decile-Based Audiences with Data Distiller
    • ENRICH 300: Recency, Frequency, Monetary (RFM) Modeling for Personalization with Data Distiller
    • ENRICH 400: Net Promoter Scores (NPS) for Enhanced Customer Satisfaction with Data Distiller
  • Unit 5: DATA DISTILLER IDENTITY RESOLUTION
    • IDR 100: Identity Graph Overview
    • IDR 200: Extracting Identity Graph from Profile Attribute Snapshot Data with Data Distiller
    • IDR 300: Understanding and Mitigating Profile Collapse in Identity Resolution with Data Distiller
    • IDR 301: Using Levenshtein Distance for Fuzzy Matching in Identity Resolution with Data Distiller
    • IDR 302: Algorithmic Approaches to B2B Contacts - Unifying and Standardizing Across Sales Orgs
  • Unit 6: DATA DISTILLER AUDIENCES
    • DDA 100: Audiences Overview
    • DDA 200: Build Data Distiller Audiences on Data Lake Using SQL
    • DDA 300: Audience Overlaps with Data Distiller
  • Unit 7: DATA DISTILLER BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE
    • BI 100: Data Distiller Business Intelligence: A Complete Feature Overview
    • BI 200: Create Your First Data Model in the Data Distiller Warehouse for Dashboarding
    • BI 300: Dashboard Authoring with Data Distiller Query Pro Mode
    • BI 400: Subscription Analytics for Growth-Focused Products using Data Distiller
    • BI 500: Optimizing Omnichannel Marketing Spend Using Marginal Return Analysis
  • Unit 8: DATA DISTILLER STATISTICS & MACHINE LEARNING
    • STATSML 100: Python & JupyterLab Setup for Data Distiller
    • STATSML 101: Learn Basic Python Online
    • STATSML 200: Unlock Dataset Metadata Insights via Adobe Experience Platform APIs and Python
    • STATSML 201: Securing Data Distiller Access with Robust IP Whitelisting
    • STATSML 300: AI & Machine Learning: Basic Concepts for Data Distiller Users
    • STATSML 301: A Concept Course on Language Models
    • STATSML 302: A Concept Course on Feature Engineering Techniques for Machine Learning
    • STATSML 400: Data Distiller Basic Statistics Functions
    • STATSML 500: Generative SQL with Microsoft GitHub Copilot, Visual Studio Code and Data Distiller
    • STATSML 600: Data Distiller Advanced Statistics & Machine Learning Models
    • STATSML 601: Building a Period-to-Period Customer Retention Model Using Logistics Regression
    • STATSML 602: Techniques for Bot Detection in Data Distiller
    • STATSML 603: Predicting Customer Conversion Scores Using Random Forest in Data Distiller
    • STATSML 604: Car Loan Propensity Prediction using Logistic Regression
    • STATSML 700: Sentiment-Aware Product Review Search with Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG)
    • STATSML 800: Turbocharging Insights with Data Distiller: A Hypercube Approach to Big Data Analytics
  • UNIT 9: DATA DISTILLER ACTIVATION & DATA EXPORT
    • ACT 100: Dataset Activation with Data Distiller
    • ACT 200: Dataset Activation: Anonymization, Masking & Differential Privacy Techniques
    • ACT 300: Functions and Techniques for Handling Sensitive Data with Data Distiller
    • ACT 400: AES Data Encryption & Decryption with Data Distiller
  • UNIT 9: DATA DISTILLER FUNCTIONS & EXTENSIONS
    • FUNC 300: Privacy Functions in Data Distiller
    • FUNC 400: Statistics Functions in Data Distiller
    • FUNC 500: Lambda Functions in Data Distiller: Exploring Similarity Joins
    • FUNC 600: Advanced Statistics & Machine Learning Functions
  • About the Authors
Powered by GitBook
On this page

What is Data Distiller?

Data Distiller is an advanced data processing engine designed for data engineers, data scientists, and marketing operations teams to streamline the transformation of raw data into actionable insights for marketers. By "distilling" large datasets, it refines, filters, and processes information, helping businesses unlock the true value hidden in their data. Similar to a distillation process that purifies and concentrates substances, Data Distiller extracts the most relevant and impactful information, reducing noise and enhancing data quality. With its powerful capabilities, Data Distiller accelerates data workflows, enabling faster analysis and delivering insights that drive informed decision-making across a range of business functions

Data Distiller serves as the bridge between raw data and actionable marketing insights, optimizing the entire data journey from storage to analysis. In modern marketing, data lakes and warehouse systems form the backbone, enabling efficient data processing and insight generation. Mastering data processing techniques is crucial in this landscape for several key reasons:

  1. Data Analysis: Marketing generates extensive data, including customer profiles, sales figures, website analytics, and campaign metrics. Data processing empowers marketers to query and analyze this information, providing valuable insights into customer behavior, campaign performance, and overall marketing effectiveness.

  2. Segmentation: Marketers can segment audiences based on demographics, location, purchase history, and behavior. This level of segmentation enables targeted campaigns that improve conversion rates and return on investment (ROI).

  3. Personalization: Data analysis helps personalize marketing messages by allowing deep exploration of customer data. Marketers can create personalized recommendations, email content, and advertisements tailored to individual customers, boosting engagement and resonance.

  4. Campaign Optimization: By analyzing real-time data on click-through rates, conversions, and customer engagement, marketers can optimize campaigns. This data-driven approach ensures campaigns are fine-tuned for the best possible results.

  5. Customer Retention: Data analysis enables the identification of patterns related to customer churn. This knowledge helps in developing strategies to retain customers, fostering loyalty, and reducing churn rates.

  6. A/B Testing: Data processing is invaluable for conducting A/B tests to determine which strategies and messaging perform best. The results can be analyzed to refine and enhance marketing approaches.

  7. Data Integration: Marketing teams often use various platforms, from email marketing tools to social media managers. Data processing integrates information from multiple sources into a centralized database, offering a unified view of marketing performance.

  8. Reporting and Dashboards: Data processing facilitates the creation of custom reports and dashboards, delivering real-time insights to marketing teams and stakeholders. These tools help visualize key performance indicators (KPIs) and track progress toward goals.

  9. Career Advancement: In a data-driven marketing world, proficiency in data analysis is a highly sought-after skill. Marketers who can effectively work with data and extract actionable insights are better positioned for career growth.

  10. Data Governance: Understanding data management is essential for ensuring accuracy and regulatory compliance. Marketers need to responsibly manage customer data, and expertise in data processing aids in maintaining data integrity.

In the sections that follow, we will dive into real-world examples, offering practical insights and considerations for leveraging Data Distiller to elevate marketing strategies.

This book is freely available and has been crafted as a self-help resource for data leaders grappling with complex challenges in the realm of customer data management. It's essential to note that this book is an independent project and is neither endorsed nor affiliated with Adobe or any of the author's past or current employers.

Disclaimer

This book is provided for informational purposes only and does not constitute legal, financial, or professional advice. The author makes no representations as to the accuracy, completeness, currentness, suitability, or validity of any information in this book and will not be liable for any errors, omissions, or delays in this information or any losses, injuries, or damages arising from its use. The reader should consult with appropriate professionals for advice tailored to their specific situation. Any reliance you place on information from this book is strictly at your own risk.

Copyright Notice

All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the author, except for learning and noncommercial uses permitted by copyright law.

Last updated 7 months ago

Page cover image