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What is more optimized way of writing delta table in a workflow, "append" or "overwrite"?

hpant1
New Contributor III

What is more optimized way of writing delta table in a workflow which is running every hour, "append" or "overwrite"?

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Witold
Honored Contributor

There's no "optimized way", as these are two different concepts, and depend on your use case: Overwrite  removes existing data, i.e. replaces it with new data, while append adds new data to your existing table.