Azure Blob
You can connect an Azure Blob target to the data flow, and load the ETL into Azure Blob as a delimited Text file.
Configure the Azure Blob Target
To load the ETL into an Azure Blob target, add the Azure Blob node from the Targets panel to the data flow.
From its Properties panel, select the required Azure Blob target from the server list drop-down, then choose the required Container and provide the path to the container. The path can be a static value pasted in the Path field, or you can create a dynamic PQL expression in the PQL editor.
Next, click ‘Connect All’ to connect the target to the data flow.
From the File Properties window, set the properties of the Azure Blob file output:
- Encoding: provide the character encoding set for the new database file.
- Delimiters: select or enter the value delimiter.
- Text Delimiter: enter the text delimiter.
- Headers: if the file's first row is made up of column names, enable 'First row has column names'.
- Click here to learn more about Text file properties.
Target Tables
From the Target Tables window, you can rename the table outputs and change the writing type.
- Click here to learn more about target tables.
Description
Expand the Description window to add a description or notes to the node. The description is visible only from the Properties panel of the node, and does not produce any outputs. This is a useful way to document the ETL pipeline for yourself and other users.
Run the ETL
As there is no database or in-memory destination, the Data Model and Security stages are not relevant. Skip these steps and simply run the ETL from the Data Flow.
Example. Connect an Azure Blob Target
In this example, the user connected the data flow to an Azure Blob target; the server, container, and path were provided in the Target properties (green highlight below).
The encoding, value delimiter, and text delimiter were set form the file properties:
And Finally, the writing type was set for each table:
