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# Azure Data Lake Analytics Documentation Backlog



We will continue adding new documentation to support Azure Data Lake Analytics as the service develops and to highlight common use cases and options. This page lists the documentation we currently have planned. You can let us know where you would like us to focus our attention by adding a comment to this article, submitting a pull request in GitHub, or emailing us.



## Documentation Backlog



Area   |Topic | Priority | Status | Assigned To | Requested By 

------------- | ------------- | -------------- | -------------- | --------------- | --------------

U-SQL   | Distributed Query		 | 1 | On hold |  [@edmacauley](https://github.com/edmacauley) |

U-SQL  | Moving data between WASB and ADLS		| 1 |  Pending | tbd | Ye Xing (ml)

U-SQL | Unit testing guidance for UDO model | 1 | Pending | tbd | [@ddobric](https://github.com/ddobric) 

U-SQL  | Processing JSON 		| 2 |  Pending | [@mumian](https://github.com/mumian) | [@mwinkle](https://github.com/mwinkle)

Service | Interacting with Curl | 3 |Pending |[@mumian](https://github.com/mumian)

U-SQL | Partitioned Tables |1 | In process | [@edmacauley](https://github.com/edmacauley) | 

U-SQL | Performance Tuning | 2 | Pending | [@MikeRys](https://github.com/mikerys) | 

U-SQL | Programmer's Guide | 2 | Pending | [@edmacauley](https://github.com/edmacauley) | 

U-SQL | Getting started with U-SQL from a T-SQL background | 1 | Pending | [@edmacauley](https://github.com/edmacauley)  | [@MikeRys](https://github.com/mikerys)

U-SQL | Getting started with U-SQL from a Hive background | 1  | Pending | [@mumian](https://github.com/mumian)| [@MikeRys](https://github.com/mikerys)

U-SQL | Grammar Railroad Diagrams |  1 | in progress, using [this](http://bottlecaps.de/rr/ui)  | [@mwinkle](https://github.com/mwinkle) | [@mwinkle](https://github.com/mwinkle)

Service | Securing Jobs, Data and Tables in Data Lake Analytics |1| in progress | [@mumian](https://github.com/mumian) | [@MikeRys](https://github.com/mikerys)

Service | Moving job output to SQL Data Warehouse using Data Factory |1 | in progress | [@mumian](https://github.com/mumian) | 

Tools  | Using the Diagnostics Tooling | 1 | Pending | [@mumian](https://github.com/mumian) | 

U-SQL  | Explain Techniques for doing range-based JOINs | 1 | Pending | [@MikeRys](https://github.com/mikerys) |[@saveenr](https://github.com/saveenr) 









## Completed Docs from Backlog



Area   |Topic | location

------------- | ------------- | -------------- 

Service | Coordinating deployment of Data Lake Analytics with other Azure services using ARM templates | [location](../data-lake-analytics-manage-use-powershell.md)



## How to Give Feedback on the Backlog

There are a few options to give feedback on the backlog:



* Add a comment below

* Submit a pull request on this document in the [Azure Content Repo](https://github.com/Azure/azure-content/blob/master/articles/data-lake-analytics/data-lake-analytics-documentation-backlog.md)

* Send an email to [adlafeedback at microsoft.com](mailto:adlafeedback@microsoft.com?subject=DocBacklog)