How to load data from Amplitude to Clickhouse

Learn how to use Airbyte to synchronize your Amplitude data into Clickhouse within minutes.

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Set up a Amplitude connector in Airbyte

Connect to Amplitude or one of 400+ pre-built or 10,000+ custom connectors through simple account authentication.

Set up Clickhouse for your extracted Amplitude data

Select Clickhouse where you want to import data from your Amplitude source to. You can also choose other cloud data warehouses, databases, data lakes, vector databases, or any other supported Airbyte destinations.

Configure the Amplitude to Clickhouse in Airbyte

This includes selecting the data you want to extract - streams and columns -, the sync frequency, where in the destination you want that data to be loaded.

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How to Sync Amplitude to Clickhouse Manually

Start by exporting your required data from Amplitude. Use Amplitude's export API to programmatically retrieve the data. You can specify filters, time ranges, and other parameters to get the exact dataset you need. Make sure to export the data in a CSV or JSON format for easier handling.

Once you've exported the data, clean and prepare it for import into ClickHouse. Ensure that the data is properly formatted and consistent. If you exported the data in JSON format, consider converting it into CSV for easier processing later. Check for any missing values or anomalies that might cause issues during the import.

Before importing data, ensure that your ClickHouse server is set up and accessible. If you haven't already, install ClickHouse on your server or local machine. Create a database and table schema in ClickHouse that matches the structure of your exported Amplitude data.

Adjust your data format to align with the schema of your ClickHouse table. This might involve renaming columns, changing data types, or restructuring the data. Use scripting languages like Python or data transformation tools to automate this process if needed.

Save the transformed data to a file that ClickHouse can easily read, such as a CSV file. Ensure that your file is free of errors and formatted consistently according to the ClickHouse import requirements.

Use ClickHouse's native command-line tools to load your data file into the database. The basic command for importing a CSV file is `clickhouse-client --query="INSERT INTO database.table FORMAT CSV" < /path/to/your/file.csv`. Adjust the command according to your database and table names.

After importing, verify that the data has been successfully and completely imported into ClickHouse. Run queries to check row counts, sample data, and ensure no data is missing or corrupted. This step is crucial to confirm the migration's success and data reliability.

By following these steps, you can manually transfer data from Amplitude to ClickHouse without relying on third-party connectors or integrations.

How to Sync Amplitude to Clickhouse Manually - Method 2:

FAQs

ETL, an acronym for Extract, Transform, Load, is a vital data integration process. It involves extracting data from diverse sources, transforming it into a usable format, and loading it into a database, data warehouse or data lake. This process enables meaningful data analysis, enhancing business intelligence.

Amplitude is a cross-platform product intelligence solution that helps companies accelerate growth by leveraging customer data to build optimum product experiences. Advertised as the digital optimization system that “helps companies build better products,” it enables companies to make informed decisions by showing how a company’s digital products drive business. Amplitude employs a proprietary Amplitude Behavioral Graph to show customers the impact of various combinations of features and actions on business outcomes.

Amplitude's API provides access to a wide range of data related to user behavior and engagement on digital platforms. The following are the categories of data that can be accessed through Amplitude's API:  

1. User data: This includes information about individual users such as their demographics, location, and device type.  

2. Event data: This includes data related to user actions such as clicks, page views, and purchases.  

3. Session data: This includes information about user sessions such as the duration of the session and the number of events that occurred during the session.  

4. Funnel data: This includes data related to user behavior in a specific sequence of events, such as a checkout funnel.  

5. Retention data: This includes data related to user retention, such as the percentage of users who return to the platform after a certain period of time.  

6. Revenue data: This includes data related to revenue generated by the platform, such as the total revenue and revenue per user.  

7. Cohort data: This includes data related to groups of users who share a common characteristic, such as the date they signed up for the platform.

This can be done by building a data pipeline manually, usually a Python script (you can leverage a tool as Apache Airflow for this). This process can take more than a full week of development. Or it can be done in minutes on Airbyte in three easy steps: 
1. Set up Amplitude to ClickHouse as a source connector (using Auth, or usually an API key)
2. Choose a destination (more than 50 available destination databases, data warehouses or lakes) to sync data too and set it up as a destination connector
3. Define which data you want to transfer from Amplitude to ClickHouse and how frequently
You can choose to self-host the pipeline using Airbyte Open Source or have it managed for you with Airbyte Cloud. 

ELT, standing for Extract, Load, Transform, is a modern take on the traditional ETL data integration process. In ELT, data is first extracted from various sources, loaded directly into a data warehouse, and then transformed. This approach enhances data processing speed, analytical flexibility and autonomy.

ETL and ELT are critical data integration strategies with key differences. ETL (Extract, Transform, Load) transforms data before loading, ideal for structured data. In contrast, ELT (Extract, Load, Transform) loads data before transformation, perfect for processing large, diverse data sets in modern data warehouses. ELT is becoming the new standard as it offers a lot more flexibility and autonomy to data analysts.

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