Azure Data Lake Storage Connection

Azure Data Lake Storage Connection

This documentation is based on version 21.0.8257 of the connector.

Getting Started

Azure Data Lake Storage Version Support

The connector leverages the Azure Data Lake Storage API to enable bidirectional access to Azure Data Lake Storage.

Streaming Azure Data Lake Storage Data

The Jitterbit Connector for Azure Data Lake Storage is designed for navigating the Azure Data Lake Storage metadata only. A variety of of stored procedures* relevant to Azure Data Lake Storage data are supported as well.

This metadata typically includes details about stored objects, such as file and folder names, and excludes the actual content of the discoverable files.

If access to both the file metadata and the actual file content is needed, then the Jitterbit Connector for Azure Data Lake Storage must be used in tandem with the associated file streaming driver(s) for the filetypes stored in Azure Data Lake Storage.

The following file streaming drivers are available:

  • Avro
  • CSV
  • Excel
  • JSON
  • Parquet
  • REST
  • XML

See the relevant file streaming driver's documentation for a configuration guide for connecting to files stored in Azure Data Lake Storage.

Establishing a Connection

Connecting to Azure DataLakeStorage Gen 1

To connect to a Gen 1 DataLakeStorage account, you should first set the following properties:

  • Schema: Set this to ADLSGen1.
  • Account: Set this to the name of the account.
  • AzureTenant: Set this to the tenant Id. See the property for more information on how to acquire this.
  • Directory: (Optional) Set this to the path which will be used to store the replicated file. If not specified, the root directory will be used.

Authenticating to Azure DataLakeStorage Gen 1

Gen 1 supports the following authentication methods: Azure Active Directory OAuth (AzureAD) and Managed Service Identity (AzureMSI).

Authenticating using Azure AD

Azure AD is a connection type that goes through OAuth. Set your AuthScheme to AzureAD and see Using OAuth Authentication for an authentication guide.

Authenticating using Azure Service Principal

Azure Service Principal is a connection type that goes through OAuth. Set your AuthScheme to AzureServicePrincipal and see Using Azure Service Principal Authentication for an authentication guide.

Authenticating using MSI Authentication

If you are running Azure Data Lake Storage on an Azure VM, you can leverage Managed Service Identity (MSI) credentials to connect:

  • AuthScheme: Set this to AzureMSI.

The MSI credentials will then be automatically obtained for authentication.

Connecting to Azure DataLakeStorage Gen 2

To connect to a Gen 2 DataLakeStorage account, you should first set the following properties:

  • Schema: Set this to ADLSGen2.
  • Account: Set this to the name of the storage account.
  • FileSystem: Set this to the file system name which will be used for this account. For example, the name of an Azure Blob Container
  • Directory: (Optional) Set this to the path which will be used to store the replicated file. If not specified, the root directory will be used.

Authenticating to Azure DataLakeStorage Gen 2

Gen 2 supports the following authentication methods: using an AccessKey, using a Shared Access Signature, Azure Active Directory OAuth (AzureAD), Managed Service Identity (AzureMSI).

Authenticating using an Access Key

To connect using a Shared Access Signature set the AccessKey property and the AuthScheme to AccessKey.

You can obtain an access key for the ADLS Gen2 storage account using the Azure portal:

  1. Go to your ADLS Gen2 Storage Account in the Azure portal.
  2. Under Settings, select Access keys.
  3. Copy the value for one of the available access keys to the AccessKey connection property.

Authenticating using a Shared Access Signature (SAS)

To connect using a Shared Access Signature set the SharedAccessSignature property to a valid signature of a resource to connect to and the AuthScheme to SAS. The SharedAccessSignature may be generated with a tool such as Azure Storage Explorer.

Authenticating using Azure AD

Azure AD is a connection type that goes through OAuth. Set your AuthScheme to AzureAD and see Using OAuth Authentication for an authentication guide.

Authenticating using Azure Service Principal

Azure Service Principal is a connection type that goes through OAuth. Set your AuthScheme to AzureServicePrincipal and see Using Azure Service Principal Authentication for an authentication guide.

Authenticating using MSI Authentication

If you are running Azure Data Lake Storage on an Azure VM, you can leverage Managed Service Identity (MSI) credentials to connect:

  • AuthScheme: Set this to AzureMSI.

The MSI credentials will then be automatically obtained for authentication.

Using OAuth Authentication

OAuth requires the authenticating user to interact with Azure Data Lake Storage using the browser. The connector facilitates this in various ways as described below.

Embedded Credentials

See Embedded Credentials to connect with the connector's embedded credentials and skip creating a custom OAuth app.

Custom Credentials

Instead of connecting with the connector's embedded credentials, you can register an app with Custom Credentials to obtain the OAuthClientId and OAuthClientSecret.

When to Create a Custom OAuth App

Creating a custom OAuth app is optional as the connector is already registered with Azure Data Lake Storage and you can connect with its embedded credentials. You might want to create a custom OAuth app to change the information displayed when users log into the Azure Data Lake Storage OAuth endpoint to grant permissions to the connector.

Creating a Custom OAuth App

See Creating a Custom OAuth App for a procedure.

Embedded Credentials

Authenticate using the Embedded OAuth Credentials

Desktop Authentication with the Embedded OAuth App

You can connect without setting any connection properties for your user credentials.

When you connect, the connector opens the OAuth endpoint in your default browser. Log in and grant permissions to the application. The connector then completes the OAuth process.

  1. Extracts the access token from the callback URL and authenticates requests.
  2. Obtains a new access token when the old one expires.
  3. Saves OAuth values in OAuthSettingsLocation to be persisted across connections.

Custom Credentials

There are two types of app authentication available: using a client secret and using a certificate. You can use any of them depending on the configured app authentication.

Desktop Authentication with Your OAuth App

Follow the steps below to authenticate with the credentials for a custom OAuth app. See Creating a Custom OAuth App.

Get an OAuth Access Token

You are ready to connect after setting one of the below connection properties groups depending on the authentication type.

  1. Authenticating using a Client Secret
    • OAuthClientId: Set this to the Client ID in your app settings.
    • OAuthClientSecret: Set this to the Client Secret in your app settings.
    • CallbackURL: Set this to the Redirect URL in your app settings.
    • AuthScheme: Set this to the "AzureAD" in your app settings.
    • InitiateOAuth: Set this to GETANDREFRESH. You can use InitiateOAuth to avoid repeating the OAuth exchange and manually setting the OAuthAccessToken. .
  2. Authenticating using a Certificate
    • OAuthClientId: Set this to the Client ID in your app settings.
    • OAuthJWTCert: Set this to the JWT Certificate store.
    • OAuthJWTCertType: Set this to the type of the certificate store specified by OAuthJWTCert.
    • CallbackURL: Set this to the Redirect URL in your app settings.
    • AuthScheme: Set this to the "AzureAD" in your app settings.
    • InitiateOAuth: Set this to GETANDREFRESH. You can use InitiateOAuth to avoid repeating the OAuth exchange and manually setting the OAuthAccessToken. .

When you connect the connector opens the OAuth endpoint in your default browser. Log in and grant permissions to the application. The connector then completes the OAuth process:
  1. Extracts the access token from the callback URL and authenticates requests.
  2. Obtains a new access token when the old one expires.
  3. Saves OAuth values in OAuthSettingsLocation to be persisted across connections.

Headless Machines

Using OAuth on a Headless Machine

To create Azure Data Lake Storage data sources on headless servers or other machines on which the connector cannot open a browser, you need to authenticate from another machine. Authentication is a two-step process.

  1. Instead of installing the connector on another machine, you can follow the steps below to obtain the OAuthVerifier value. Or, you can install the connector on another machine and transfer the OAuth authentication values, after you authenticate through the usual browser-based flow.
  2. You can then configure the connector to automatically refresh the access token from the headless machine.
You can follow the headless OAuth authentication flow using the connector's embedded OAuth credentials or using the OAuth credentials for your custom OAuth app.

Using the Credentials for a Custom OAuth App

Create a Custom OAuth App

See Creating a Custom OAuth App for a procedure. You can then follow the procedures below to authenticate and connect to data.

Obtain a Verifier Code

On the headless machine, set one the following properties groups depending on the authentication type:

  1. Authenticating using a Client Secret
    • InitiateOAuth: Set this to OFF.
    • OAuthClientId: Set this to the App ID in your app settings.
    • OAuthClientSecret: Set this to the App Secret in your app settings.
  2. Authenticating using a Certificate
    • InitiateOAuth: Set this to OFF.
    • OAuthClientId: Set this to the App ID in your app settings.
    • OAuthJWTCert: Set this to the JWT Certificate store.
    • OAuthJWTCertType: Set this to the type of the certificate store specified by OAuthJWTCert.

You can then follow the steps below to authenticate from another machine and obtain the OAuthVerifier connection property.

  1. Call the GetOAuthAuthorizationURL stored procedure* with the CallbackURL input parameter set to the exact Redirect URI you specified in your app settings.
  2. Open the returned URL in a browser. Log in and grant permissions to the connector. You are then redirected to the callback URL. The webpage will state that the site could not be reached.
  3. Inspect the URL of the this site page and find the code value. It will be present in the URL in the form code=XXXXXX (terminated with &, which denotes the next URL parameter) The value after the "code=" is the verifier code.
  4. Save the value of the verifier code. You will set this in the OAuthVerifier connection property.

On the headless machine, set the one of the following connection properties groups depending on the authentication type to obtain the OAuth authentication values:

  • OAuthClientId: Set this to the consumer key in your app settings.
  • OAuthClientSecret: Set this to the consumer secret in your app settings.
  • OAuthVerifier: Set this to the verifier code.
  • OAuthSettingsLocation: Set this to persist the encrypted OAuth authentication values to the specified file.
  • InitiateOAuth: Set this to REFRESH.

Connect to Data

After the OAuth settings file is generated, set the following properties to connect to data:

  • OAuthSettingsLocation: Set this to the file containing the encrypted OAuth authentication values. Make sure this file gives read and write permissions to the provider to enable the automatic refreshing of the access token.
  • InitiateOAuth: Set this to REFRESH.

Transfer OAuth Settings

Follow the steps below to install the connector on another machine, authenticate, and then transfer the resulting OAuth values.

On a second machine, install the connector and connect with the one of the following properties groups depending on the authentication type:

  1. Authenticating using a Client Secret
    • OAuthSettingsLocation: Set this to a writable text file.
    • InitiateOAuth: Set this to GETANDREFRESH.
    • OAuthClientId: Set this to the Client ID in your app settings.
    • OAuthClientSecret: Set this to the Client Secret in your app settings.
    • CallbackURL: Set this to the Callback URL in your app settings.
  2. Authenticating using a Certificate
    • OAuthSettingsLocation: Set this to a writable text file.
    • InitiateOAuth: Set this to GETANDREFRESH.
    • OAuthClientId: Set this to the Client ID in your app settings.
    • OAuthJWTCert: Set this to the JWT Certificate store.
    • OAuthJWTCertType: Set this to the type of the certificate store specified by OAuthJWTCert.
    • CallbackURL: Set this to the Callback URL in your app settings.

Test the connection to authenticate. The resulting authentication values are written, encrypted, to the path specified by OAuthSettingsLocation. Once you have successfully tested the connection, copy the OAuth settings file to your headless machine. On the headless machine, set the following connection properties to connect to data:

  • InitiateOAuth: Set this to REFRESH.
  • OAuthSettingsLocation: Set this to the path to your OAuth settings file. Make sure this file gives read and write permissions to the connector to enable the automatic refreshing of the access token.

Creating a Custom OAuth App

When to Create a Custom OAuth App

Creating a custom OAuth app is optional as the connector is already registered with Azure Data Lake Storage and you can connect with its embedded credentials.

You might want to create a custom OAuth app to change the information displayed when users log into the Azure Data Lake Storage OAuth endpoint to grant permissions to the connector.

Follow the steps below to create a custom OAuth app and obtain the connection properties in a specific OAuth authentication flow.

Steps to Create a Custom OAuth App

Follow the steps below to obtain the OAuth values for your app, the OAuthClientId and OAuthClientSecret.

  1. Log in to https://portal.azure.com.
  2. In the left-hand navigation pane, select Azure Active Directory then App Registrations and click the New registration button.
  3. Enter an app name and set the radio button for the desired tenant setup. When creating a custom OAuth application in Azure Active Directory, you can define if the application is single- or multi-tenant. If you select the default option of "Accounts in this organizational directory only", you will need to set the AzureTenant connection property to the ID of the Azure AD Tenant when establishing a connection with the Jitterbit Connector for Azure Data Lake Storage. Otherwise, the authentication attempt will fail with an error. If your app is for private use only, "Accounts in this organization directory only" should be sufficient. Otherwise, if you want to distribute your app, choose one of the multi-tenant options.
  4. Then set the redirect URL to something such as http://localhost:33333, the connector's default. Or, set a different port of your choice and set CallbackURL to the exact reply URL you defined.
  5. Define the app authentication type by going to the Certificates & Secrets section. There are two types of authentication available: using a client secret and using a certificate. The recommended authentication method is via a certificate, but you can also create an application secret.
    • Option 1 - Upload a certificate: In the Certificates & Secrets section, select Upload certificate and select the certificate to upload from your local machine.
    • Option 2 - Create a new application secret: In the Certificates & Secrets section, select New Client Secret for the app and select its duration. After saving the client secret, the key value is displayed. Copy this value as it is displayed only once, and it is used as the OAuthClientSecret.
  6. Select API Permissions and then click Add. If you plan for your app to connect without a user context, select the Application Permissions (OAuthGrantType = CLIENT). Otherwise, when selecting permissions, use the Delegated permissions.
  7. Select 'Windows Azure Service Management API' along with 'Azure Data Lake' and add the Have full access to the Azure Data Lake service permission.
  8. Save your changes.
  9. If you have selected to use permissions that require admin consent (such as the Application Permissions), you may grant them from the current tenant on the API Permissions page. Otherwise, follow the steps under Admin Consent.

Admin Consent

Admin consent refers to when the Admin for an Azure Active Directory tenant grants permissions to an application which requires an admin to consent to the use case. The embedded app within the Jitterbit Connector for Azure Data Lake Storage, contains no permissions that require admin consent. Therefore, this information applies only to custom applications.

Admin Consent Permissions

When creating a new OAuth app in the Azure Portal, you must specify which permissions the app will require. Some permissions may be marked stating "Admin Consent Required". For example, all Groups permissions require Admin Consent. If your app requires admin consent, there are a couple of ways this can be done.

The easiest way to grant admin consent is to just have an admin log into portal.azure.com and navigate to the app you have created in App Registrations. Under API Permissions, there will be a button for Grant Consent. You can consent here for your app to have permissions on the tenant it was created under.

If your organization has multiple tenants or the app needs to be granted permissions for other tenants outside your organization, the GetAdminConsentURL may be used to generate the Admin Authorization URL. Unlike the GetOAuthAuthorizationURL, there will be no important information returned from this endpoint. If the grants access, it will simply return a boolean indicating that permissions were granted.

Once an admin grants consent, authentication may be performed as normal.

Client Credentials

Client credentials refers to a flow in OAuth where there is no direct user authentication taking place. Instead, credentials are created for just the app itself. All tasks taken by the app are done without a default user context. This makes the authentication flow a bit different from standard.

Client OAuth Flow

All permissions related to the client oauth flow require admin consent. This means the app embedded with the Jitterbit Connector for Azure Data Lake Storage cannot be used in the client oauth flow. You must create your own OAuth app in order to use client credentials. See Creating a Custom OAuth App for more details.

In your App Registration in portal.azure.com, navigate to API Permissions and select the Microsoft Graph permissions. There are two distinct sets of permissions - Delegated and Application permissions. The permissions used during client credential authentication are under Application Permissions. Select the applicable permissions you require for your integration.

You are ready to connect after setting one of the below connection properties groups depending on the authentication type.
  1. Authenticating using a Client Secret
    • InitiateOAuth: Set this to GETANDREFRESH. You can use InitiateOAuth to avoid repeating the OAuth exchange and manually setting the OAuthAccessToken.
    • AzureTenant: Set this to the tenant you wish to connect to.
    • OAuthGrantType: Set this to CLIENT.
    • OAuthClientId: Set this to the Client ID in your app settings.
    • OAuthClientSecret: Set this to the Client Secret in your app settings.
  2. Authenticating using a Certificate
    • InitiateOAuth: Set this to GETANDREFRESH. You can use InitiateOAuth to avoid repeating the OAuth exchange and manually setting the OAuthAccessToken.
    • AzureTenant: Set this to the tenant you wish to connect to.
    • OAuthGrantType: Set this to CLIENT.
    • OAuthClientId: Set this to the Client ID in your app settings.
    • OAuthJWTCert: Set this to the JWT Certificate store.
    • OAuthJWTCertType: Set this to the type of the certificate store specified by OAuthJWTCert.

Authentication with client credentials will take place automatically like any other connection, except there will be no window opened prompting the user. Because there is no user context, there is no need for a browser popup. Connections will take place and be handled internally.

Using Azure Service Principal Authentication

The authentication as an Azure Service Principal is handled via the OAuth Client Credentials flow, and it does not involve direct user authentication. Instead, credentials are created for just the app itself. All tasks taken by the app are done without a default user context, but based on the assigned roles. The application access to the resources is controlled through the assigned roles' permissions.

Custom Credentials

You will need to register an OAuth app to obtain the OAuth property values before connection to the Azure Data Lake Storage data source. You can check the Custom Credentials guide on how to set the OAuth properties.

Creating a Custom OAuth App

See Creating a Custom OAuth App for a procedure.

Creating a Custom OAuth App

Creating a custom OAuth app and a service principal that can access the necessary resources is required when authenticating using an Azure Service Principal.

Follow the steps below to create a custom OAuth app and obtain the connection properties for the Azure Service Principal authentication.

Steps to Create a Custom OAuth App

Follow the steps below to obtain the OAuth values for your app.

  1. Log in to https://portal.azure.com.
  2. In the left-hand navigation pane, select Azure Active Directory then App Registrations and click on New registration button.
  3. Enter an app name and set the radio button for "Any Azure AD Directory - Multi Tenant". Then set the redirect URL to something such as http://localhost:33333, the connector's default.
  4. Copy the Application (client) ID value displayed on the Overview section after creating the app, since this value is used as the OAuthClientId
  5. Define the app authentication type by going to the Certificates & Secrets section. There are two types of authentication available: using a client secret and using a certificate. The recommended authentication method is via a certificate, but you can also create an application secret.
    • Option 1 - Upload a certificate: In the Certificates & Secrets section, select Upload certificate and select the certificate to upload from your local machine.
    • Option 2 - Create a new application secret: In the Certificates & Secrets section, select New Client Secret for the app and select its duration. After saving the client secret, the key value is displayed. Copy this value as it is displayed only once, and it is used as the OAuthClientSecret.
  6. In the Authentication tab, make sure to check the option: Access tokens (used for implicit flows).
  7. Open the Subscriptions page by searching and selecting the Subscriptions service from the search bar.
  8. Select the particular subscription to assign the application to, then open the Access control (IAM) section, and click on the Add role assignment button.
  9. Set the role to assign to your created OAuth app. Select the Owner role for the ADLSGen1 Schema, and the Storage Blob Data Contributor role for the ADLSGen2 Schema. Alternatively, you can also grant access rights by assigning ACLs (Access control lists) to your service principal.

Custom Credentials

Follow the steps below to authenticate with the credentials for a custom OAuth app. See Creating a Custom OAuth App.

Authentication with Your OAuth App

There are two types of app authentication available: using a client secret and using a certificate. You can use any of them depending on the configured app authentication.

Get an OAuth Access Token

You are ready to connect after setting one of the below connection properties groups depending on the authentication type.

  1. Authenticating using a Client Secret
    • AuthScheme: Set this to the "AzureServicePrincipal" in your app settings.
    • InitiateOAuth: Set this to GETANDREFRESH. You can use InitiateOAuth to avoid repeating the OAuth exchange and manually setting the OAuthAccessToken.
    • AzureTenant: Set this to the tenant you wish to connect to.
    • OAuthClientId: Set this to the Client ID in your app settings.
    • OAuthClientSecret: Set this to the Client Secret in your app settings.
  2. Authenticating using a Certificate
    • AuthScheme: Set this to the "AzureServicePrincipal" in your app settings.
    • InitiateOAuth: Set this to GETANDREFRESH. You can use InitiateOAuth to avoid repeating the OAuth exchange and manually setting the OAuthAccessToken.
    • AzureTenant: Set this to the tenant you wish to connect to.
    • OAuthClientId: Set this to the Client ID in your app settings.
    • OAuthJWTCert: Set this to the JWT Certificate store.
    • OAuthJWTCertType: Set this to the type of the certificate store specified by OAuthJWTCert.

Fine-Tuning Data Access

Fine Tuning Data Access

You can use the following properties to gain more control over the data returned from Azure Data Lake Storage:

  • DirectoryRetrievalDepth: For the ADLSGen1 schema. Specifies how many subfolders will be recursively scanned before stopping.
  • IncludeSubDirectories: For the ADLSGen2 schema. Whether the connector should list the subdirectories' paths in the Resources view.

Important Notes

Stored Procedures

  • The stored procedures features described in this documentation are not currently supported.
  • Because stored procedures are not currently supported, any feature dependent on stored procedures is also currently not supported.

Configuration Files and Their Paths

  • All references to adding configuration files and their paths refer to files and locations on the Jitterbit Harmony Agent where the connector is installed. These paths are to be adjusted as appropriate depending on the agent and the operating system. If multiple agents are used in an agent group, identical files will be required on each agent.

Advanced Features

This section details a selection of advanced features of the Azure Data Lake Storage connector.

User Defined Views

The connector allows you to define virtual tables, called user defined views, whose contents are decided by a pre-configured query. These views are useful when you cannot directly control queries being issued to the drivers. See User Defined Views for an overview of creating and configuring custom views.

SSL Configuration

Use SSL Configuration to adjust how connector handles TLS/SSL certificate negotiations. You can choose from various certificate formats; see the SSLServerCert property under "Connection String Options" for more information.

Proxy

To configure the connector using Private Agent proxy settings, select the Use Proxy Settings checkbox on the connection configuration screen.

User Defined Views

The Jitterbit Connector for Azure Data Lake Storage allows you to define a virtual table whose contents are decided by a pre-configured query. These are called User Defined Views, which are useful in situations where you cannot directly control the query being issued to the driver, e.g. when using the driver from Jitterbit. The User Defined Views can be used to define predicates that are always applied. If you specify additional predicates in the query to the view, they are combined with the query already defined as part of the view.

There are two ways to create user defined views:
  • Create a JSON-formatted configuration file defining the views you want.
  • DDL statements.

Defining Views Using a Configuration File

User Defined Views are defined in a JSON-formatted configuration file called UserDefinedViews.json. The connector automatically detects the views specified in this file.

You can also have multiple view definitions and control them using the UserDefinedViews connection property. When you use this property, only the specified views are seen by the connector.

This User Defined View configuration file is formatted as follows:
  • Each root element defines the name of a view.
  • Each root element contains a child element, called query, which contains the custom SQL query for the view.

For example:

{
	"MyView": {
		"query": "SELECT * FROM Resources WHERE MyColumn = 'value'"
	},
	"MyView2": {
		"query": "SELECT * FROM MyTable WHERE Id IN (1,2,3)"
	}
}
Use the UserDefinedViews connection property to specify the location of your JSON configuration file. For example:
"UserDefinedViews", "C:\Users\yourusername\Desktop\tmp\UserDefinedViews.json"

Schema for User Defined Views

User Defined Views are exposed in the UserViews schema by default. This is done to avoid the view's name clashing with an actual entity in the data model. You can change the name of the schema used for UserViews by setting the UserViewsSchemaName property.

Working with User Defined Views

For example, a SQL statement with a User Defined View called UserViews.RCustomers only lists customers in Raleigh:
SELECT * FROM Customers WHERE City = 'Raleigh';
An example of a query to the driver:
SELECT * FROM UserViews.RCustomers WHERE Status = 'Active';
Resulting in the effective query to the source:
SELECT * FROM Customers WHERE City = 'Raleigh' AND Status = 'Active';
That is a very simple example of a query to a User Defined View that is effectively a combination of the view query and the view definition. It is possible to compose these queries in much more complex patterns. All SQL operations are allowed in both queries and are combined when appropriate.

SSL Configuration

Customizing the SSL Configuration

By default, the connector attempts to negotiate SSL/TLS by checking the server's certificate against the system's trusted certificate store.

To specify another certificate, see the SSLServerCert property for the available formats to do so.

Data Model

Overview

This section shows the available API objects and provides more information on executing SQL to Azure Data Lake Storage APIs.

Key Features

  • The connector models Azure Data Lake Storage entities like documents, folders, and groups as relational views, allowing you to write SQL to query Azure Data Lake Storage data.
  • Stored procedures* allow you to execute operations to Azure Data Lake Storage.
  • Live connectivity to these objects means any changes to your Azure Data Lake Storage account are immediately reflected when using the connector.

Views

Views describes the available views. Views are statically defined to model Resources and Permissions.

Stored Procedures

NOTE: Stored procedures are not currently supported. See the above note for details.

Stored Procedures are function-like interfaces to Azure Data Lake Storage. Stored procedures* allow you to execute operations to Azure Data Lake Storage, including downloading documents and moving envelopes.

Collaborative Query Processing

The connector offloads as much of the SELECT statement processing as possible to Azure Data Lake Storage and then processes the rest of the query in memory. API limitations and requirements "are also documented in this section.

See SupportEnhancedSQL for more information on how the connector circumvents API limitations with in-memory client-side processing.

ADLSGen1 Data Model

Overview

This section shows the available API objects and provides more information on executing SQL to Azure Data Lake Storage APIs.

Key Features

  • The connector models Azure Data Lake Storage entities like documents, folders, and groups as relational views, allowing you to write SQL to query Azure Data Lake Storage data.
  • Stored procedures* allow you to execute operations to Azure Data Lake Storage.
  • Live connectivity to these objects means any changes to your Azure Data Lake Storage account are immediately reflected when using the connector.

Views

Views describes the available views. Views are statically defined to model Resources and Permissions.

Stored Procedures

NOTE: Stored procedures are not currently supported. See the above note for details.

Stored Procedures are function-like interfaces to Azure Data Lake Storage. Stored procedures* allow you to execute operations to Azure Data Lake Storage, including downloading documents and moving envelopes.

Collaborative Query Processing

The connector offloads as much of the SELECT statement processing as possible to Azure Data Lake Storage and then processes the rest of the query in memory. API limitations and requirements "are also documented in this section.

See SupportEnhancedSQL for more information on how the connector circumvents API limitations with in-memory client-side processing.

Views

Views are composed of columns and pseudo columns. Views are similar to tables in the way that data is represented; however, views do not support updates. Entities that are represented as views are typically read-only entities. Often, a stored procedure* is available to update the data if such functionality is applicable to the data source.

Queries can be executed against a view as if it were a normal table, and the data that comes back is similar in that regard. To find out more about tables and stored procedures, please navigate to their corresponding entries in this help document.

Jitterbit Connector for Azure Data Lake Storage Views

Name Description
Permissions Lists the permissions of the files/file specified in the path.
Resources Lists the contents of the supplied path.

Permissions

Lists the permissions of the files/file specified in the path.

Table Specific Information

Select

This will return a list of permissions of all the files and directories in your system. All filters are executed client-side within the connector.

Columns

Name Type Description
FullPath [KEY] String The full path of the file.
OwnerRead Boolean Whether the owner this file belongs to has read access.
OwnerWrite Boolean Whether the owner this file belongs to has write access.
OwnerExecute Boolean Whether the owner this file belongs to has execute access.
GroupRead Boolean Whether the group this file belongs to has read access.
GroupWrite Boolean Whether the group this file belongs to has write access.
GroupExecute Boolean Whether the group this file belongs to has execute access.
OthersRead Boolean Whether everyone else has read access.
OthersWrite Boolean Whether everyone else has write access.
OthersExecute Boolean Whether everyone else has execute access.

Resources

Lists the contents of the supplied path.

Table Specific Information

Select

This will return a list of all the files and directories in your system. By default, all subfolders are recursively scanned to list their children. You can configure the depth of subfolders you want to be recursively scanned with DirectoryRetrievalDepth property. All filters are executed client side within the connector.

Columns

Name Type Description
PathSuffix [KEY] String Name of the file/folder.
FullPath String Full path to the file/folder.
Owner String The owner identifier.
Group String The name of a group.
Length Long The size of the file.
Permission String Permissions set to the file/folder.
Replication Integer The number of replications of a file.
BlockSize Long The block size of a file.
ModificationTime Datetime The timestamp when the file/folder was modified for the last time.
AccessTime Datetime The access time of a file/directory.
Type String The type of the resource FILE/FOLDER

Stored Procedures

NOTE: Stored procedures are not currently supported. See the above note for details.

Stored procedures* are available to complement the data available from the Data Model. It may be necessary to update data available from a view using a stored procedure* because the data does not provide for direct, table-like, two-way updates. In these situations, the retrieval of the data is done using the appropriate view or table, while the update is done by calling a stored procedure. Stored procedures* take a list of parameters and return back a dataset that contains the collection of tuples that constitute the response.

Jitterbit Connector for Azure Data Lake Storage Stored Procedures

Name Description
AppendToFile Create and Write to a File.
Concat Concatenate a group of files to another file.
DeleteFile Delete a file or a directory.
DownloadFile Open and read a file.
GetAdminConsentURL Gets the admin consent URL that must be opened separately by an admin of a given domain to grant access to your application. Only needed when using custom OAuth credentials.
GetContentSummary Get the content summary of a file/folder.
GetOAuthAccessToken Gets an authentication token from Azure DataLakeStorage.
GetOAuthAuthorizationURL Gets an authorization URL from the data source. The authorization URL can be used to generate a verifier required to obtain the OAuth token.
ListStatus Lists the contents of the supplied path.
MakeDirectory Create a directory in the specified path.
RefreshOAuthAccessToken Refreshes the OAuth access token used for authentication.
RenameFile Rename a file or a directory.
SetOwner Set owner and group of a path.
SetPermission Set permission of a path.
UploadFile Create and Write to a File.

AppendToFile

Create and Write to a File.

Input

Name Type Required Description
Path String False The absolute path of the file for which content will be appended.
Content String False The content which will be appended to the specified file. Has lower priority than FilePath.
FilePath String False The path of the file whose content will be appended to the specified file. Has higher priority than Content.

Result Set Columns

Name Type Description
Success Boolean Whether the operation completed successfully or not.

Concat

Concatenate a group of files to another file.

Input

Name Type Required Description
Path String False The path who will be concatenated with other paths/sources.
Sources String True A comma separated list of paths/sources. These will be joined to the Path input.

Result Set Columns

Name Type Description
Success Boolean Whether the operation completed successfully or not.

DeleteFile

Delete a file or a directory.

Input

Name Type Required Description
Path String False The path (file or folder) which will be renamed.
Recursive Boolean False If the the path to be deleted is a folder, whether all children should be deleted as well.

Result Set Columns

Name Type Description
Success Boolean Whether the operation completed successfully or not.

DownloadFile

Open and read a file.

Input

Name Type Required Description
Path String False The path of the file which will be opened.
Offset Integer False The offset from which the reading will start.
Length Integer False The amount of how much will be read from the file.
BufferSize Integer False The internal size of the buffer which will be used for the reading of the file
WriteToFile String False The local location of the file where the output will be written to. If not set, the output will be displayed.

Result Set Columns

Name Type Description
Output String The path of the current user's home directory.

GetAdminConsentURL

Gets the admin consent URL that must be opened separately by an admin of a given domain to grant access to your application. Only needed when using custom OAuth credentials.

Input

Name Type Required Description
CallbackUrl String False The URL the user will be redirected to after authorizing your application. This value must match the Reply URL in the Azure AD app settings.
State String False The same value for state that you sent when you requested the authorization code.

Result Set Columns

Name Type Description
URL String The authorization URL, entered into a Web browser to obtain the verifier token and authorize your app.

GetContentSummary

Get the content summary of a file/folder.

Input

Name Type Required Description
Path String False The absolute path of the file/folder whose content summary will be returned.

Result Set Columns

Name Type Description
DirectoryCount Int The number of directories in this folder.
FileCount Int The number of files in this folder.
Length Long The length of the folder/file.
Quota Integer The quota of the folder/file.
SpaceConsumed Integer The amount of space consumed by this folder/file.
SpaceQuota Integer The space quota of the folder/file.

GetOAuthAccessToken

Gets an authentication token from Azure DataLakeStorage.

Input

Name Type Required Description
AuthMode String False The type of authentication mode to use. Select App for getting authentication tokens via a desktop app. Select Web for getting authentication tokens via a Web app.

The allowed values are APP, WEB.

The default value is APP.

Verifier String False A verifier returned by the service that must be input to return the access token. Needed only when using the Web auth mode. Obtained by navigating to the URL returned in GetOAuthAuthorizationUrl.
CallbackUrl String False The URL the user will be redirected to after authorizing your application.
Prompt String False Defaults to 'select_account' which prompts the user to select account while authenticating. Set to 'None', for no prompt, 'login' to force user to enter their credentials or 'consent' to trigger the OAuth consent dialog after the user signs in, asking the user to grant permissions to the app.

Result Set Columns

Name Type Description
OAuthAccessToken String The OAuth token.
OAuthRefreshToken String The OAuth refresh token.
ExpiresIn String The remaining lifetime for the access token in seconds.

GetOAuthAuthorizationURL

Gets an authorization URL from the data source. The authorization URL can be used to generate a verifier required to obtain the OAuth token.

Input

Name Type Required Description
CallbackURL String False The URL the user will be redirected to after authorizing your application.
State String False This field indicates any state that may be useful to your application upon receipt of the response. Your application receives the same value it sent, as this parameter makes a round-trip to Dynamics authorization server and back. Uses include redirecting the user to the correct resource in your site, using nonces, and mitigating cross-site request forgery.
Prompt String False Defaults to 'select_account' which prompts the user to select account while authenticating. Set to 'None', for no prompt, 'login' to force user to enter their credentials or 'consent' to trigger the OAuth consent dialog after the user signs in, asking the user to grant permissions to the app.

Result Set Columns

Name Type Description
URL String The authorization URL that will need to be opened for the user to authorize your app.

ListStatus

Lists the contents of the supplied path.

Input

Name Type Required Description
Path String False

Result Set Columns

Name Type Description
PathSuffix String
Owner String
Group String
Length Long
Permission String
Replication Integer
BlockSize Long
ModificationTime Datetime
AccessTime Datetime
Type String

MakeDirectory

Create a directory in the specified path.

Input

Name Type Required Description
Path String False The path of the new directory which will be created.
Permission String False The permission of the new directory. If no permissions are specified, the newly created directory will have 755 permission as default.

Result Set Columns

Name Type Description
Success Boolean Whether the operation completed successfully or not.

RefreshOAuthAccessToken

Refreshes the OAuth access token used for authentication.

Input

Name Type Required Description
OAuthRefreshToken String False The refresh token returned from the original authorization code exchange.

Result Set Columns

Name Type Description
OAuthAccessToken String The authentication token returned. This can be used in subsequent calls to other operations for this particular service.
OAuthRefreshToken String A token that may be used to obtain a new access token.
ExpiresIn String The remaining lifetime on the access token.

RenameFile

Rename a file or a directory.

Input

Name Type Required Description
Path String False The path which will be renamed.
Destination String True The new path for the renamed file/folder.

Result Set Columns

Name Type Description
Success Boolean Whether the operation completed successfully or not.

SetOwner

Set owner and group of a path.

Input

Name Type Required Description
Path String False The path whose owner/group will be changed.
Owner String False The new owner.
Group String False The new group.

Result Set Columns

Name Type Description
Success Boolean Whether the operation completed successfully or not.

SetPermission

Set permission of a path.

Input

Name Type Required Description
Path String False The path whose permissions will be changed
Permission String True Unix permissions in an octal (base-8) notation.

Result Set Columns

Name Type Description
Success Boolean Whether the operation completed successfully or not.

UploadFile

Create and Write to a File.

Input

Name Type Required Description
Path String False The absolute path of the file which will be created.
Overwrite Boolean False If set to true, the file will be overwritten.
Permission String False The permissions which will be set for the created file.
Content String False The content which will be written to the newly created file. Has lower priority than FilePath.
FilePath String False The path of the file whose content will be written to the newly created file. Has higher priority than Content.

Result Set Columns

Name Type Description
Success Boolean Whether the operation completed successfully or not.

ADLSGen2 Data Model

Overview

This section shows the available API objects and provides more information on executing SQL to Azure Data Lake Storage APIs.

Key Features

  • The connector models Azure Data Lake Storage entities like documents, folders, and groups as relational views, allowing you to write SQL to query Azure Data Lake Storage data.
  • Stored procedures* allow you to execute operations to Azure Data Lake Storage.
  • Live connectivity to these objects means any changes to your Azure Data Lake Storage account are immediately reflected when using the connector.

Views

Views describes the available views. Views are statically defined to model Resources.

Stored Procedures

NOTE: Stored procedures are not currently supported. See the above note for details.

Stored Procedures are function-like interfaces to Azure Data Lake Storage. Stored procedures* allow you to execute operations to Azure Data Lake Storage, including downloading documents and moving envelopes.

Collaborative Query Processing

The connector offloads as much of the SELECT statement processing as possible to Azure Data Lake Storage and then processes the rest of the query in memory. API limitations and requirements "are also documented in this section.

See SupportEnhancedSQL for more information on how the connector circumvents API limitations with in-memory client-side processing.

Views

Views are composed of columns and pseudo columns. Views are similar to tables in the way that data is represented; however, views do not support updates. Entities that are represented as views are typically read-only entities. Often, a stored procedure* is available to update the data if such functionality is applicable to the data source.

Queries can be executed against a view as if it were a normal table, and the data that comes back is similar in that regard. To find out more about tables and stored procedures, please navigate to their corresponding entries in this help document.

Jitterbit Connector for Azure Data Lake Storage Views

Name Description
Resources Lists the contents of the supplied path.

Resources

Lists the contents of the supplied path.

Table Specific Information

Select

This will return a list of all the files and directories in your system. By default, all the files and folders of the first level will be retrieved. You can configure the connector to read all files and folders recursively by setting the IncludeSubDirectories property to true. All filters are executed client-side within the connector.

A simple query such as SELECT * FROM Resources will have different results with different combinations of IncludeSubDirectories and Directory connection properties.
  • If IncludeSubDirectories=true and Directory is not set the table will return all files and folder with its subfolders in all the storage.
  • If IncludeSubDirectories=true and Directory=path the table will return all files and folders with its subfolders in the path specified in Directory.
  • If IncludeSubDirectories=false and Directory is not set the table will return all files and folders of the root folder.
  • If IncludeSubDirectories=false and Directory=path the table will return all files and folders of the folder specified in path.

You can alternatively specify the Directory column in the WHERE clause conditions to list the files in a specific directory.

For example, the below query will list the files located in the first level of the 'SecondLevelDir1' directory.

SELECT * FROM Resources WHERE Directory='FirstLevelDir/SecondLevelDir1'

You can also make use of the IN operator, in order to list the files located in the first levels of multiple specified directories.

SELECT * FROM Resources WHERE Directory IN ('FirstLevelDir', 'FirstLevelDir/SecondLevelDir1', 'FirstLevelDir/SecondLevelDir2')

Note: The connector will use the Azure Data Lake Storage API to process WHERE clause conditions built with the following Directory column, and the '=' operator. The rest of the filter is executed client side within the connector.

Columns

Name Type Description
Name [KEY] String The path of the file or folder.
Directory String The directory path of the file or folder.
IsDirectory String Determines if the resource is a folder or a file.
ContentLength Long Determines the size of the file in bytes.
LastModified Timestamp The timestamp when the file was modified for the last time.
Owner String The name of the owner.
Permissions String The permissions set to the file.
ETag String Unique identifier of the file or folder.

Pseudo-Columns

Pseudo column fields are used in the WHERE clause of SELECT statements and offer a more granular control over the tuples that are returned from the data source.

Name Type Description
Recursive Boolean Set this to true to retrieve all sub folders and files.

The default value is false.

Stored Procedures

NOTE: Stored procedures are not currently supported. See the above note for details.

Stored procedures* are available to complement the data available from the Data Model. It may be necessary to update data available from a view using a stored procedure* because the data does not provide for direct, table-like, two-way updates. In these situations, the retrieval of the data is done using the appropriate view or table, while the update is done by calling a stored procedure. Stored procedures* take a list of parameters and return back a dataset that contains the collection of tuples that constitute the response.

Jitterbit Connector for Azure Data Lake Storage Stored Procedures

Name Description
CopyFile Copy a file from a source to a destination.
CreateFile Create a file. Path is required for a successful operation.
CreateFolder Create a folder. Path is required for a successful operation.
DeleteObject Delete a file or a folder. Path is required for a successful operation.
DownloadFile Download a file. Path and DownloadPath are required for a successful operation.
GetOAuthAccessToken Gets the OAuth access token from SharePoint.
GetOAuthAuthorizationURL Gets the SharePoint authorization URL. Access the URL returned in the output in a Web browser. This requests the access token that can be used as part of the connection string to SharePoint.
RefreshOAuthAccessToken Refreshes the OAuth access token used for authentication with SharePoint.
RenameObject Rename a file or a directory. Path and RenameTo are required for a successful operation.
UploadFile Upload a File. Path and FilePath are required for a successful operation.

CopyFile

Copy a file from a source to a destination.

To copy the file named Guidelines.txt which is situated in the root of the container to the folder Sales with the new name Guidelines renamed.txt use the stored procedure* like this:

EXEC CopyFile SourcePath=[Guidelines.txt], DestinationPath=[Sales/Guidelines renamed.txt]

Input

Name Type Description
SourcePath String Required. The path of the file which will be copied.
DestinationPath String Required. The path of the file where it will be copied.

Result Set Columns

Name Type Description
Success String Determines if the operation was successful or not.

CreateFile

Create a file. Path is required for a successful operation.

Input

Name Type Description
Path String The path of the file which will be created.

Result Set Columns

Name Type Description
Success String Determines if the operation was successful or not.

CreateFolder

Create a folder. Path is required for a successful operation.

Input

Name Type Description
Path String The path of the folder which will be created.

Result Set Columns

Name Type Description
Success String Determines if the operation was successful or not.

DeleteObject

Delete a file or a folder. Path is required for a successful operation.

  • Recursive=false is the default behavior, and is usually used only for files.
    EXEC DeleteObject Path=[directory1/file1.txt]
    
  • Recursive=true is used when you want to delete a folder along with its content.
    EXEC DeleteObject Path=[directory1], Recursive=true
    
  • DeleteType=[FILES] is used when you want to delete only the files inside a folder. The sub folders will not be deleted. In this case, use Recursive=false (it is the default behavior).
    EXEC DeleteObject Path=[directory1], DeleteType=[FILES]
    
  • If you use DeleteType=[FILES] and Recursive=true:
    EXEC DeleteObject Path=[directory1], DeleteType=[FILES], Recursive=true
    
    then it would have the same effect as:
    EXEC DeleteObject Path=[directory1], Recursive=true
    
    It is also slower, so it is not recommended.

Input

Name Type Description
Path String The path of the file or folder to be deleted.
Recursive Boolean Set this to true to delete a folder with all of it content.

The default value is false.

DeleteType String Set this to FILESANDFOLDERS to delete the file or folder specified in the Path parameter. Set this to FILES to delete only the files inside the folder specified in the Path parameter.

The allowed values are FILES, FILESANDFOLDERS.

The default value is FILESANDFOLDERS.

Result Set Columns

Name Type Description
Success String Determines if the operation was successful or not.

DownloadFile

Download a file. Path and DownloadPath are required for a successful operation.

Input

Name Type Description
Path String The path of the file which will be downloaded.
DownloadPath String The path where the file will be downloaded.

Result Set Columns

Name Type Description
Success String The path of the current user's home directory.

GetOAuthAccessToken

Gets the OAuth access token from SharePoint.

Input

Name Type Description
AuthMode String The type of authentication mode to use. The allowed values are APP, WEB.
Verifier String The verifier token returned by SharePoint after using the URL obtained with GetOAuthAuthorizationURL. Required for only the Web AuthMode.
CallbackUrl String The URL the user will be redirected to after authorizing your application.
State String Any value that you wish to be sent with the callback.
Prompt String Defaults to 'select_account' which prompts the user to select account while authenticating. Set to 'None', for no prompt, 'login' to force user to enter their credentials or 'consent' to trigger the OAuth consent dialog after the user signs in, asking the user to grant permissions to the app.

Result Set Columns

Name Type Description
OAuthAccessToken String The authentication token returned from SharePoint.
OAuthRefreshToken String A token that may be used to obtain a new access token.
ExpiresIn String The remaining lifetime for the access token in seconds.

GetOAuthAuthorizationURL

Gets the SharePoint authorization URL. Access the URL returned in the output in a Web browser. This requests the access token that can be used as part of the connection string to SharePoint.

Input

Name Type Description
CallbackUrl String The URL that Sharepoint will return to after the user has authorized your app.
State String Any value that you wish to be sent with the callback.
Prompt String Defaults to 'select_account' which prompts the user to select account while authenticating. Set to 'None', for no prompt, 'login' to force user to enter their credentials or 'consent' to trigger the OAuth consent dialog after the user signs in, asking the user to grant permissions to the app.

Result Set Columns

Name Type Description
URL String The URL to be entered into a Web browser to obtain the verifier token and authorize the data provider with.

RefreshOAuthAccessToken

Refreshes the OAuth access token used for authentication with SharePoint.

Input

Name Type Description
OAuthRefreshToken String The old token to be refreshed.

Result Set Columns

Name Type Description
OAuthAccessToken String The authentication token returned from SharePoint.
ExpiresIn String The remaining lifetime on the access token.

RenameObject

Rename a file or a directory. Path and RenameTo are required for a successful operation.

Input

Name Type Description
Path String The path which will be renamed.
RenameTo String The new name of the file/folder.

Result Set Columns

Name Type Description
Success Boolean Whether the operation completed successfully or not.

UploadFile

Upload a File. Path and FilePath are required for a successful operation.

In case you want to upload a single file, specify a source and destination file as parameter values. For example:

EXEC UploadFile Path='destination/path/name.txt', FilePath='source/path/name.txt'

In case you want to upload multiple files, specify a source and destination folder to upload all the files inside that folder. Use the MaxThreads property to control how many files will be uploaded at a time in parallel. For example:

EXEC UploadFile Path='destination/path', FilePath='source/path'

Increase the Timeout value if you are uploading large files.

Input

Name Type Description
Path String Set this to the path of the file where it will be uploaded.
FilePath String Set this to the path of the file which will be uploaded. Example: C:/Users/User/Desktop/SampleUploadtest.txt.

Result Set Columns

Name Type Description
Success Boolean Whether the operation completed successfully or not.

System Tables

You can query the system tables described in this section to access schema information, information on data source functionality, and batch operation statistics.

Schema Tables

The following tables return database metadata for Azure Data Lake Storage:

Data Source Tables

The following tables return information about how to connect to and query the data source:

  • sys_connection_props: Returns information on the available connection properties.
  • sys_sqlinfo: Describes the SELECT queries that the connector can offload to the data source.

Query Information Tables

The following table returns query statistics for data modification queries:

  • sys_identity: Returns information about batch operations or single updates.

sys_catalogs

Lists the available databases.

The following query retrieves all databases determined by the connection string:

SELECT * FROM sys_catalogs

Columns

Name Type Description
CatalogName String The database name.

sys_schemas

Lists the available schemas.

The following query retrieves all available schemas:

SELECT * FROM sys_schemas

Columns

Name Type Description
CatalogName String The database name.
SchemaName String The schema name.

sys_tables

Lists the available tables.

The following query retrieves the available tables and views:

SELECT * FROM sys_tables

Columns

Name Type Description
CatalogName String The database containing the table or view.
SchemaName String The schema containing the table or view.
TableName String The name of the table or view.
TableType String The table type (table or view).
Description String A description of the table or view.
IsUpdateable Boolean Whether the table can be updated.

sys_tablecolumns

Describes the columns of the available tables and views.

The following query returns the columns and data types for the Resources table:

SELECT ColumnName, DataTypeName FROM sys_tablecolumns WHERE TableName='Resources' 

Columns

Name Type Description
CatalogName String The name of the database containing the table or view.
SchemaName String The schema containing the table or view.
TableName String The name of the table or view containing the column.
ColumnName String The column name.
DataTypeName String The data type name.
DataType Int32 An integer indicating the data type. This value is determined at run time based on the environment.
Length Int32 The storage size of the column.
DisplaySize Int32 The designated column's normal maximum width in characters.
NumericPrecision Int32 The maximum number of digits in numeric data. The column length in characters for character and date-time data.
NumericScale Int32 The column scale or number of digits to the right of the decimal point.
IsNullable Boolean Whether the column can contain null.
Description String A brief description of the column.
Ordinal Int32 The sequence number of the column.
IsAutoIncrement String Whether the column value is assigned in fixed increments.
IsGeneratedColumn String Whether the column is generated.
IsHidden Boolean Whether the column is hidden.
IsArray Boolean Whether the column is an array.

sys_procedures

Lists the available stored procedures.

The following query retrieves the available stored procedures:

SELECT * FROM sys_procedures

Columns

Name Type Description
CatalogName String The database containing the stored procedure.
SchemaName String The schema containing the stored procedure.
ProcedureName String The name of the stored procedure.
Description String A description of the stored procedure.
ProcedureType String The type of the procedure, such as PROCEDURE or FUNCTION.

sys_procedureparameters

Describes stored procedure* parameters.

The following query returns information about all of the input parameters for the DownloadFile stored procedure:

SELECT * FROM sys_procedureparameters WHERE ProcedureName='DownloadFile' AND Direction=1 OR Direction=2

Columns

Name Type Description
CatalogName String The name of the database containing the stored procedure.
SchemaName String The name of the schema containing the stored procedure.
ProcedureName String The name of the stored procedure* containing the parameter.
ColumnName String The name of the stored procedure* parameter.
Direction Int32 An integer corresponding to the type of the parameter: input (1), input/output (2), or output(4). input/output type parameters can be both input and output parameters.
DataTypeName String The name of the data type.
DataType Int32 An integer indicating the data type. This value is determined at run time based on the environment.
Length Int32 The number of characters allowed for character data. The number of digits allowed for numeric data.
NumericPrecision Int32 The maximum precision for numeric data. The column length in characters for character and date-time data.
NumericScale Int32 The number of digits to the right of the decimal point in numeric data.
IsNullable Boolean Whether the parameter can contain null.
IsRequired Boolean Whether the parameter is required for execution of the procedure.
IsArray Boolean Whether the parameter is an array.
Description String The description of the parameter.
Ordinal Int32 The index of the parameter.

sys_keycolumns

Describes the primary and foreign keys. The following query retrieves the primary key for the Resources table:

SELECT * FROM sys_keycolumns WHERE IsKey='True' AND TableName='Resources' 

Columns

Name Type Description
CatalogName String The name of the database containing the key.
SchemaName String The name of the schema containing the key.
TableName String The name of the table containing the key.
ColumnName String The name of the key column.
IsKey Boolean Whether the column is a primary key in the table referenced in the TableName field.
IsForeignKey Boolean Whether the column is a foreign key referenced in the TableName field.
PrimaryKeyName String The name of the primary key.
ForeignKeyName String The name of the foreign key.
ReferencedCatalogName String The database containing the primary key.
ReferencedSchemaName String The schema containing the primary key.
ReferencedTableName String The table containing the primary key.
ReferencedColumnName String The column name of the primary key.

sys_foreignkeys

Describes the foreign keys. The following query retrieves all foreign keys which refer to other tables:

SELECT * FROM sys_foreignkeys WHERE ForeignKeyType = 'FOREIGNKEY_TYPE_IMPORT'

Columns

Name Type Description
CatalogName String The name of the database containing the key.
SchemaName String The name of the schema containing the key.
TableName String The name of the table containing the key.
ColumnName String The name of the key column.
PrimaryKeyName String The name of the primary key.
ForeignKeyName String The name of the foreign key.
ReferencedCatalogName String The database containing the primary key.
ReferencedSchemaName String The schema containing the primary key.
ReferencedTableName String The table containing the primary key.
ReferencedColumnName String The column name of the primary key.
ForeignKeyType String Designates whether the foreign key is an import (points to other tables) or export (referenced from other tables) key.

sys_indexes

Describes the available indexes. By filtering on indexes, you can write more selective queries with faster query response times.

The following query retrieves all indexes that are not primary keys:

SELECT * FROM sys_indexes WHERE IsPrimary='false'

Columns

Name Type Description
CatalogName String The name of the database containing the index.
SchemaName String The name of the schema containing the index.
TableName String The name of the table containing the index.
IndexName String The index name.
ColumnName String The name of the column associated with the index.
IsUnique Boolean True if the index is unique. False otherwise.
IsPrimary Boolean True if the index is a primary key. False otherwise.
Type Int16 An integer value corresponding to the index type: statistic (0), clustered (1), hashed (2), or other (3).
SortOrder String The sort order: A for ascending or D for descending.
OrdinalPosition Int16 The sequence number of the column in the index.

sys_connection_props

Returns information on the available connection properties and those set in the connection string.

When querying this table, the config connection string should be used:

jdbc:cdata:adls:config:

This connection string enables you to query this table without a valid connection.

The following query retrieves all connection properties that have been set in the connection string or set through a default value:

SELECT * FROM sys_connection_props WHERE Value <> ''

Columns

Name Type Description
Name String The name of the connection property.
ShortDescription String A brief description.
Type String The data type of the connection property.
Default String The default value if one is not explicitly set.
Values String A comma-separated list of possible values. A validation error is thrown if another value is specified.
Value String The value you set or a preconfigured default.
Required Boolean Whether the property is required to connect.
Category String The category of the connection property.
IsSessionProperty String Whether the property is a session property, used to save information about the current connection.
Sensitivity String The sensitivity level of the property. This informs whether the property is obfuscated in logging and authentication forms.
PropertyName String A camel-cased truncated form of the connection property name.
Ordinal Int32 The index of the parameter.
CatOrdinal Int32 The index of the parameter category.
Hierarchy String Shows dependent properties associated that need to be set alongside this one.
Visible Boolean Informs whether the property is visible in the connection UI.
ETC String Various miscellaneous information about the property.

sys_sqlinfo

Describes the SELECT query processing that the connector can offload to the data source.

Collaborative Query Processing

When working with data sources that do not support SQL-92, you can query the sys_sqlinfo view to determine the query capabilities of the underlying APIs, expressed in SQL syntax. The connector offloads as much of the SELECT statement processing as possible to the server and then processes the rest of the query in memory.

Discovering the Data Source's SELECT Capabilities

Below is an example data set of SQL capabilities. The following result set indicates the SELECT functionality that the connector can offload to the data source or process client side. Your data source may support additional SQL syntax. Some aspects of SELECT functionality are returned in a comma-separated list if supported; otherwise, the column contains NO.

NameDescriptionPossible Values
AGGREGATE_FUNCTIONSSupported aggregation functions.AVG, COUNT, MAX, MIN, SUM, DISTINCT
COUNTWhether COUNT function is supported.YES, NO
IDENTIFIER_QUOTE_OPEN_CHARThe opening character used to escape an identifier.[
IDENTIFIER_QUOTE_CLOSE_CHARThe closing character used to escape an identifier.]
SUPPORTED_OPERATORSA list of supported SQL operators.=, >, <, >=, <=, <>, !=, LIKE, NOT LIKE, IN, NOT IN, IS NULL, IS NOT NULL, AND, OR
GROUP_BYWhether GROUP BY is supported, and, if so, the degree of support.NO, NO_RELATION, EQUALS_SELECT, SQL_GB_COLLATE
STRING_FUNCTIONSSupported string functions.LENGTH, CHAR, LOCATE, REPLACE, SUBSTRING, RTRIM, LTRIM, RIGHT, LEFT, UCASE, SPACE, SOUNDEX, LCASE, CONCAT, ASCII, REPEAT, OCTET, BIT, POSITION, INSERT, TRIM, UPPER, REGEXP, LOWER, DIFFERENCE, CHARACTER, SUBSTR, STR, REVERSE, PLAN, UUIDTOSTR, TRANSLATE, TRAILING, TO, STUFF, STRTOUUID, STRING, SPLIT, SORTKEY, SIMILAR, REPLICATE, PATINDEX, LPAD, LEN, LEADING, KEY, INSTR, INSERTSTR, HTML, GRAPHICAL, CONVERT, COLLATION, CHARINDEX, BYTE
NUMERIC_FUNCTIONSSupported numeric functions.ABS, ACOS, ASIN, ATAN, ATAN2, CEILING, COS, COT, EXP, FLOOR, LOG, MOD, SIGN, SIN, SQRT, TAN, PI, RAND, DEGREES, LOG10, POWER, RADIANS, ROUND, TRUNCATE
TIMEDATE_FUNCTIONSSupported date/time functions.NOW, CURDATE, DAYOFMONTH, DAYOFWEEK, DAYOFYEAR, MONTH, QUARTER, WEEK, YEAR, CURTIME, HOUR, MINUTE, SECOND, TIMESTAMPADD, TIMESTAMPDIFF, DAYNAME, MONTHNAME, CURRENT_DATE, CURRENT_TIME, CURRENT_TIMESTAMP, EXTRACT
REPLICATION_SKIP_TABLESIndicates tables skipped during replication.
REPLICATION_TIMECHECK_COLUMNSA string array containing a list of columns which will be used to check for (in the given order) to use as a modified column during replication.
IDENTIFIER_PATTERNString value indicating what string is valid for an identifier.
SUPPORT_TRANSACTIONIndicates if the provider supports transactions such as commit and rollback.YES, NO
DIALECTIndicates the SQL dialect to use.
KEY_PROPERTIESIndicates the properties which identify the uniform database.
SUPPORTS_MULTIPLE_SCHEMASIndicates if multiple schemas may exist for the provider.YES, NO
SUPPORTS_MULTIPLE_CATALOGSIndicates if multiple catalogs may exist for the provider.YES, NO
DATASYNCVERSIONThe Data Sync version needed to access this driver.Standard, Starter, Professional, Enterprise
DATASYNCCATEGORYThe Data Sync category of this driver.Source, Destination, Cloud Destination
SUPPORTSENHANCEDSQLWhether enhanced SQL functionality beyond what is offered by the API is supported.TRUE, FALSE
SUPPORTS_BATCH_OPERATIONSWhether batch operations are supported.YES, NO
SQL_CAPAll supported SQL capabilities for this driver.SELECT, INSERT, DELETE, UPDATE, TRANSACTIONS, ORDERBY, OAUTH, ASSIGNEDID, LIMIT, LIKE, BULKINSERT, COUNT, BULKDELETE, BULKUPDATE, GROUPBY, HAVING, AGGS, OFFSET, REPLICATE, COUNTDISTINCT, JOINS, DROP, CREATE, DISTINCT, INNERJOINS, SUBQUERIES, ALTER, MULTIPLESCHEMAS, GROUPBYNORELATION, OUTERJOINS, UNIONALL, UNION, UPSERT, GETDELETED, CROSSJOINS, GROUPBYCOLLATE, MULTIPLECATS, FULLOUTERJOIN, MERGE, JSONEXTRACT, BULKUPSERT, SUM, SUBQUERIESFULL, MIN, MAX, JOINSFULL, XMLEXTRACT, AVG, MULTISTATEMENTS, FOREIGNKEYS, CASE, LEFTJOINS, COMMAJOINS, WITH, LITERALS, RENAME, NESTEDTABLES, EXECUTE, BATCH, BASIC, INDEX
PREFERRED_CACHE_OPTIONSA string value specifies the preferred cacheOptions.
ENABLE_EF_ADVANCED_QUERYIndicates if the driver directly supports advanced queries coming from Entity Framework. If not, queries will be handled client side.YES, NO
PSEUDO_COLUMNSA string array indicating the available pseudo columns.
MERGE_ALWAYSIf the value is true, The Merge Mode is forcibly executed in Data Sync.TRUE, FALSE
REPLICATION_MIN_DATE_QUERYA select query to return the replicate start datetime.
REPLICATION_MIN_FUNCTIONAllows a provider to specify the formula name to use for executing a server side min.
REPLICATION_START_DATEAllows a provider to specify a replicate startdate.
REPLICATION_MAX_DATE_QUERYA select query to return the replicate end datetime.
REPLICATION_MAX_FUNCTIONAllows a provider to specify the formula name to use for executing a server side max.
IGNORE_INTERVALS_ON_INITIAL_REPLICATEA list of tables which will skip dividing the replicate into chunks on the initial replicate.
CHECKCACHE_USE_PARENTIDIndicates whether the CheckCache statement should be done against the parent key column.TRUE, FALSE
CREATE_SCHEMA_PROCEDURESIndicates stored procedures* that can be used for generating schema files.

The following query retrieves the operators that can be used in the WHERE clause:
SELECT * FROM sys_sqlinfo WHERE Name='SUPPORTED_OPERATORS'
Note that individual tables may have different limitations or requirements on the WHERE clause; refer to the Data Model section for more information.

Columns

Name Type Description
NAME String A component of SQL syntax, or a capability that can be processed on the server.
VALUE String Detail on the supported SQL or SQL syntax.

sys_identity

Returns information about attempted modifications.

The following query retrieves the Ids of the modified rows in a batch operation:

SELECT * FROM sys_identity

Columns

Name Type Description
Id String The database-generated ID returned from a data modification operation.
Batch String An identifier for the batch. 1 for a single operation.
Operation String The result of the operation in the batch: INSERTED, UPDATED, or DELETED.
Message String SUCCESS or an error message if the update in the batch failed.

Advanced Configurations Properties

The advanced configurations properties are the various options that can be used to establish a connection. This section provides a complete list of the options you can configure. Click the links for further details.

Authentication


PropertyDescription
AuthSchemeThe type of authentication to use when connecting to Azure Data Lake Storage.
SchemaSchema to use ADLSGen1, ADLSGen2.
AccountThis property specifies the name of the Azure Data Lake storage account.
AccessKeyYour Azure DataLakeStorage Gen 2 storage account access key.
FileSystemThis property specifies the name of the FileSystem which will be used in a Gen 2 storage account. For Example, the name of your Azure Blob container.
SharedAccessSignatureA shared access key signature that may be used for authentication.

Connection


PropertyDescription
DirectoryThis property specifies the root path of Azure Data Lake Storage to list files and folders.
DirectoryRetrievalDepthLimit the subfolders recursively scanned in the ADLSGen1 Schema.
IncludeSubDirectoriesChoose if the sub directories paths should be listed in the Resources view in the ADLSGen2 Schema.

Azure Authentication


PropertyDescription
AzureTenantThe Microsoft Online tenant being used to access data. If not specified, your default tentant will be used.
AzureEnvironmentThe Azure Environment to use when establishing a connection to the Azure Data Lake Storage Gen1.

OAuth


PropertyDescription
InitiateOAuthSet this property to initiate the process to obtain or refresh the OAuth access token when you connect.
OAuthClientIdThe client ID assigned when you register your application with an OAuth authorization server.
OAuthClientSecretThe client secret assigned when you register your application with an OAuth authorization server.
OAuthAccessTokenThe access token for connecting using OAuth.
CallbackURLThe OAuth callback URL to return to when authenticating. This value must match the callback URL you specify in your app settings.
OAuthGrantTypeThe grant type for the OAuth flow.
OAuthVerifierThe verifier code returned from the OAuth authorization URL.
OAuthRefreshTokenThe OAuth refresh token for the corresponding OAuth access token.
OAuthExpiresInThe lifetime in seconds of the OAuth AccessToken.
OAuthTokenTimestampThe Unix epoch timestamp in milliseconds when the current Access Token was created.

SSL


PropertyDescription
SSLServerCertThe certificate to be accepted from the server when connecting using TLS/SSL.

Schema


PropertyDescription
LocationA path to the directory that contains the schema files defining tables, views, and stored procedures.
BrowsableSchemasThis property restricts the schemas reported to a subset of the available schemas. For example, BrowsableSchemas=SchemaA, SchemaB, SchemaC.
TablesThis property restricts the tables reported to a subset of the available tables. For example, Tables=TableA, TableB, TableC.
ViewsRestricts the views reported to a subset of the available tables. For example, Views=ViewA, ViewB, ViewC.

Miscellaneous


PropertyDescription
ChunkSizeThe size of chunks (in Mb) to use when uploading large files.
MaxRowsLimits the number of rows returned rows when no aggregation or group by is used in the query. This helps avoid performance issues at design time.
MaxThreadsSpecifies the number of concurrent requests.
OtherThese hidden properties are used only in specific use cases.
PseudoColumnsThis property indicates whether or not to include pseudo columns as columns to the table.
TimeoutThe value in seconds until the timeout error is thrown, canceling the operation.

Authentication

This section provides a complete list of authentication properties you can configure.


PropertyDescription
AuthSchemeThe type of authentication to use when connecting to Azure Data Lake Storage.
SchemaSchema to use ADLSGen1, ADLSGen2.
AccountThis property specifies the name of the Azure Data Lake storage account.
AccessKeyYour Azure DataLakeStorage Gen 2 storage account access key.
FileSystemThis property specifies the name of the FileSystem which will be used in a Gen 2 storage account. For Example, the name of your Azure Blob container.
SharedAccessSignatureA shared access key signature that may be used for authentication.

AuthScheme

The type of authentication to use when connecting to Azure Data Lake Storage.

Possible Values

Auto, AzureAD, AzureServicePrincipal, AzureMSI, AccessKey, SAS

Data Type

string

Default Value

"Auto"

Remarks

  • Auto: Lets the Jitterbit Connector for Azure Data Lake Storage determine what to do based on other connection properties.
  • AzureAD: Set this to perform Azure Active Directory OAuth authentication.
  • AzureServicePrincipal: Set this to authenticate as an Azure Service Principal.
  • AzureMSI: Set this to automatically obtain Managed Service Identity credentials when running on an Azure VM.
  • AccessKey: Set this to authenticate the calls to the API by setting the AccessKey to your Access Key. This is applicable only for the ADLSGen2 Schema.
  • SAS: Set this to authenticate the calls to the API by setting the SharedAccessSignature to your Shared Access Signature (SAS). This is applicable only for the ADLSGen2 Schema.

Schema

Schema to use ADLSGen1,ADLSGen2.

Possible Values

ADLSGen1, ADLSGen2

Data Type

string

Default Value

"ADLSGen2"

Remarks

ADLSGen1 consumes the Azure Data Lake Storage Gen1 API which makes use of the WebHDFS REST API Specifications. ADLSGen2 consumes a newer version of the API, namely Data Lake Storage Gen2.

Account

This property specifies the name of the Azure Data Lake storage account.

Data Type

string

Default Value

""

Remarks

This property specifies the name of the Azure Data Lake storage account.

AccessKey

Your Azure DataLakeStorage Gen 2 storage account access key.

Data Type

string

Default Value

""

Remarks

Your Azure DataLakeStorage Gen 2 storage account access key. Use this only for Gen 2 authentication. You can retrieve it as follows:

  1. Sign into the azure portal with the credentials for your root account. (https://portal.azure.com/)
  2. Click on storage accounts and select the storage account you want to use.
  3. Under settings, click Access keys.
  4. Your storage account name and key will be displayed on that page.

FileSystem

This property specifies the name of the FileSystem which will be used in a Gen 2 storage account. For Example, the name of your Azure Blob container.

Data Type

string

Default Value

""

Remarks

This property specifies the name of the FileSystem which will be used in a Gen 2 storage account. For Example, the name of your Azure Blob container.

SharedAccessSignature

A shared access key signature that may be used for authentication.

Data Type

string

Default Value

""

Remarks

A shared access signature. May be used instead of a AccessKey to access resources.

Connection

This section provides a complete list of connection properties you can configure.


PropertyDescription
DirectoryThis property specifies the root path of Azure Data Lake Storage to list files and folders.
DirectoryRetrievalDepthLimit the subfolders recursively scanned in the ADLSGen1 Schema.
IncludeSubDirectoriesChoose if the sub directories paths should be listed in the Resources view in the ADLSGen2 Schema.

Directory

This property specifies the root path of Azure Data Lake Storage to list files and folders.

Data Type

string

Default Value

""

Remarks

This property specifies the root path of Azure Data Lake Storage to list files and folders.

DirectoryRetrievalDepth

Limit the subfolders recursively scanned in the ADLSGen1 Schema.

Data Type

int

Default Value

-1

Remarks

DirectoryRetrievalDepth specifies how many subfolders will be recursively scanned before stopping. -1 specifies that all subfolders are scanned. 0 specified that only the current folder will be scanned for items.

IncludeSubDirectories

Choose if the sub directories paths should be listed in the Resources view in the ADLSGen2 Schema.

Data Type

bool

Default Value

false

Remarks

Choose if the sub directories paths should be listed in the Resources view in the ADLSGen2 Schema.

Azure Authentication

This section provides a complete list of Azure authentication properties you can configure.


PropertyDescription
AzureTenantThe Microsoft Online tenant being used to access data. If not specified, your default tentant will be used.
AzureEnvironmentThe Azure Environment to use when establishing a connection to the Azure Data Lake Storage Gen1.

AzureTenant

The Microsoft Online tenant being used to access data. If not specified, your default tentant will be used.

Data Type

string

Default Value

""

Remarks

The Microsoft Online tenant being used to access data. For instance, contoso.onmicrosoft.com. Alternatively, specify the tenant Id. This value is the directory ID in the Azure Portal > Azure Active Directory > Properties.

Typically it is not necessary to specify the Tenant. This can be automatically determined by Microsoft when using the OAuthGrantType set to CODE (default). However, it may fail in the case that the user belongs to multiple tenants. For instance, if an Admin of domain A invites a user of domain B to be a guest user. The user will now belong to both tenants. It is a good practice to specify the Tenant, although in general things should normally work without having to specify it.

The AzureTenant is required when setting OAuthGrantType to CLIENT. When using client credentials, there is no user context. The credentials are taken from the context of the app itself. While Microsoft still allows client credentials to be obtained without specifying which Tenant, it has a much lower probability of picking the specific tenant you want to work with. For this reason, we require AzureTenant to be explicitly stated for all client credentials connections to ensure you get credentials that are applicable for the domain you intend to connect to.

AzureEnvironment

The Azure Environment to use when establishing a connection to the Azure Data Lake Storage Gen1.

Possible Values

GLOBAL, CHINA, GERMANY, USGOVT

Data Type

string

Default Value

"GLOBAL"

Remarks

In most cases, leaving the environment set to global will work. However, if your Azure Account has been added to a different environment, the AzureEnvironment may be used to specify which environment.

OAuth

This section provides a complete list of OAuth properties you can configure.


PropertyDescription
InitiateOAuthSet this property to initiate the process to obtain or refresh the OAuth access token when you connect.
OAuthClientIdThe client ID assigned when you register your application with an OAuth authorization server.
OAuthClientSecretThe client secret assigned when you register your application with an OAuth authorization server.
OAuthAccessTokenThe access token for connecting using OAuth.
CallbackURLThe OAuth callback URL to return to when authenticating. This value must match the callback URL you specify in your app settings.
OAuthGrantTypeThe grant type for the OAuth flow.
OAuthVerifierThe verifier code returned from the OAuth authorization URL.
OAuthRefreshTokenThe OAuth refresh token for the corresponding OAuth access token.
OAuthExpiresInThe lifetime in seconds of the OAuth AccessToken.
OAuthTokenTimestampThe Unix epoch timestamp in milliseconds when the current Access Token was created.

InitiateOAuth

Set this property to initiate the process to obtain or refresh the OAuth access token when you connect.

Possible Values

OFF, GETANDREFRESH, REFRESH

Data Type

string

Default Value

"OFF"

Remarks

The following options are available:

  1. OFF: Indicates that the OAuth flow will be handled entirely by the user. An OAuthAccessToken will be required to authenticate.
  2. GETANDREFRESH: Indicates that the entire OAuth Flow will be handled by the connector. If no token currently exists, it will be obtained by prompting the user via the browser. If a token exists, it will be refreshed when applicable.
  3. REFRESH: Indicates that the connector will only handle refreshing the OAuthAccessToken. The user will never be prompted by the connector to authenticate via the browser. The user must handle obtaining the OAuthAccessToken and OAuthRefreshToken initially.

OAuthClientId

The client ID assigned when you register your application with an OAuth authorization server.

Data Type

string

Default Value

""

Remarks

As part of registering an OAuth application, you will receive the OAuthClientId value, sometimes also called a consumer key, and a client secret, the OAuthClientSecret.

OAuthClientSecret

The client secret assigned when you register your application with an OAuth authorization server.

Data Type

string

Default Value

""

Remarks

As part of registering an OAuth application, you will receive the OAuthClientId, also called a consumer key. You will also receive a client secret, also called a consumer secret. Set the client secret in the OAuthClientSecret property.

OAuthAccessToken

The access token for connecting using OAuth.

Data Type

string

Default Value

""

Remarks

The OAuthAccessToken property is used to connect using OAuth. The OAuthAccessToken is retrieved from the OAuth server as part of the authentication process. It has a server-dependent timeout and can be reused between requests.

The access token is used in place of your user name and password. The access token protects your credentials by keeping them on the server.

CallbackURL

The OAuth callback URL to return to when authenticating. This value must match the callback URL you specify in your app settings.

Data Type

string

Default Value

""

Remarks

During the authentication process, the OAuth authorization server redirects the user to this URL. This value must match the callback URL you specify in your app settings.

OAuthGrantType

The grant type for the OAuth flow.

Possible Values

CLIENT, CODE

Data Type

string

Default Value

"CLIENT"

Remarks

The grant type for the OAuth flow. The following options are available: CLIENT,CODE

OAuthVerifier

The verifier code returned from the OAuth authorization URL.

Data Type

string

Default Value

""

Remarks

The verifier code returned from the OAuth authorization URL. This can be used on systems where a browser cannot be launched such as headless systems.

Authentication on Headless Machines

See to obtain the OAuthVerifier value.

Set OAuthSettingsLocation along with OAuthVerifier. When you connect, the connector exchanges the OAuthVerifier for the OAuth authentication tokens and saves them, encrypted, to the specified file. Set InitiateOAuth to GETANDREFRESH automate the exchange.

Once the OAuth settings file has been generated, you can remove OAuthVerifier from the connection properties and connect with OAuthSettingsLocation set.

To automatically refresh the OAuth token values, set OAuthSettingsLocation and additionally set InitiateOAuth to REFRESH.

OAuthRefreshToken

The OAuth refresh token for the corresponding OAuth access token.

Data Type

string

Default Value

""

Remarks

The OAuthRefreshToken property is used to refresh the OAuthAccessToken when using OAuth authentication.

OAuthExpiresIn

The lifetime in seconds of the OAuth AccessToken.

Data Type

string

Default Value

""

Remarks

Pair with OAuthTokenTimestamp to determine when the AccessToken will expire.

OAuthTokenTimestamp

The Unix epoch timestamp in milliseconds when the current Access Token was created.

Data Type

string

Default Value

""

Remarks

Pair with OAuthExpiresIn to determine when the AccessToken will expire.

SSL

This section provides a complete list of SSL properties you can configure.


PropertyDescription
SSLServerCertThe certificate to be accepted from the server when connecting using TLS/SSL.

SSLServerCert

The certificate to be accepted from the server when connecting using TLS/SSL.

Data Type

string

Default Value

""

Remarks

If using a TLS/SSL connection, this property can be used to specify the TLS/SSL certificate to be accepted from the server. Any other certificate that is not trusted by the machine is rejected.

This property can take the following forms:

Description Example
A full PEM Certificate (example shortened for brevity) -----BEGIN CERTIFICATE----- MIIChTCCAe4CAQAwDQYJKoZIhv......Qw== -----END CERTIFICATE-----
A path to a local file containing the certificate C:\cert.cer
The public key (example shortened for brevity) -----BEGIN RSA PUBLIC KEY----- MIGfMA0GCSq......AQAB

-----END RSA PUBLIC KEY-----
The MD5 Thumbprint (hex values can also be either space or colon separated) ecadbdda5a1529c58a1e9e09828d70e4
The SHA1 Thumbprint (hex values can also be either space or colon separated) 34a929226ae0819f2ec14b4a3d904f801cbb150d

If not specified, any certificate trusted by the machine is accepted.

Certificates are validated as trusted by the machine based on the System's trust store. The trust store used is the 'javax.net.ssl.trustStore' value specified for the system. If no value is specified for this property, Java's default trust store is used (for example, JAVA_HOME\lib\security\cacerts).

Use '*' to signify to accept all certificates. Note that this is not recommended due to security concerns.

Schema

This section provides a complete list of schema properties you can configure.


PropertyDescription
LocationA path to the directory that contains the schema files defining tables, views, and stored procedures.
BrowsableSchemasThis property restricts the schemas reported to a subset of the available schemas. For example, BrowsableSchemas=SchemaA, SchemaB, SchemaC.
TablesThis property restricts the tables reported to a subset of the available tables. For example, Tables=TableA, TableB, TableC.
ViewsRestricts the views reported to a subset of the available tables. For example, Views=ViewA, ViewB, ViewC.

Location

A path to the directory that contains the schema files defining tables, views, and stored procedures.

Data Type

string

Default Value

"%APPDATA%\\ADLS Data Provider\Schema"

Remarks

The path to a directory which contains the schema files for the connector (.rsd files for tables and views, .rsb files for stored procedures). The folder location can be a relative path from the location of the executable. The Location property is only needed if you want to customize definitions (for example, change a column name, ignore a column, and so on) or extend the data model with new tables, views, or stored procedures.

Note: Given that this connector supports multiple schemas, the structure for Azure Data Lake Storage custom schema files is as follows:

  • Each schema is given a folder corresponding to that schema name.
  • These schema folders are contained in a parent folder.
  • The parent folder should be set as the Location, not an individual schema's folder.

If left unspecified, the default location is "%APPDATA%\\ADLS Data Provider\Schema" with %APPDATA% being set to the user's configuration directory:

Platform %APPDATA%
Windows The value of the APPDATA environment variable
Mac ~/Library/Application Support
Linux ~/.config

BrowsableSchemas

This property restricts the schemas reported to a subset of the available schemas. For example, BrowsableSchemas=SchemaA,SchemaB,SchemaC.

Data Type

string

Default Value

""

Remarks

Listing the schemas from databases can be expensive. Providing a list of schemas in the connection string improves the performance.

Tables

This property restricts the tables reported to a subset of the available tables. For example, Tables=TableA,TableB,TableC.

Data Type

string

Default Value

""

Remarks

Listing the tables from some databases can be expensive. Providing a list of tables in the connection string improves the performance of the connector.

This property can also be used as an alternative to automatically listing views if you already know which ones you want to work with and there would otherwise be too many to work with.

Specify the tables you want in a comma-separated list. Each table should be a valid SQL identifier with any special characters escaped using square brackets, double-quotes or backticks. For example, Tables=TableA,[TableB/WithSlash],WithCatalog.WithSchema.`TableC With Space`.

Note that when connecting to a data source with multiple schemas or catalogs, you will need to provide the fully qualified name of the table in this property, as in the last example here, to avoid ambiguity between tables that exist in multiple catalogs or schemas.

Views

Restricts the views reported to a subset of the available tables. For example, Views=ViewA,ViewB,ViewC.

Data Type

string

Default Value

""

Remarks

Listing the views from some databases can be expensive. Providing a list of views in the connection string improves the performance of the connector.

This property can also be used as an alternative to automatically listing views if you already know which ones you want to work with and there would otherwise be too many to work with.

Specify the views you want in a comma-separated list. Each view should be a valid SQL identifier with any special characters escaped using square brackets, double-quotes or backticks. For example, Views=ViewA,[ViewB/WithSlash],WithCatalog.WithSchema.`ViewC With Space`.

Note that when connecting to a data source with multiple schemas or catalogs, you will need to provide the fully qualified name of the table in this property, as in the last example here, to avoid ambiguity between tables that exist in multiple catalogs or schemas.

Miscellaneous

This section provides a complete list of miscellaneous properties you can configure.


PropertyDescription
ChunkSizeThe size of chunks (in Mb) to use when uploading large files.
MaxRowsLimits the number of rows returned rows when no aggregation or group by is used in the query. This helps avoid performance issues at design time.
MaxThreadsSpecifies the number of concurrent requests.
OtherThese hidden properties are used only in specific use cases.
PseudoColumnsThis property indicates whether or not to include pseudo columns as columns to the table.
TimeoutThe value in seconds until the timeout error is thrown, canceling the operation.

ChunkSize

The size of chunks (in Mb) to use when uploading large files.

Data Type

int

Default Value

64

Remarks

The size of chunks (in Mb) to use when uploading large files.

MaxRows

Limits the number of rows returned rows when no aggregation or group by is used in the query. This helps avoid performance issues at design time.

Data Type

int

Default Value

-1

Remarks

Limits the number of rows returned rows when no aggregation or group by is used in the query. This helps avoid performance issues at design time.

MaxThreads

Specifies the number of concurrent requests.

Data Type

string

Default Value

"5"

Remarks

This property allows you to issue multiple requests simultaneously, thereby improving performance.

Other

These hidden properties are used only in specific use cases.

Data Type

string

Default Value

""

Remarks

The properties listed below are available for specific use cases. Normal driver use cases and functionality should not require these properties.

Specify multiple properties in a semicolon-separated list.

Integration and Formatting

DefaultColumnSizeSets the default length of string fields when the data source does not provide column length in the metadata. The default value is 2000.
ConvertDateTimeToGMTDetermines whether to convert date-time values to GMT, instead of the local time of the machine.
RecordToFile=filenameRecords the underlying socket data transfer to the specified file.

PseudoColumns

This property indicates whether or not to include pseudo columns as columns to the table.

Data Type

string

Default Value

""

Remarks

This setting is particularly helpful in Entity Framework, which does not allow you to set a value for a pseudo column unless it is a table column. The value of this connection setting is of the format "Table1=Column1, Table1=Column2, Table2=Column3". You can use the "*" character to include all tables and all columns; for example, "*=*".

Timeout

The value in seconds until the timeout error is thrown, canceling the operation.

Data Type

int

Default Value

60

Remarks

If Timeout = 0, operations do not time out. The operations run until they complete successfully or until they encounter an error condition.

If Timeout expires and the operation is not yet complete, the connector throws an exception.

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