Adeptia Connect enables you to use Azure Blob as an Application Source or Target in a Process Flow. You can also create an Event that uses Azure Blob, and bind that Event with the Process Flow. Refer to the following sections that guide you on how to use Azure Blob in a Process Flow.
This section helps you creating Azure Blob as an Application Source that can be used in a Process Flow as an activity.
Follow the steps given below to create Azure Blob type of application source.
Click Configure > SOURCES > Application Source.
Click Create Application Source.
In the Name field, enter a name for the Azure Blob application source.
In the Description field, enter a description for the Azure Blob application source.
In the Application field, select Azure Blob as the type of application source.
In the Account field, select the Azure Blob account that you want to use as the source.
You can also create an Azure Blob account and use it as the source by clicking the
icon, and then providing the following information on the Create New Account screen.
Field Name
Description
Provide a name for this account. e.g. "MyAccount"
A short, descriptive name that helps you re-use this account in future.
Access Type
This field governs the type of authentication you choose to connect to your Azure Blob.
Note: You can select Azure AD, Shared Key, or Shared Access Signatures as the Access Type. Based on your selection, the next field will ask you for the required input (Id, Key, or Signature) to proceed. For example, if you select Azure AD as the Access Type, the next field in the form will be Tenant Id where you’d need to enter the Tenant Id of your Azure Blob account.
You can select one of the following Access Types:
- Azure AD – This option facilitates OAuth based authentication and the user experience will be the same as the other OAuth apps.
Once you select Azure AD as Access Type, you’ll require the Tenant Id to enter in the next field. To know how to get the Tenant Id refer to this page in the Microsoft Azure documentation.
After clicking Continue, the user would need to enter the Azure credentials in a new window. - Shared Key – Facilitates non-OAuth based authentication. To know how to get the Shared Key, refer to this page in the Microsoft Azure documentation.
As you complete all the fields and click Continue, your account will be created and saved.
You may want to test if you’d be able to connect this account with Azure Blob by clicking Test. - Shared Access Signatures – Facilitates non-OAuth based authentication. To know how to get the Shared Access Signature, refer to this page in the Microsoft Azure documentation.
As you complete all the fields and click Continue, your account will be created and saved.
You may want to test if you’d be able to connect this account with Azure Blob by clicking Test.
Storage Account Name
Name of your storage account in Azure.
Container Name
Name of the container in the selected Storage Account.
Select Project
Name of your Project in which you want to create a Template/Transaction.
Once you have provided the information, click
to use the account as a source.- Azure AD – This option facilitates OAuth based authentication and the user experience will be the same as the other OAuth apps.
In the Trigger field, select either of the following triggers based on your requirement.
Sl. no.
Trigger
Description
1
Get Blob
The Get Blob operation downloads a blob, including its metadata and properties. 2 Get Blob Snapshot
The Get Blob Snapshot operation returns a read-only snapshot of a blob.
In the Folder field, specify the path of the folder where the source file/blob is located.
In the File Name field, enter the source file/blob name.
Expand Advanced Properties.
Select Delete File on Success check box, if you want to delete the downloaded source file after it is used in the process flow execution.
- In the Select Project field, select the project.
Click Save.
The Application Event enables you to specify when and how frequently a Process Flow bound with it would be executed based on the polling frequency. It also overrides the parameters you have provided in the application source used in the Process Flow as an activity.
This section discusses the event for Azure Blob type of application source. Follow the steps given below to create the application event.
Click Configure > EVENTS > Application.
Click Create Application Event.
In the Name field, enter a name for the event.
In the Description field, enter a description for the event.
In the Application field, select Azure Blob as the type of application source.
In the Account field, select the Azure Blob account that you want to use as a source.
You can also create an Azure Blob account by clicking the icon, and then providing the following information on the Create New Account screen.Field Name
Description
Provide a name for this account. e.g. "MyAccount"
A short, descriptive name that helps you re-use this account in future.
Access Type
This field governs the type of authentication you choose to connect to your Azure Blob.
Note: You can select Azure AD, Shared Key, or Shared Access Signatures as the Access Type. Based on your selection, the next field will ask you for the required input (Id, Key, or Signature) to proceed. For example, if you select Azure AD as the Access Type, the next field in the form will be Tenant Id where you’d need to enter the Tenant Id of your Azure Blob account.
You can select one of the following Access Types:
- Azure AD – This option facilitates OAuth based authentication and the user experience will be the same as the other OAuth apps.
Once you select Azure AD as Access Type, you’ll require the Tenant Id to enter in the next field. To know how to get the Tenant Id refer to this page in the Microsoft Azure documentation.
After clicking Continue, the user would need to enter the Azure credentials in a new window. - Shared Key – Facilitates non-OAuth based authentication. To know how to get the Shared Key, refer to this page in the Microsoft Azure documentation.
As you complete all the fields and click Continue, your account will be created and saved.
You may want to test if you’d be able to connect this account with Azure Blob by clicking Test. - Shared Access Signatures – Facilitates non-OAuth based authentication. To know how to get the Shared Access Signature, refer to this page in the Microsoft Azure documentation.
As you complete all the fields and click Continue, your account will be created and saved.
You may want to test if you’d be able to connect this account with Azure Blob by clicking Test.
Storage Account Name
Name of your storage account in Azure.
Container Name
Name of the container in the selected Storage Account.
Select Project
Name of your Project in which you want to create a Template/Transaction.
Once you have provided the information, click
to save the account.- Azure AD – This option facilitates OAuth based authentication and the user experience will be the same as the other OAuth apps.
In the Trigger field, select either of the following triggers based on your requirement.
Sl. no.
Trigger
Description
1
Get New Or Updated Blob
The New or Updated Blob operation downloads the newly created or updated blob.
2
Get All Blob
The Get All Blob operation downloads all blobs.
In the Folder field, specify the path of the folder where the source file/blob is located.
In the Search Criteria field, specify additional filter criteria in case you want to retrieve only specific type of files/blobs which matches this filter criteria. For example, *.txt.
Select Run Initial Load check box, if you want to process all the files when the event gets triggered for the first time.
In the Polling Frequency field, provide the time interval at which the Process Flow bounded with it will get executed.
- Expand Advanced properties.
- In the Select Project field, select the project.
Click Save.
This page helps you creating Azure Blob as an Application Target that can be used in a Process Flow as an activity.
Follow the steps given below to create Azure Blob type of application target.
Click Configure > TARGETS > Application Target.
Click Create Application Target.
In the Name field, enter a name for the Azure Blob application target.
In the Description field, enter a description for the Azure Blob application target.
In the Application field, select Azure Blob as the type of application target.
In the Account field, select the Azure Blob account that you want to use as the target.
You can also create an Azure Blob account and use it as the target by clicking the icon, and then providing the following information on the Create New Account screen.Field Name
Description
Provide a name for this account. e.g. "MyAccount"
A short, descriptive name that helps you re-use this account in future.
Access Type
This field governs the type of authentication you choose to connect to your Azure Blob.
Note: You can select Azure AD, Shared Key, or Shared Access Signatures as the Access Type. Based on your selection, the next field will ask you for the required input (Id, Key, or Signature) to proceed. For example, if you select Azure AD as the Access Type, the next field in the form will be Tenant Id where you’d need to enter the Tenant Id of your Azure Blob account.
You can select one of the following Access Types:
- Azure AD – This option facilitates OAuth based authentication and the user experience will be the same as the other OAuth apps.
Once you select Azure AD as Access Type, you’ll require the Tenant Id to enter in the next field. To know how to get the Tenant Id refer to this page in the Microsoft Azure documentation.
After clicking Continue, the user would need to enter the Azure credentials in a new window. - Shared Key – Facilitates non-OAuth based authentication. To know how to get the Shared Key, refer to this page in the Microsoft Azure documentation.
As you complete all the fields and click Continue, your account will be created and saved.
You may want to test if you’d be able to connect this account with Azure Blob by clicking Test. - Shared Access Signatures – Facilitates non-OAuth based authentication. To know how to get the Shared Access Signature, refer to this page in the Microsoft Azure documentation.
As you complete all the fields and click Continue, your account will be created and saved.
You may want to test if you’d be able to connect this account with Azure Blob by clicking Test.
Storage Account Name
Name of your storage account in Azure.
Container Name
Name of the container in the selected Storage Account.
Select Project
Name of your Project in which you want to create a Template/Transaction.
Once you have provided the information, click
to use the account as the target.- Azure AD – This option facilitates OAuth based authentication and the user experience will be the same as the other OAuth apps.
In the Action field, select either of the following actions based on your requirement.
Sl. no.
Action
Description
1
Put Block Blob
The
Put Blockoperation creates a new Block blob.2
Create Page Blob
The Create
Page Bloboperation creates a new Page blob.3 Update Page Blob The Update Page Bloboperation writes a range of pages to an existing Page blob.4
Put Append Blob
The
Put Append Bloboperation append a blob.5
Set Blob Snapshot
The
Snapshot Bloboperation creates a read-only snapshot of a blob.5
Delete Blob
The
Delete Bloboperation marks the specified blob or snapshot for deletion. The blob is later deleted during garbage collection.6
Undelete Blob
The
Undelete Bloboperation restores the contents and metadata of a soft deleted blob and any associated soft deleted snapshots.In the Folder field, specify the path of the target folder.
In the File Name field, enter the name of the target file as per your requirement.
In the Time Stamp field, select the format of date and time. The date and time gets appended to the target file name in the same format as selected by you in this field.
Expand Advanced Properties.
In the Select Project field, select the project.
Click Save.