tAzureStorageGet Standard properties

Property Type

Select the way the connection details will be set.

• Built-In: The connection details will be set locally for this component. You need to specify the values for all related connection properties manually.

• Repository: The connection details stored centrally in Repository > Metadata will be reused by this component. You need to click the [...] button next to it and in the pop-up Repository Content dialog box, select the connection details to be reused, and all related connection properties will be automatically filled in.

This property is not available when other connection component is selected from the Connection Component drop-down list.

Select the component whose connection details will be used to set up the connection to Azure storage from the drop-down list.

Account Name

Enter the name of the storage account you need to access. A storage account name can be found in the Storage accounts dashboard of the Microsoft Azure Storage system to be used. Ensure that the administrator of the system has granted you the appropriate access permissions to this storage account.

Authentication type

Set the authentication type for connecting to Microsoft Azure Blob storage. Two options are provided: Basic and Azure Active Directory.

• Basic: Select this option if you want to access Microsoft Azure Blob storage using your storage account access key or a shared access signature. See Configuring Azure Storage connection strings and Using shared access signatures (SAS) for related information.
• Azure Active Directory: Select this option to access Microsoft Azure Blob storage using your Azure Active Directory (Azure AD) credentials. See Authorize access to blobs and queues using Azure Active Directory for related information.

Account Key

Enter the key associated with the storage account you need to access. Two keys are available for each account and by default, either of them can be used for this access. Select the component whose connection details will be used to set up the connection to Azure storage from the drop-down list.

This option is available if you select Basic from the Authentication type drop-down list.

Protocol

Select the protocol for this connection to be created.

This option is available if you select Basic from the Authentication type drop-down list.

Use Azure Shared Access Signature

Select this check box to use a shared access signature (SAS) to access the storage resources without need for the account key. For more information, see Using Shared Access Signatures (SAS).

In the Azure Shared Access Signature field displayed, enter your account SAS URL between double quotation marks. You can get the SAS URL for each allowed service on Microsoft Azure portal after generating SAS. The SAS URL format is https://<$storagename>.<$service>.core.windows.net/<$sastoken>, where <$storagename> is the storage account name, <$service> is the allowed service name (blob, file, queue or table), and <$sastoken> is the SAS token value. For more information, see Constructing the Account SAS URI.

Note that the SAS has valid period, you can set the start time at which the SAS becomes valid and the expiry time after which the SAS is no longer valid when generating it, and you need to make sure your SAS is still valid when running your Job.

This option is available if you select Basic from the Authentication type drop-down list.

Tenant ID

Enter the ID of the Azure AD tenant. See Acquire a token from Azure AD for authorizing requests from a client application for related information.

This option is available if you select Azure Active Directory from the Authentication type drop-down list.

Client ID

Enter the client ID of your application. See Acquire a token from Azure AD for authorizing requests from a client application for related information.

This option is available if you select Azure Active Directory from the Authentication type drop-down list.

Client Secret

Enter the client secret of your application. See Acquire a token from Azure AD for authorizing requests from a client application for related information.

This option is available if you select Azure Active Directory from the Authentication type drop-down list.

Container name

Enter the name of the container to retrieve blobs from.

Local folder

Enter the path, or browse to the folder in which you need to store the retrieved blobs.

Blobs

Complete this table to select the blobs to be retrieved. The parameters to be provided are:

Die on error

Select the check box to stop the execution of the Job when an error occurs.

Clear the check box to skip any rows on error and complete the process for error-free rows. When errors are skipped, you can collect the rows on error using a Row > Reject link.

tStatCatcher Statistics

Select this check box to gather the Job processing metadata at the Job level as well as at each component level.

The name of the blob container. This is an After variable and it returns a string.

The local directory used in this component. This is an After variable and it returns a string.

The error message generated by the component when an error occurs. This is an After variable and it returns a string.

Usage rule

This component can be used as a standalone component of a Job or subJob.

Prerequisites

Knowledge about Microsoft Azure Storage is required.