Step 1: Create an empty table named SalesFact_work that has the same schema as SalesFact. Step 2: Switch the partition containing the stale data from SalesFact to SalesFact_Work. SQL Data Warehouse supports partition splitting, merging, and switching. To switch partitions between two tables, you must ensure that the partitions align on their respective boundaries and that the table definitions match. Loading data into partitions with partition switching is a convenient way stage new data in a table that is not visible to users the switch in the new data. Step 3: Drop the SalesFact_Work table. Reference: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/sql-data-warehouse/sql-data-warehouse-tables-partition