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Ingest File Server Binary File into generic ADLS

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

Category: Ingest to Lakehouse | Tags: Ingestion

How it works

Ingest file '<<filename>>' from File Server into Data Lake location 'raw/<<DataLakeSystemFolder>>/<<DataLakeDatasetFolder>>'

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

Available Connections

SourceConnection:

TargetConnection:

Variable Reference

The following variables are supported:

  • BlobStorageRelativePath (Required) - Relative path in Blob Storage to copy the file to.

  • 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.

  • 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)

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

  • MaximumRunTimeHours (Optional) - The maximum number of hours a task run is expected to take. If a run exceeds this duration it will be flagged as stuck.

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

  • OverrideFilePathWithDynamicValue (Optional) - Call into 'Override File Path' Pipeline to override values of either or both of RelativeFilePath and Filename.

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

  • SourceConnection (Required) - Source connection to use.

  • TargetConnection (Required) - Target connection to use.