What is the most efficient practice for implementing an incremental load strategy into Delta Lake using the COPY INTO command to ensure only new or updated files are processed?

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Using a cloud storage event-driven function to move processed files to a different directory, keeping the source directory clean.

4.1%

Configuring COPY INTO to automatically identify and skip files based on a timestamp or version column in the data.

64.3%

Manually tracking processed files in a separate Delta table and filtering them out in the COPY INTO command.

8.2%

Relying on the inherent capabilities of COPY INTO to detect and ignore previously processed files without additional logic.

23.5%

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