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Azure Data Lake Storage Gen2

Connect to Delta tables, Parquet files, or CSV files stored in Azure Data Lake Storage Gen2 (ADLS).

Connection Properties

Property Description
Account Name Your storage account name.
File System / Container The container name.
Folder Path Path within the container to the data.
Account Key Storage account key (only if using key-based auth).

Authentication Methods

  • Account Key: Authenticate using the storage account's access key.
  • Default Azure Credential: Uses managed identity or your local Azure CLI login. No key needed.

Tips

  • For Delta tables, point the folder path to the root of the Delta table (the folder containing _delta_log).
  • Parquet and CSV files are also supported. Semantic Modeler infers the schema from the file contents.
Topic Link
Azure Data Lake Storage Gen2 Introduction to ADLS Gen2