Azure Blob Storage

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To learn more about Azure Blob Storage read the documentation here

Set up


Source

To get set up with the Azure Blog Storage connector, you will need the following:

  • Connection URL
  • SAS Token

To find the URL of the blob is by using the Azure portal by going to Home > Storage Account > Container > Blob > Properties.

The SAS Token can be found under the Shared Access Signature tab. More information about SAS tokens can be found here

Extract

For each extract, the following information is required:

  • Container Name
  • Load type
    • Load a single file.
    • Load all files inside an entity.
  • Entity name
  • File name
    • Needs to be known when the Load a single file option is selected.

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Incremental

When the load method is set to append if there are files that have been updated since the last load the whole file will be appended.

Limitations


  • When loading all files from inside a entity, the data structure of each file must be identical.