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Setting Partition Keys in Azure Cosmos DB

In this lab, we provision a Cosmos DB account, learn how to create containers, populate a container with items, and set appropriate partition keys for our data.

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Level
Clock icon Intermediate
Duration
Clock icon 1h 15m
Published
Clock icon Nov 27, 2019

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Table of Contents

  1. Challenge

    Configure the Environment

    For this first task, we need to provision a Cosmos DB account with the following parameters:

    • Core SQL API
    • (US) West US Region
    • Do NOT Apply the Free Tier Discount
    • Uncheck "Limit the total amount of throughput that can be provisioned on this account"

    Then open the GitHub link and review the table to determine possible keys:

    • https://gist.github.com/GaryMcLeary/07bdd715dd2dffec3ed1d35d1093923f
  2. Challenge

    Create a Container and Populate It

    • Create a new container, choose manual with 400 throughput and set "City" as a partition key.
    • Name the container testcontainer.
    • Populate the newly created container with the JSON file:
      • https://gist.github.com/GaryMcLeary/07bdd715dd2dffec3ed1d35d1093923f
    • Once this is complete, create a second container, choose manual with 400 throughput and set "Test" as a partition key.
    • Populate this new container with the same JSON file.

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