Introduction to ECL (Part 1) – Concepts and Queries

June 12, 9:00am – June 13, 4:00pm Boca Raton, Florida

This class is for developers who want to understand the HPCC Systems platform and learn ECL to build powerful data queries. Anyone who needs a basic familiarity with ECL should take this course.

Course Length: 2 days

Class Prerequisites: None. Students are welcome to bring their own laptops to take away the code and examples from the class.

Topics include:

  • HPCC Systems Overview (THOR and ROXIE)
  • Introduction to ECL Concepts and Syntax
  • Using the ECL IDE and ECL Watch programming tools
  • Flat and CSV File Sprays
  • Defining Files (RECORD/DATASET)
  • Record Filtering
  • Basic definition types – Boolean, Value, Set, Recordset
  • Creating Simple ECL Queries
  • Managing your ECL code
  • Despraying Files

Class begins Tuesday and Wednesday at 9am and concludes at 4pm.

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RELX and LexisNexis employees should register using the approved promo code provided by their manager or contact training@hpccsystems.com.