Connecting to Microsoft Azure Blob

Microsoft Azure Blob storage allows you to store large amounts of unstructured data on Microsoft's data storage platform. With Azure Blob storage, the files (photos, videos, training documents, etc.), which are known as blobs, are put in containers which function similar to directories.

There are three options to connect to Microsoft Azure Blob

• Create a new project
• Edit an existing project connection
• Export data from the Export >Run recipe button

Connecting to Microsoft Azure Blob when Creating a New Project

1. Click Enrich. The Enrich page is displayed.gg
2. Click . The Create a new project window is displayed.
3. Type in a new project name. The project name needs to be unique.
4. Select a use case from the drop-down. 
5. Click Create project. The Upload a dataset window appears.
   
6. Select Microsoft Azure Blob.
   
7. Type in the connection name.
8. Type in the Storage Account Name.
9. Type in the Connection String.
   
   
   This is an example of a connection string:
   

   DefaultEndpointsProtocol={Your Default Endpoints protocol; e.g. https};AccountName={Your Account Name};AccountKey={Your Account Key};EndpointSuffix={Your Endpoint Suffix; e.g. core.windows.net}

10. Click Test Connection to make sure the connection is successful. A message is displayed informing you if the connection was successfully created or not. If the test connection failed, then you are unable to create a connection.
    Note: Before creating a new connection, a Test Connection must be run. If the test failed, or a parameter was changed, the Create button will be disabled, and you need to create a new connection.
11. After the test connection has succeeded, click Create in order to create the connection.

Connecting to Microsoft Azure Blob when Editing a Dataset

1. Click Enrich. The Enrich page is displayed.
2. Create or search for a project.
3. Click .
   
4. The Change data and edit dataset is displayed.
   
   
5. Click Continue. The Upload a dataset window appears. 
6. Select Microsoft Azure Blob.
7. Choose the connection name.
8. Type in the Storage Account Name.
9. Type in the Connection String.
   This is an example of a connection string:
   

   DefaultEndpointsProtocol={Your Default Endpoints protocol; e.g. https};AccountName={Your Account Name};AccountKey={Your Account Key};EndpointSuffix={Your Endpoint Suffix; e.g. core.windows.net}

10. Click Create to test the connection before creating the connector.
11. Click Test Connection. A message is displayed informing you if the connection was successfully created or not. If the test connection failed, then you are unable to create a connection.

Exporting Data

1. Click Enrich. The Enrich page is displayed. 
2. Create, search or edit a project.
3. Click the Export >Run Recipe.
   
4. The Schedule Recipe Run window is displayed.
   
5. Select the input connection (optional).
6. Select the output connection.