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Description

Obtain data from Excel Spreadsheets stored in Blob Storage and load it into an SQL Server database.

Purchasing Options

XLS Loader - Blob Storage to SQL Server - $99.99 / month

Available Actions

Load Data

Read data from Excel Spreadsheets and store it in an SQL Server database.

Variables

Source Parameters
blob_storage_connection required

Credentials to use to access the Blob Storage container.

container required

Name of the Azure Blob Storage container that contains the files.

target_folder_name required

Path to the files within the Azure Blob Storage container.

process_subfolders required

If enabled, data in Excel spreadsheets within subfolders under the Path will also be read and loaded.

filename_mask

RegEx pattern for files to load. Specify .* for all files.

file_lookback

Specify the number of load records to examine, from most recent and going backwards, when comparing to determine which files have not yet been loaded. If no value is specified, all load records will be examined.

sheet_name

Optionally specify a unique name to use to locate the sheet to load.


Destination Parameters
db_connection required

SQL Server database where the data from the Excel spreadsheets will be loaded.

target_table_name required

Table name, in schema.table format, where the data from the Excel spreadsheets will be stored.

source_file_column required

Column within the Target Table where the path to the spreadsheet that was the source of the data will be stored.

header_row

Enable if the Excel spreadsheets contain a header row.

mappings required

Mappings between the columns in the Excel spreadsheet and the columns in the Target Table.