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Export File Server Binary File to Azure Storage Account

Export a binary file from file server path to Azure Data Lake Storage Gen2.

Category: Export Data from Lakehouse | Tags: Export

How it works

Export file '<<filename>>' from File Server to Azure Storage Account '<<AdlsUrlSecretName>>' folder '<<DataLakeLandingFolder>>'

To use this activity within the API, use an ActivityCode of EXPORT-FILESERVER-BINARY-ADLS.

Available Connections​

SourceConnection:

TargetConnection:

Example JSON​

An example of what the Task Config would look like for a task using this activity. Some of these variables would be set at the group level to avoid duplication between tasks.

{
  "SourceConnection": "MY-SOURCE-CONN",
  "Filename": "",
  "DataLakeLandingFolder": "",
  "TargetConnection": "MY-TARGET-CONN"
}

Variable Reference​

The following variables are supported:

  • DataLakeLandingFolder (Required) - Relative folder path (including Container) where the file will be landed.

  • DeleteFileFromSourceAfterCopying (Optional) - Should the source file be deleted once it has been successfully copied to its destination?

  • DIUsToUseForCopyActivity (Optional) - Specifies the powerfulness of the copy executor. Value can be between 2 and 256. When left at default, the Data Factory dynamically applies the optimal DIU setting based on the source-sink pair and data pattern.

  • FailIfFileNotExists (Optional) - Should the Task fail if the file isn't found. If set to true, the Task will retry until the file arrives (or the Task reaches the maximum retry threshold).

  • Filename (Required) - Filename to ingest. Can be wildcarded.

  • IsFederated (Optional) - Makes task available to other Insight Factories within this organisation.

  • LastModifiedHours (Optional) - Only files with a last modified time greater than the current UTC time minus Last Modified Hours will be returned. If empty, no time based filter will be applied.

  • Links (Optional) - NULL

  • MaximumNumberOfAttemptsAllowed (Optional) - The total number of times the running of this Task can be attempted.

  • MinutesToWaitBeforeNextAttempt (Optional) - If a Task run fails, the number of minutes to wait before re-attempting the Task.

  • RelativeFilePath (Optional) - Relative path from the File Server Root folder.

  • SourceConnection (Required) - Source connection to use.

  • TargetConnection (Optional) - Target connection to use.