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production-eu · purchase-orders Connected

TOPICS · 18

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customer-profile
purchase-orders 12
fulfilment-events
payment-status

RECORD BROWSERpurchase-orders

LatestAll partitionsJSON path filterStart consuming

04182order.created12:48:07.219

24198order.validated12:48:09.741

14210payment.authorised12:48:11.083

04227fulfilment.started12:48:14.602

Payload detail Avro · valid

{
  "orderId": "PO-10482",
  "region": "eu-west-2",
  "status": "VALIDATED"
}

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RECORDS FLOWING3 partitions · live

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VERSION 4

{
  "type": "record",
  "name": "PurchaseOrder",
  "namespace": "io.dflow.orders",
  "fields": [
    { "name": "orderId", "type": "string" },
    { "name": "status", "type": "OrderStatus" }
  ]
}

VERSION 5

{
  "type": "record",
  "name": "PurchaseOrder",
  "namespace": "io.dflow.orders",
  "fields": [
    { "name": "orderId", "type": "string" },
+   { "name": "region", "type": "string" },
    { "name": "status", "type": "OrderStatus" }
  ]
}

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