Azure Blob Reader

All component configurations are classified broadly into the following sections:

• ​Basic ​

• Metadata

• ​Resource Configuration​

• ​Connection Validation

Please follow the demonstration to configure the component.

Configuring the Meta Information tab fields

• Read using: There are three(3) options available under this tab:

  1. Shared Access Signature:

  2. Secret Key

  3. Principal Secret

Read using Shared Access Signature:

Provide the following details:

1. Shared Access Signature: This is a URI that grants restricted access rights to Azure Storage resources.

2. Account Name: Provide the Azure account name.

3. Container: Provide the container name from where the file is located and which has to be read.

4. File type: There are four(4) types of file extensions are available under it:

   • CSV

   • JSON

   • PARQUET

   • AVRO

5. Read Directory: Check in this box to read the specified directory.

6. Selected Column: Select the columns from the file.

Read using Secret Key Option:

Provide the following details:

1. Account Key: It is used to authorize access to data in your storage account via Shared Key authorization

2. Account Name: Provide the Azure account name.

3. Container: Provide the container name from where the file is located and which has to be read.

4. File type: There are four(4) types of file extensions are available under it:

   • CSV

   • JSON

   • PARQUET

   • AVRO

5. Read Directory: Check in this box to read the specified directory.

6. Selected Column: Select the columns from the file.

7. Header: Check in this box to get the Header row of the file.

8. Infer Schema: Check in this box to get the true data type of all the column of the file.

Read using Principal Secret:

Provide the following details:

1. Client ID: The client ID is the unique Application (client) ID assigned to your app by Azure AD when the app was registered.

2. Tenant ID: It is a globally unique identifier (GUID) that is different than your organization name or domain.

3. Client Secret: The client secret is the password of the service principal.

4. Account Name: Provide the Azure account name.

5. File type: There are four(4) types of file extensions are available under it:

   • CSV

   • JSON

   • PARQUET

   • AVRO

6. Read Directory: Check in this box to read the specified directory.

7. Selected Column: Select the columns from the file.

8. Header: Check in this box to get the Header row of the file.

9. Infer Schema: Check in this box to get the true data type of all the column of the file.