I want to convert Excel to CVS in Azure Synapse Analytics but I got an error.
The error message is "Invalid excel header with empty value".
The Excel file I want to convert looks like this (created for the question) and I need to remove the blank column A when converting to csv.
I have never used ADF before so I don't know.
Can someone please tell me how to do this?
Any help would be appreciated.
sample.excel
You have to use dataflows to do that in ADF.
First create a linked service for your source data set.
Create linked service for your target folder.
My input looks like this (took from your attached sheet)
Go to the author tab of data factory and select on new dataflow.
Source settings should look like this
Source options: Point to the location where you have stored excel sheet and also select the sheetname, in my case it is sheet1 (For this example I have used Azure Blob storage)
Keep rest of the tabs as default and add a sink to your data flow.
Sink Settings should look like below
Point to the target location where you want to store your csv file (I have used Azure blob storage). Keep rest of the things on default
Go to the new pipeline and pull dataflow activity in your canvas and trigger your dataflow.
And my output in csv looks like this
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I am using azure data factory to have a soap API connection data to be transferred to snowflake. I understand that snowflake has to have the data in variant column or csv or we need to have intermediate storage in azure to finally land the data in snowflake. the problem I faced is the data from api is a string within that there is xml data. so when i put the data in blob storage, its a string. how do I avoid this and have the proper columns while putting the data ?
over here, the column is read as string. is there a way to parse it into their respective rows ? I tried to put the collection reference, it still does not recognize individual columns. Any input is highly appreciated.
You need to change to Advanced editor in Mapping section of copy activity. I took the sample data and repro'd this. Below are the steps.
Img:1 Source dataset preview
In mapping section of copy activity,
Click Import Schema
Switch to Advanced editor .
Give the collection reference value.
Img:2 Mapping settings
I want to copy data from a CSV file (Source) on Blob storage to Azure SQL Database table (Sink) via regular Copy activity but I want to copy also file name alongside every entry into the table. I am new to ADF so the solution is probably easy but I have not been able to find the answer in the documentation and neither on the internet so far.
My mapping currently looks like this (I have created a table for output with the file name column but this data is not explicitly defined at the column level at the CSV file therefore I need to extract it from the metadata and pair it to the column):
For the first time, I thought that I am going to put dynamic content in there and therefore solve the problem this way. But there is not an option to use dynamic content in each individual box so I do not know how to implement the solution. My next thought was to use Pre-copy script but have not seen how could I use it for this purpose. What is the best way to solve this issue?
In Mapping columns of copy activity you cannot add the dynamic content of Meta data.
First give the source csv dataset to the Get Metadata activity then join it with copy activity like below.
You can add the file name column by the Additional columns in the copy activity source itself by giving the dynamic content of the Get Meta data Actvity after giving same source csv dataset.
#activity('Get Metadata1').output.itemName
If you are sure about the data types of your data then no need to go to the mapping, you can execute your pipeline.
Here I am copying the contents of samplecsv.csv file to SQL table named output.
My output for your reference:
here is my requirement:
I have an excel with few columns in it and few rows with data
I have uploaded this excel in Azure blob storage
Using ADF I need to read this excel and parse the records in it one by one and perform an action of creating dynamic folders in Azure blob.
This needs to be done for each and every record present in the excel.
Each record in the excel has some information that is going to help me create the folders dynamically.
Could someone help me in choosing the right set of activities or data flow in ADF to do this work?
Thanks in advance!
This is my Excel file as a Source.
I have created folders in Blob storage based on Country column.
I have selected DataFlow activity.
As shown in below screenshot, Go to Optimize tab of Sink configuration.
Now select Partition option as Set Partition.
Partition type as Key.
And Unique value per partition as Country column.
Now run Pipeline.
Expected Output:-
Inside these folders you will get files with corresponding data.
I need to copy file names of excel files that are in my Azure Storage as blobs and then put these names in the SQL Server table using ADF. It can be a file path as a name of a file but the hardest thing is that in the dataset which takes all the files from one specific folder I have to select a sheet name and these sheet names are different for each file, therefore it returns an error. Is there a way to create a collective dataset without indicating the sheet name?
So, if I understand your question correctly you are looking for a way to write all Excel filenames to a SQL Database using ADF.
You can use the generic Get Metadata activity and use a binary dataset as source. Select Child items as an field to retrieve. This will retrieve all files in the folder. Then add a filter to only select the Excel file types.
Hope that this gets you on the right track.
I need to copy csv file from Azure Data Lake Blob Container to Share Point document library.
I've tried to create Azure Logic Apps but I can't select columns from variable to create csv. Do you have an idea how to select columns or other way to copy csv file from ADL to SharePoint?
As I' not so clear about the details of your requirement, so I can just provide suggestions based on your description. You mentioned select columns from variable to create csv, please refer to my sample of select columns from variable(array) to create csv.
In my logic app, I have a variable which store the array like below screenshot:
If I just want to create csv with one column name and remove column mail, we can use "Select" to select the column name like below screenshot.
Then use "Create CSV table" to create the csv.