# Azure Blob

## Pipeline Concepts

Before setting up the Pipeline, learn about Pipeline concepts [here](https://docs.sprinkledata.com/product/ingesting-your-data/pipelines)

## Step by Step Guide

### STEP-1: Configure Azure Blob Connection

To learn about Connection, refer [here](https://docs.sprinkledata.com/product/ingesting-your-data/pipelines)

* Log into Sprinkle application
* Navigate to Ingest -> Connections Tab -> New Connection -> 
* Select Azure Blob
* Provide all the mandatory details
  * *Name*: Name to identify this connection
  * *Access Key*: Login to Azure dashboard, and copy the key from Storage Accounts -> Access keys view.
  * *Storage Account Name*: Name of the storage account
  * *Container Name*: The container created inside the storage account
* Test Connection 
* Create

### STEP-2: Configure Azure Blob Pipeline

To learn about Pipeline, refer [here](https://docs.sprinkledata.com/product/ingesting-your-data/pipelines)

* Navigate to Ingest -> Pipeline Tab -> Add -> 
* Select Azure Blob
* Provide the name -> Create
* **Connection Tab**: 
  * From the drop-down, select the name of connection created in STEP-2
  * Update

### STEP-3: Create Dataset

**Datasets Tab**: To learn about Dataset, refer [here](https://docs.sprinkledata.com/product/ingesting-your-data/pipelines). Add Dataset for each **folder** that you want to replicate, providing following details

* *File Type*: Select the File Format
  * JSON
  * CSV
    * Select Delimiter - Comma, Tab, Pipe, Dash, Other Character
  * Parquet
  * ORC
* *Directory Path* (Required) :Provide the full path like this: [wasbs://demo-sprinkle](http://wasbs/demo-sprinkle)<-@demosprinkle.blob.core.windows.net>/testhive/datasource//34a
* *Ingestion Mode* (Required) :&#x20;
  * *Complete*: Full folder is downloaded and ingested in every ingestion job run
  * *Incremental*: Ingest only the new files in every ingestion job run. Use this option if your folder is very large, and you are getting new files continuously
    * *Remove Duplicate Rows*:
      * *Unique Key:* Unique key from table, to dedup data across multiple ingestions
      * *Time Column Name*: Will be used to order data for deduping
    * *Max Job Runtime*: Give maximum time in minutes for which data should be downloaded. Ingestion job will run specified max minutes and checkpoint will be updated. Next run will continue from checkpoint.
* *Flatten Level (Required) : Select One Level or Multi Level.* In one level, flattening will not be applied on complex type. They will be stored as string. In multi level, flattening will be applied in complex level till they become simple type.
* *Destination Schema* (Required) : Data warehouse schema where the table will be ingested into
* *Destination Table name* (Required) : It is the table name to be created on the warehouse. If not given, sprinkle will create like ds\_\<Pipelinename>\_\<tablename>
* *Destination Create Table Clause*: Provide additional clauses to warehouse-create table queries such as clustering, partitioning, and more, useful for optimizing DML statements. [Learn more](https://docs.sprinkledata.com/product/ingesting-your-data/pipelines/databases/features/destination-create-table-clause) on how to use this field.
* Create

### STEP-4: Run and schedule Ingestion

In the **Ingestion Jobs** ta&#x62;**:**

* Trigger the Job, using Run button
* To schedule, enable Auto-Run. Change the frequency if needed&#x20;