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Ingest SQL Server Database as Parquet

Copy data from SQL Server database to parquet format in Azure Data Lake Storage Gen2.

Category: Ingest to Lakehouse | Tags: Ingestion

How it works

Execute query '<<ExtractQuery>>' against SQL Server database '<<DataLakeSystemFolder>>' and ingest as parquet into Data Lake location 'raw/<<DataLakeSystemFolder>>/<<DataLakeDatasetFolder>>'

To use this activity within the API, use an ActivityCode of SQLSERVER-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",
  "ExtractQuery": "",
  "DataLakeSystemFolder": "my_folder",
  "DataLakeDatasetFolder": "data",
  "DeltaTableUpdateType": "Replace",
  "TargetConnection": "MY-TARGET-CONN",
  "DeltaSchemaName": "example_schema",
  "DeltaTableName": "my_table"
}

Variable Reference​

The following variables are supported:

  • DataLakeDatasetFolder (Required) - Name of the folder in the Data Lake containing the dataset.

  • DataLakeSystemFolder (Required) - Name of the parent (System) folder in the Data Lake containing the dataset.

  • DeltaSchemaName (Optional) - The name of the Schema this transformation lives in.

  • DeltaTableBusinessKeyColumnList (Optional) - Comma-separated list of Business Key columns in the Lakehouse Table. This is required if 'Lakehouse Table Update Type' is 'Dimension' or 'Merge'. If a value is specified, a uniqueness test is performed against this (composite) key for both the result of the Enrichment and the Lakehouse Table.

  • DeltaTableName (Optional) - The name of the Table representing this transformation.

  • DeltaTableUpdateType (Required) - Indicates what type of update (if any) is to be performed on the Lakehouse Table.

  • 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.

  • ElevateToDelta (Optional) - Ingest directly to Lakehouse Table

  • ExtractControlQuery (Optional) - For incremental loads only, a SQL query to get a 'high-water' mark for extract control. For instance, this could be the maximum value of an modified_date or an identity column. NOTE: The column returned must be aliased as ExtractControl e.g. select max(modified_date) as ExtractControl from some_table.

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    **Extract Control Query **

    For incremental data extraction, the SQL statement that will be executed on the source database to extract the high-water mark for this data prior to extracting. This could be the maximum value of a modified date or an identity column and will be used in the next data extraction.

    NOTE: The column returned must be aliased as ExtractControl. For example:

    select max(modified_date) as ExtractControl
    from some_table;

  • ExtractControlVariableName (Optional) - For incremental loads only, the name to assign the Extract Control variable in State Config for the ExtractControl value derived from the Extract Control Query above.

  • ExtractControlVariableSeedValue (Optional) - The initial value to set for the Extract Control variable in State Config - this will have no impact beyond the original seeding of the Extract Control variable in State Config.

  • ExtractQuery (Required) - SQL query to extract data from the source database.

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

  • 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.

  • RetainHistory (Optional) - Should the raw files be saved to the History Container to preserve them?

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    **Retain History? ** By default, this flag is set to the value assigned in the Configuration item SaveRawFilesToHistory (signalled by the double triangle brackets around the Configuration item name e.g. &lt;&lt;SaveRawFilesToHistory&gt;&gt;). This default behaviour can be overridden here.

  • SourceConnection (Required) - Source connection to use.

  • TargetConnection (Optional) - Target connection to use.