Azure Synapse Analytics Connection Details
Introduction
Connector Version
This documentation is based on version 23.0.8895 of the connector.
Get Started
Azure Synapse Version Support
The connector enables connectivity to Azure Synapse through the TDS protocol.
Data is transferred to Azure Synapse via the upload of CSV data to Azure Blob, which is then copied to Azure Synapse.
Establish a Connection
Connect to Azure Synapse
In addition to providing authentication (see below), set the following properties to connect to a Azure Synapse database:
Server
: The server running Azure. You can find this by logging into the Azure portal and navigating toAzure Synapse Analytics -> Select your database -> Overview -> Server name
.Database
: The name of the database, as seen in the Azure portal on theAzure Synapse Analytics
page.
Authenticate to Azure Synapse
Connect to Azure Synapse using the following properties:
User
: The username provided for authentication with Azure.Password
: The password associated with the authenticating user.
Azure AD
Azure AD is Microsoft’s multi-tenant, cloud-based directory and identity management service. It is user-based authentication that requires that you set AuthScheme
to AzureAD
.
Authentication to Azure AD over a Web application always requires the creation of a custom OAuth application. For details, see Creating an Azure AD Application.
Desktop Applications
provides an embedded OAuth application that simplifies connection to Azure AD from a Desktop application.
You can also authenticate from a desktop application using a custom OAuth application. (For further information, see Creating an Azure AD Application.) To authenticate via Azure AD, set these parameters:
AuthScheme
:AzureAD
.- Custom applications only:
OAuthClientId
: The client ID assigned when you registered your custom OAuth application.OAuthClientSecret
: The client secret assigned when you registered your custom OAuth application.CallbackURL
: The redirect URI you defined when you registered your custom OAuth application.
When you connect, the connector opens Azure Synapse's OAuth endpoint in your default browser. Log in and grant permissions to the application.
The connector completes the OAuth process, obtaining an access token from Azure Synapse and using it to request data. The OAuth values are saved in the path specified in OAuthSettingsLocation
. These values persist across connections.
When the access token expires, the connector refreshes it automatically.
Azure Service Principal
Azure Service Principal is role-based application-based authentication. This means that authentication is done per application, rather than per user. All tasks taken on by the application are executed without a default user context, but based on the assigned roles. The application access to the resources is controlled through the assigned roles' permissions.
For information about how to set up Azure Service Principal authentication, see Creating an Azure AD Application with Service Principal.
Managed Service Identity (MSI)
If you are running Azure Synapse on an Azure VM and want to leverage MSI to connect, set AuthScheme
to AzureMSI
.
User-Managed Identities
To obtain a token for a managed identity, use the OAuthClientId
property to specify the managed identity's "client_id".
When your VM has multiple user-assigned managed identities, you must also specify OAuthClientId
.
Client Secret
InitiateOAuth
: Set this toGETANDREFRESH
. You can use InitiateOAuth to avoid repeating the OAuth exchange and manually setting theOAuthAccessToken
.AzureTenant
: Set this to the tenant you wish to connect to.OAuthGrantType
: Set this toCLIENT
.OAuthClientId
: Set this to the client ID in your app settings.OAuthClientSecret
: Set this to the client secret in your app settings.
Certificate
InitiateOAuth
: Set this toGETANDREFRESH
. You can use InitiateOAuth to avoid repeating the OAuth exchange and manually setting theOAuthAccessToken
.AzureTenant
: Set this to the tenant you wish to connect to.OAuthGrantType
: Set this toCLIENT
.OAuthClientId
: Set this to the client ID in your app settings.OAuthJWTCert
: Set this to the JWT Certificate store.OAuthJWTCertType
: Set this to the type of the certificate store specified byOAuthJWTCert
.
Create an Azure AD Application
Create an Azure AD Application
Azure Synapse supports user-based authentication using Azure AD. This authentication is OAuth-based.
To connect to Azure Synapse via the Web, you must always create a custom application, as described here.
Custom OAuth applications are useful if you want to:
- Control branding of the authentication dialog.
- Control the redirect URI that the application redirects the user to after the user authenticates.
- Customize the permissions that you are requesting from the user.
Authenticate With Azure AD
In <https://portal.azure.com>:
-
In the left-hand navigation pane, select
Azure Active Directory > App registrations
. -
Click
New registration
. -
Enter a name for the application.
-
Specify the types of accounts this application should support:
- For private use applications, select
Accounts in this organization directory only
. - For distributed applications, select one of the multi-tenant options.
- For private use applications, select
Note
If you select Accounts in this organizational directory only
(default), when you establish a connection with Jitterbit Connector for Azure Synapse you must set AzureTenant
to the ID of the Azure AD Tenant. Otherwise, the authentication attempt fails.
-
Set the redirect URI to
http://localhost:33333
(default) OR, if you want tospecify a different port, specify the desired port and set
CallbackURL
to the exact reply URL you just defined. -
To register the new application, click
Register
. An application management screen displays. Record these values for later use. (You will use theApplication (client) ID
value to set theOAuthClientId
parameters, and theDirectory (tenant) ID
value to set theAzureTenant
parameter.) -
Navigate to
Certificates & Secrets
. SelectNew Client Secret
for this application and specify the desired duration. After the client secret is saved, the Azure App Registration displays the key value. This value is displayed only once, so record it for future use. (You will use it to set theOAuthClientSecret
.) -
If you have specified the use of permissions that require admin consent (such as the Application Permissions), you can grant them from the current tenant on the API Permissions page.
Create an Azure AD Application with Service Principal
Create an Azure AD Application with Service Principal
Azure Synapse supports Service Principal-based authentication, which is role-based. If you wish to use a Service Principal to authenticate to Azure Synapse you must create a custom Azure AD application as described here. To use Azure Service Principal authentication, you must set up the ability to assign a role to the authentication application, then register an application with the Azure AD tenant to create a new Service Principal. That new Service Principal can then leverage the assigned role-based access control to access resources in your subscription.
Authenticate with an Azure Service Principal
In <https://portal.azure.com>:
- In the left-hand navigation pane, select
Azure Active Directory > App registrations
. - Click
New registration
. - Enter a name for the application.
- Select the desired tenant setup. Since this custom application is for Azure Service Principal, choose
Any Microsoft Entra ID tenant - Multi Tenant
. - To register the new application, click
Register
. An application management screen displays.
Note the value inApplication (client) ID
as theOAuthClientId
and theDirectory (tenant) ID
as theAzureTenant
. - Navigate to
Certificates & Secrets
and define the application authentication type. There are two types of authentication available: certificate (recommended) or client secret.- For certificate authentication: In
Certificates & Secrets
, selectUpload certificate
, then upload the certificate from your local machine. For an example of how to create this certificate, seehttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/entra/identity-platform/howto-create-self-signed-certificate
. - For creating a new client secret: In
Certificates & Secrets
, selectNew Client Secret
for the application and specify its duration. After the client secret is saved, Azure Synapse displays the key value. This value is displayed only once, so record it for future use. (This value becomes theOAuthClientSecret
.)
- For certificate authentication: In
- Navigate to the Authentication tab and select the
Access tokens
option. - Save your changes.
Consent for Client Credentials
OAuth supports the use of client credentials to authenticate. In a client credentials authentication flow, credentials are created for the authenticating application itself. The auth flow acts just like the usual auth flow, except that there is no prompt for an associated user to provide credentials.
All tasks accepted by the application are executed outside of the context of a default user.
Note
Since the embedded OAuth credentials authenticate on a per-user basis, you cannot
use them in a client authentication flow. You must always create a custom Azure AD application to use client credentials.
In <https://portal.azure.com>:
- Create a custom Azure AD application, as described above.
- Navigate to
App Registrations
. - Find the application you just created, and open
API Permissions
. - Select the Microsoft Graph permissions. There are two distinct sets of permissions: Delegated and Application.
- For use with Service Principal, specify
Application
permissions. - Select the permissions you require for your integration.
Important Notes
Configuration Files and Their Paths
- All references to adding configuration files and their paths refer to files and locations on the Jitterbit agent where the connector is installed. These paths are to be adjusted as appropriate depending on the agent and the operating system. If multiple agents are used in an agent group, identical files will be required on each agent.
Advanced Features
This section details a selection of advanced features of the Azure Synapse connector.
SSL Configuration
Use SSL Configuration to adjust how connector handles TLS/SSL certificate negotiations. You can choose from various certificate formats; see the SSLServerCert
property under "Connection String Options" for more information.
Proxy
To configure the connector using private agent proxy settings, select the Use Proxy Settings
checkbox on the connection configuration screen.
SSL Configuration
Customize the SSL Configuration
By default, the connector attempts to negotiate SSL/TLS by checking the server's certificate against the system's trusted certificate store.
To specify another certificate, see the SSLServerCert
property for the available formats to do so.
Client SSL Certificates
The Azure Synapse connector also supports setting client certificates. Set the following to connect using a client certificate.
SSLClientCert
: The name of the certificate store for the client certificate.SSLClientCertType
: The type of key store containing the TLS/SSL client certificate.SSLClientCertPassword
: The password for the TLS/SSL client certificate.SSLClientCertSubject
: The subject of the TLS/SSL client certificate.
Stored Procedures
Stored procedures are function-like interfaces that extend the functionality of the connector beyond simple SELECT/INSERT/UPDATE/DELETE operations with Azure Synapse.
Stored procedures accept a list of parameters, perform their intended function, and then return any relevant response data from Azure Synapse, along with an indication of whether the procedure succeeded or failed.
Jitterbit Connector for Azure Synapse Stored Procedures
Name | Description |
---|---|
GetOAuthAccessToken | Gets an authentication token from AzureAD. |
GetOAuthAuthorizationUrl | Gets an authorization URL from the data source. The authorization URL can be used to generate a verifier required to obtain the OAuth token. |
RefreshOAuthAccessToken | Refreshes the OAuth access token used for authentication with AzureDataCatalog. |
GetOAuthAccessToken
Gets an authentication token from AzureAD.
Input
Name | Type | Description |
---|---|---|
AuthMode | String | The allowed values are APP, WEB. The default value is APP. |
Verifier | String | A verifier returned by the service that must be input to return the access token. Needed only when using the Web auth mode. Obtained by navigating to the URL returned in GetOAuthAuthorizationUrl. |
Scope | String | The default value is https://database.windows.net/user_impersonation offline_access. |
CallbackUrl | String | |
State | String | Indicates any state which may be useful to your application upon receipt of the response. Your application receives the same value it sent, as this parameter makes a round-trip to the AzureDataCatalog authorization server and back. Uses include redirecting the user to the correct resource in your site, nonces, and cross-site-request-forgery mitigations. |
Prompt | String | Defaults to 'select_account' which prompts the user to select account while authenticating. Set to 'None', for no prompt, 'login' to force user to enter their credentials or 'consent' to trigger the OAuth consent dialog after the user signs in, asking the user to grant permissions to the app. |
Result Set Columns
Name | Type | Description |
---|---|---|
OAuthAccessToken | String | The access token used for communication with Azure AD. |
OAuthRefreshToken | String | The OAuth refresh token. This is the same as the access token in the case of Azure AD. |
ExpiresIn | String | The remaining lifetime on the access token. A -1 denotes that it will not expire. |
GetOAuthAuthorizationUrl
Gets an authorization URL from the data source. The authorization URL can be used to generate a verifier required to obtain the OAuth token.
Input
Name | Type | Description |
---|---|---|
CallbackURL | String | The URL the user will be redirected to after authorizing your application. |
Scope | String | The default value is https://database.windows.net/user_impersonation offline_access. |
State | String | This field indicates any state that may be useful to your application upon receipt of the response. Your application receives the same value it sent, as this parameter makes a round-trip to Dynamics authorization server and back. Uses include redirecting the user to the correct resource in your site, using nonces, and mitigating cross-site request forgery. |
Prompt | String | Defaults to 'select_account' which prompts the user to select account while authenticating. Set to 'None', for no prompt, 'login' to force user to enter their credentials or 'consent' to trigger the OAuth consent dialog after the user signs in, asking the user to grant permissions to the app. |
Result Set Columns
Name | Type | Description |
---|---|---|
Url | String | The authorization URL that will need to be opened for the user to authorize your app. |
RefreshOAuthAccessToken
Refreshes the OAuth access token used for authentication with AzureDataCatalog.
Input
Name | Type | Description |
---|---|---|
OAuthRefreshToken | String | Set this to the token value that expired. |
Result Set Columns
Name | Type | Description |
---|---|---|
OAuthAccessToken | String | The authentication token returned from AzureDataCatalog. This can be used in subsequent calls to other operations for this particular service. |
OAuthRefreshToken | String | This is the same as the access token. |
ExpiresIn | String | The remaining lifetime on the access token. |
Advanced Configurations Properties
The advanced configurations properties are the various options that can be used to establish a connection. This section provides a complete list of the options you can configure. Click the links for further details.
Property | Description |
---|---|
AuthScheme | The scheme used for authentication. Accepted entries are Password, AzureAD, AzureServicePrincipal, AzureServicePrincipalCert, AzureMSI, AzurePassword. |
Server | The name of the server running Synapse. |
User | The Azure Synapse user account used to authenticate. |
Password | The password used to authenticate the user. |
Port | The port of the Synapse. |
Database | The name of the Synapse database. |
Encrypt | This field sets whether SSL is enabled. |
Property | Description |
---|---|
BatchMode | The Batch Mode of Azure Synapse bulkInsert. |
StorageAccountLocation | The Storage Account Location for staging your data. |
AzureSASToken | The string value of the Azure Blob shared access signature. |
Property | Description |
---|---|
AzureTenant | The Microsoft Online tenant being used to access data. If not specified, your default tenant is used. |
AzureEnvironment | The Azure Environment to use when establishing a connection. |
Property | Description |
---|---|
InitiateOAuth | Set this property to initiate the process to obtain or refresh the OAuth access token when you connect. |
OAuthClientId | The client ID assigned when you register your application with an OAuth authorization server. |
OAuthClientSecret | The client secret assigned when you register your application with an OAuth authorization server. |
OAuthAccessToken | The access token for connecting using OAuth. |
OAuthSettingsLocation | The location of the settings file where OAuth values are saved when InitiateOAuth is set to GETANDREFRESH or REFRESH . Alternatively, you can hold this location in memory by specifying a value starting with 'memory://' . |
CallbackURL | The OAuth callback URL to return to when authenticating. This value must match the callback URL you specify in your app settings. |
OAuthGrantType | The grant type for the OAuth flow. |
OAuthVerifier | The verifier code returned from the OAuth authorization URL. |
OAuthRefreshToken | The OAuth refresh token for the corresponding OAuth access token. |
OAuthExpiresIn | The lifetime in seconds of the OAuth AccessToken. |
OAuthTokenTimestamp | The Unix epoch timestamp in milliseconds when the current Access Token was created. |
Property | Description |
---|---|
OAuthJWTCert | The JWT Certificate store. |
OAuthJWTCertType | The type of key store containing the JWT Certificate. |
OAuthJWTCertPassword | The password for the OAuth JWT certificate. |
OAuthJWTCertSubject | The subject of the OAuth JWT certificate. |
Property | Description |
---|---|
SSLClientCert | The TLS/SSL client certificate store for SSL Client Authentication (2-way SSL). |
SSLClientCertType | The type of key store containing the TLS/SSL client certificate. |
SSLClientCertPassword | The password for the TLS/SSL client certificate. |
SSLClientCertSubject | The subject of the TLS/SSL client certificate. |
SSLServerCert | The certificate to be accepted from the server when connecting using TLS/SSL. |
Property | Description |
---|---|
Location | A path to the directory that contains the schema files defining tables, views, and stored procedures. |
BrowsableSchemas | This property restricts the schemas reported to a subset of the available schemas. For example, BrowsableSchemas=SchemaA, SchemaB, SchemaC. |
Tables | This property restricts the tables reported to a subset of the available tables. For example, Tables=TableA, TableB, TableC. |
Views | Restricts the views reported to a subset of the available tables. For example, Views=ViewA, ViewB, ViewC. |
Property | Description |
---|---|
CustomizeDateFormat | Configure the Date format. |
ApplicationIntent | Expresses the client application's request to be directed either to a read-write or read-only version of an availability group database. |
EnableTransaction | Determines whether transactions are enabled. |
MaxRows | Limits the number of rows returned when no aggregation or GROUP BY is used in the query. This takes precedence over LIMIT clauses. |
Other | These hidden properties are used only in specific use cases. |
QueryPassthrough | This option passes the query to the Azure Synapse server as is. |
Timeout | The value in seconds until the timeout error is thrown, canceling the operation. |
Authentication
This section provides a complete list of authentication properties you can configure.
Property | Description |
---|---|
AuthScheme | The scheme used for authentication. Accepted entries are Password, AzureAD, AzureServicePrincipal, AzureServicePrincipalCert, AzureMSI, AzurePassword. |
Server | The name of the server running Synapse. |
User | The Azure Synapse user account used to authenticate. |
Password | The password used to authenticate the user. |
Port | The port of the Synapse. |
Database | The name of the Synapse database. |
Encrypt | This field sets whether SSL is enabled. |
AuthScheme
The scheme used for authentication. Accepted entries are Password, AzureAD, AzureServicePrincipal, AzureServicePrincipalCert, AzureMSI, AzurePassword.
Possible Values
Password
, AzureAD
, AzurePassword
, AzureMSI
, AzureServicePrincipal
, AzureServicePrincipalCert
Data Type
string
Default Value
Password
Remarks
- AzureAD: Set this to perform Azure Active Directory OAuth authentication.
- AzureMSI: Set this to automatically obtain Managed Service Identity credentials when running on an Azure VM.
- AzureServicePrincipal: Set this to authenticate as an Azure Service Principal using a Client Secret.
- AzureServicePrincipalCert: Set this to authenticate as an Azure Service Principal using a Certificate.
Together with Password and User, this field is used to authenticate against the server. Password is the default option. Use the following options to select your authentication scheme:
- Password: Set this to use your SQL Server Password.
- AzureAD: Set this to use Azure Active Directory OAuth authentication.
- AzureServicePrincipal: Set this to authenticate as an Azure Service Principal.
- AzureServicePrincipalCert: Set this to authenticate as an Azure Service Principal using a certificate.
- AzureMSI: Set this to use Azure Active Directory Managed Service Identity authentication.
- AzurePassword: Set this to use Azure Active Directory Password authentication.
Server
The name of the server running Synapse.
Data Type
string
Default Value
""
Remarks
Set this property to the name or network address of the Synapse instance.
User
The Azure Synapse user account used to authenticate.
Data Type
string
Default Value
""
Remarks
Together with Password, this field is used to authenticate against the Azure Synapse server.
Password
The password used to authenticate the user.
Data Type
string
Default Value
""
Remarks
The User and Password
are together used to authenticate with the server.
Port
The port of the Synapse.
Data Type
string
Default Value
1433
Remarks
The port of the Server hosting the Synapse Database.
Database
The name of the Synapse database.
Data Type
string
Default Value
""
Remarks
The name of the Synapse database running on the specified Server.
Encrypt
This field sets whether SSL is enabled.
Data Type
bool
Default Value
false
Remarks
This field sets whether the connector will attempt to negotiate TLS/SSL connections to the server. By default, the connector checks the server's certificate against the system's trusted certificate store. To specify another certificate, set SSLServerCert.
Bulk
This section provides a complete list of the Bulk properties you can configure.
Property | Description |
---|---|
BatchMode | The Batch Mode of Azure Synapse bulkInsert. |
StorageAccountLocation | The Storage Account Location for staging your data. |
AzureSASToken | The string value of the Azure Blob shared access signature. |
BatchMode
The Batch Mode of Azure Synapse bulkInsert.
Possible Values
BCP
, COPY
, STANDARD
Data Type
string
Default Value
COPY
Remarks
COPY utilizes an external storage account to load data into and then copy into your Azure Synapse table. You will also need to set the StorageAccountLocation and the AzureSASToken, which only supports INSERT statement. BCP transfers data to Azure Synapse directly with BulkLoadBCP protocol through the TCP communication between client and server, which only supports INSERT statements. STANDARD uses standard INSERT, UPDATE and DELETE statements for batch operations.
StorageAccountLocation
The Storage Account Location for staging your data.
Data Type
string
Default Value
""
Remarks
Specify the file location in AzureBlob(only for COPY mode).
"myaccount" here is your Azure Blob account name, "myblobcontainer" is the Blob container you want to use. For example: https://myaccount.blob.core.windows.net/myblobcontainer/..
.
AzureSASToken
The string value of the Azure Blob shared access signature.
Data Type
string
Default Value
""
Remarks
The string value of the Azure Blob shared access signature.
You can go to "Shared access signature" in "Settings" section for your Azure Blob container through Azure Portal, then click "Generate SAS token and URL" and copy the value from "Blob SAS token" textbox. Please be cautionus to select the proper permission (Create, Write, Delete) in "Permissions" dropdown list and validity of Start and Expiry time before you generate SAS token.
Azure Authentication
This section provides a complete list of Azure authentication properties you can configure.
Property | Description |
---|---|
AzureTenant | The Microsoft Online tenant being used to access data. If not specified, your default tenant is used. |
AzureEnvironment | The Azure Environment to use when establishing a connection. |
AzureTenant
The Microsoft Online tenant being used to access data. If not specified, your default tenant is used.
Data Type
string
Default Value
""
Remarks
The Microsoft Online tenant being used to access data. For instance, contoso.onmicrosoft.com. Alternatively, specify the tenant Id. This value is the directory ID in the Azure Portal > Azure Active Directory > Properties.
Typically it is not necessary to specify the Tenant. This can be automatically determined by Microsoft when using the OAuthGrantType set to CODE (default). However, it may fail in the case that the user belongs to multiple tenants. For instance, if an Admin of domain A invites a user of domain B to be a guest user. The user will now belong to both tenants. It is a good practice to specify the Tenant, although in general things should normally work without having to specify it.
The AzureTenant
is required when setting OAuthGrantType to CLIENT. When using client credentials, there is no user context. The credentials are taken from the context of the app itself. While Microsoft still allows client credentials to be obtained without specifying which Tenant, it has a much lower probability of picking the specific tenant you want to work with. For this reason, we require AzureTenant
to be explicitly stated for all client credentials connections to ensure you get credentials that are applicable for the domain you intend to connect to.
AzureEnvironment
The Azure Environment to use when establishing a connection.
Possible Values
GLOBAL
, CHINA
, USGOVT
, USGOVTDOD
Data Type
string
Default Value
GLOBAL
Remarks
In most cases, leaving the environment set to global will work. However, if your Azure Account has been added to a different environment, the AzureEnvironment
may be used to specify which environment. The available values are GLOBAL, CHINA, USGOVT, USGOVTDOD.
OAuth
This section provides a complete list of OAuth properties you can configure.
Property | Description |
---|---|
InitiateOAuth | Set this property to initiate the process to obtain or refresh the OAuth access token when you connect. |
OAuthClientId | The client ID assigned when you register your application with an OAuth authorization server. |
OAuthClientSecret | The client secret assigned when you register your application with an OAuth authorization server. |
OAuthAccessToken | The access token for connecting using OAuth. |
OAuthSettingsLocation | The location of the settings file where OAuth values are saved when InitiateOAuth is set to GETANDREFRESH or REFRESH . Alternatively, you can hold this location in memory by specifying a value starting with 'memory://' . |
CallbackURL | The OAuth callback URL to return to when authenticating. This value must match the callback URL you specify in your app settings. |
OAuthGrantType | The grant type for the OAuth flow. |
OAuthVerifier | The verifier code returned from the OAuth authorization URL. |
OAuthRefreshToken | The OAuth refresh token for the corresponding OAuth access token. |
OAuthExpiresIn | The lifetime in seconds of the OAuth AccessToken. |
OAuthTokenTimestamp | The Unix epoch timestamp in milliseconds when the current Access Token was created. |
InitiateOAuth
Set this property to initiate the process to obtain or refresh the OAuth access token when you connect.
Possible Values
OFF
, GETANDREFRESH
, REFRESH
Data Type
string
Default Value
OFF
Remarks
The following options are available:
OFF
: Indicates that the OAuth flow will be handled entirely by the user. An OAuthAccessToken will be required to authenticate.GETANDREFRESH
: Indicates that the entire OAuth Flow will be handled by the connector. If no token currently exists, it will be obtained by prompting the user via the browser. If a token exists, it will be refreshed when applicable.REFRESH
: Indicates that the connector will only handle refreshing the OAuthAccessToken. The user will never be prompted by the connector to authenticate via the browser. The user must handle obtaining the OAuthAccessToken and OAuthRefreshToken initially.
OAuthClientId
The client ID assigned when you register your application with an OAuth authorization server.
Data Type
string
Default Value
""
Remarks
As part of registering an OAuth application, you will receive the OAuthClientId
value, sometimes also called a consumer key, and a client secret, the OAuthClientSecret.
OAuthClientSecret
The client secret assigned when you register your application with an OAuth authorization server.
Data Type
string
Default Value
""
Remarks
As part of registering an OAuth application, you will receive the OAuthClientId, also called a consumer key. You will also receive a client secret, also called a consumer secret. Set the client secret in the OAuthClientSecret
property.
OAuthAccessToken
The access token for connecting using OAuth.
Data Type
string
Default Value
""
Remarks
The OAuthAccessToken
property is used to connect using OAuth. The OAuthAccessToken
is retrieved from the OAuth server as part of the authentication process. It has a server-dependent timeout and can be reused between requests.
The access token is used in place of your user name and password. The access token protects your credentials by keeping them on the server.
OAuthSettingsLocation
The location of the settings file where OAuth values are saved when InitiateOAuth is set to GETANDREFRESH or REFRESH . Alternatively, you can hold this location in memory by specifying a value starting with 'memory://'
.
Data Type
string
Default Value
%APPDATA%\AzureSynapse Data Provider\OAuthSettings.txt
Remarks
When InitiateOAuth is set to GETANDREFRESH
or REFRESH
, the connector saves OAuth values to avoid requiring the user to manually enter OAuth connection properties and to allow the credentials to be shared across connections or processes.
Instead of specifying a file path, you can use memory storage. Memory locations are specified by using a value starting with 'memory://'
followed by a unique identifier for that set of credentials (for example, memory://user1). The identifier can be anything you choose but should be unique to the user. Unlike file-based storage, where credentials persist across connections, memory storage loads the credentials into static memory, and the credentials are shared between connections using the same identifier for the life of the process. To persist credentials outside the current process, you must manually store the credentials prior to closing the connection. This enables you to set them in the connection when the process is started again. You can retrieve OAuth property values with a query to the sys_connection_props
system table. If there are multiple connections using the same credentials, the properties are read from the previously closed connection.
The default location is "%APPDATA%\AzureSynapse Data Provider\OAuthSettings.txt" with %APPDATA%
set to the user's configuration directory. The default values are
- Windows: "
register://%DSN
" - Unix: "%AppData%..."
- Mac: "%AppData%..."
where DSN is the name of the current DSN used in the open connection.
The following table lists the value of %APPDATA%
by OS:
Platform | %APPDATA% |
---|---|
Windows | The value of the APPDATA environment variable |
Mac | ~/Library/Application Support |
Linux | ~/.config |
CallbackURL
The OAuth callback URL to return to when authenticating. This value must match the callback URL you specify in your app settings.
Data Type
string
Default Value
""
Remarks
During the authentication process, the OAuth authorization server redirects the user to this URL. This value must match the callback URL you specify in your app settings.
OAuthGrantType
The grant type for the OAuth flow.
Possible Values
CODE
, CLIENT
, PASSWORD
Data Type
string
Default Value
CLIENT
Remarks
The following options are available: CODE,CLIENT,PASSWORD
OAuthVerifier
The verifier code returned from the OAuth authorization URL.
Data Type
string
Default Value
""
Remarks
The verifier code returned from the OAuth authorization URL. This can be used on systems where a browser cannot be launched such as headless systems.
Authentication on Headless Machines
See to obtain the OAuthVerifier
value.
Set OAuthSettingsLocation along with OAuthVerifier
. When you connect, the connector exchanges the OAuthVerifier
for the OAuth authentication tokens and saves them, encrypted, to the specified location. Set InitiateOAuth to GETANDREFRESH to automate the exchange.
Once the OAuth settings file has been generated, you can remove OAuthVerifier
from the connection properties and connect with OAuthSettingsLocation set.
To automatically refresh the OAuth token values, set OAuthSettingsLocation and additionally set InitiateOAuth to REFRESH.
OAuthRefreshToken
The OAuth refresh token for the corresponding OAuth access token.
Data Type
string
Default Value
""
Remarks
The OAuthRefreshToken
property is used to refresh the OAuthAccessToken when using OAuth authentication.
OAuthExpiresIn
The lifetime in seconds of the OAuth AccessToken.
Data Type
string
Default Value
""
Remarks
Pair with OAuthTokenTimestamp to determine when the AccessToken will expire.
OAuthTokenTimestamp
The Unix epoch timestamp in milliseconds when the current Access Token was created.
Data Type
string
Default Value
""
Remarks
Pair with OAuthExpiresIn to determine when the AccessToken will expire.
JWT OAuth
This section provides a complete list of JWT OAuth properties you can configure.
Property | Description |
---|---|
OAuthJWTCert | The JWT Certificate store. |
OAuthJWTCertType | The type of key store containing the JWT Certificate. |
OAuthJWTCertPassword | The password for the OAuth JWT certificate. |
OAuthJWTCertSubject | The subject of the OAuth JWT certificate. |
OAuthJWTCert
The JWT Certificate store.
Data Type
string
Default Value
""
Remarks
The name of the certificate store for the client certificate.
The OAuthJWTCertType field specifies the type of the certificate store specified by OAuthJWTCert
. If the store is password protected, specify the password in OAuthJWTCertPassword.
OAuthJWTCert
is used in conjunction with the OAuthJWTCertSubject
field in order to specify client certificates. If OAuthJWTCert
has a value, and OAuthJWTCertSubject is set, a search for a certificate is initiated. Please refer to the OAuthJWTCertSubject field for details.
Designations of certificate stores are platform-dependent.
The following are designations of the most common User and Machine certificate stores in Windows:
Property | Description |
---|---|
MY | A certificate store holding personal certificates with their associated private keys. |
CA | Certifying authority certificates. |
ROOT | Root certificates. |
SPC | Software publisher certificates. |
In Java, the certificate store normally is a file containing certificates and optional private keys.
When the certificate store type is PFXFile, this property must be set to the name of the file. When the type is PFXBlob, the property must be set to the binary contents of a PFX file (i.e. PKCS12 certificate store).
OAuthJWTCertType
The type of key store containing the JWT Certificate.
Possible Values
USER
, MACHINE
, PFXFILE
, PFXBLOB
, JKSFILE
, JKSBLOB
, PEMKEY_FILE
, PEMKEY_BLOB
, PUBLIC_KEY_FILE
, PUBLIC_KEY_BLOB
, SSHPUBLIC_KEY_FILE
, SSHPUBLIC_KEY_BLOB
, P7BFILE
, PPKFILE
, XMLFILE
, XMLBLOB
Data Type
string
Default Value
USER
Remarks
This property can take one of the following values:
Property | Description |
---|---|
USER | For Windows, this specifies that the certificate store is a certificate store owned by the current user. Note: This store type is not available in Java. |
MACHINE | For Windows, this specifies that the certificate store is a machine store. Note: this store type is not available in Java. |
PFXFILE | The certificate store is the name of a PFX (PKCS12) file containing certificates. |
PFXBLOB | The certificate store is a string (base-64-encoded) representing a certificate store in PFX (PKCS12) format. |
JKSFILE | The certificate store is the name of a Java key store (JKS) file containing certificates. Note: this store type is only available in Java. |
JKSBLOB | The certificate store is a string (base-64-encoded) representing a certificate store in Java key store (JKS) format. Note: this store type is only available in Java. |
PEMKEY_FILE | The certificate store is the name of a PEM-encoded file that contains a private key and an optional certificate. |
PEMKEY_BLOB | The certificate store is a string (base64-encoded) that contains a private key and an optional certificate. |
PUBLIC_KEY_FILE | The certificate store is the name of a file that contains a PEM- or DER-encoded public key certificate. |
PUBLIC_KEY_BLOB | The certificate store is a string (base-64-encoded) that contains a PEM- or DER-encoded public key certificate. |
SSHPUBLIC_KEY_FILE | The certificate store is the name of a file that contains an SSH-style public key. |
SSHPUBLIC_KEY_BLOB | The certificate store is a string (base-64-encoded) that contains an SSH-style public key. |
P7BFILE | The certificate store is the name of a PKCS7 file containing certificates. |
PPKFILE | The certificate store is the name of a file that contains a PPK (PuTTY Private Key). |
XMLFILE | The certificate store is the name of a file that contains a certificate in XML format. |
XMLBLOB | The certificate store is a string that contains a certificate in XML format. |
OAuthJWTCertPassword
The password for the OAuth JWT certificate.
Data Type
string
Default Value
""
Remarks
If the certificate store is of a type that requires a password, this property is used to specify that password in order to open the certificate store.
OAuthJWTCertSubject
The subject of the OAuth JWT certificate.
Data Type
string
Default Value
*
Remarks
When loading a certificate the subject is used to locate the certificate in the store.
If an exact match is not found, the store is searched for subjects containing the value of the property.
If a match is still not found, the property is set to an empty string, and no certificate is selected.
The special value "*" picks the first certificate in the certificate store.
The certificate subject is a comma separated list of distinguished name fields and values. For instance "CN=www.server.com, OU=test, C=US, E=example@jbexample.com". Common fields and their meanings are displayed below.
Field | Meaning |
---|---|
CN | Common Name. This is commonly a host name like www.server.com. |
O | Organization |
OU | Organizational Unit |
L | Locality |
S | State |
C | Country |
E | Email Address |
If a field value contains a comma it must be quoted.
SSL
This section provides a complete list of SSL properties you can configure.
Property | Description |
---|---|
SSLClientCert | The TLS/SSL client certificate store for SSL Client Authentication (2-way SSL). |
SSLClientCertType | The type of key store containing the TLS/SSL client certificate. |
SSLClientCertPassword | The password for the TLS/SSL client certificate. |
SSLClientCertSubject | The subject of the TLS/SSL client certificate. |
SSLServerCert | The certificate to be accepted from the server when connecting using TLS/SSL. |
SSLClientCert
The TLS/SSL client certificate store for SSL Client Authentication (2-way SSL).
Data Type
string
Default Value
""
Remarks
The name of the certificate store for the client certificate.
The SSLClientCertType field specifies the type of the certificate store specified by SSLClientCert
. If the store is password protected, specify the password in SSLClientCertPassword.
SSLClientCert
is used in conjunction with the SSLClientCertSubject field in order to specify client certificates. If SSLClientCert
has a value, and SSLClientCertSubject is set, a search for a certificate is initiated. See SSLClientCertSubject for more information.
Designations of certificate stores are platform-dependent.
The following are designations of the most common User and Machine certificate stores in Windows:
Property | Description |
---|---|
MY | A certificate store holding personal certificates with their associated private keys. |
CA | Certifying authority certificates. |
ROOT | Root certificates. |
SPC | Software publisher certificates. |
In Java, the certificate store normally is a file containing certificates and optional private keys.
When the certificate store type is PFXFile, this property must be set to the name of the file. When the type is PFXBlob, the property must be set to the binary contents of a PFX file (for example, PKCS12 certificate store).
SSLClientCertType
The type of key store containing the TLS/SSL client certificate.
Possible Values
USER
, MACHINE
, PFXFILE
, PFXBLOB
, JKSFILE
, JKSBLOB
, PEMKEY_FILE
, PEMKEY_BLOB
, PUBLIC_KEY_FILE
, PUBLIC_KEY_BLOB
, SSHPUBLIC_KEY_FILE
, SSHPUBLIC_KEY_BLOB
, P7BFILE
, PPKFILE
, XMLFILE
, XMLBLOB
Data Type
string
Default Value
USER
Remarks
This property can take one of the following values:
Property | Description |
---|---|
USER - default | For Windows, this specifies that the certificate store is a certificate store owned by the current user. Note that this store type is not available in Java. |
MACHINE | For Windows, this specifies that the certificate store is a machine store. Note that this store type is not available in Java. |
PFXFILE | The certificate store is the name of a PFX (PKCS12) file containing certificates. |
PFXBLOB | The certificate store is a string (base-64-encoded) representing a certificate store in PFX (PKCS12) format. |
JKSFILE | The certificate store is the name of a Java key store (JKS) file containing certificates. Note that this store type is only available in Java. |
JKSBLOB | The certificate store is a string (base-64-encoded) representing a certificate store in JKS format. Note that this store type is only available in Java. |
PEMKEY_FILE | The certificate store is the name of a PEM-encoded file that contains a private key and an optional certificate. |
PEMKEY_BLOB | The certificate store is a string (base64-encoded) that contains a private key and an optional certificate. |
PUBLIC_KEY_FILE | The certificate store is the name of a file that contains a PEM- or DER-encoded public key certificate. |
PUBLIC_KEY_BLOB | The certificate store is a string (base-64-encoded) that contains a PEM- or DER-encoded public key certificate. |
SSHPUBLIC_KEY_FILE | The certificate store is the name of a file that contains an SSH-style public key. |
SSHPUBLIC_KEY_BLOB | The certificate store is a string (base-64-encoded) that contains an SSH-style public key. |
P7BFILE | The certificate store is the name of a PKCS7 file containing certificates. |
PPKFILE | The certificate store is the name of a file that contains a PuTTY Private Key (PPK). |
XMLFILE | The certificate store is the name of a file that contains a certificate in XML format. |
XMLBLOB | The certificate store is a string that contains a certificate in XML format. |
SSLClientCertPassword
The password for the TLS/SSL client certificate.
Data Type
string
Default Value
""
Remarks
If the certificate store is of a type that requires a password, this property is used to specify that password to open the certificate store.
SSLClientCertSubject
The subject of the TLS/SSL client certificate.
Data Type
string
Default Value
*
Remarks
When loading a certificate the subject is used to locate the certificate in the store.
If an exact match is not found, the store is searched for subjects containing the value of the property. If a match is still not found, the property is set to an empty string, and no certificate is selected.
The special value "*" picks the first certificate in the certificate store.
The certificate subject is a comma separated list of distinguished name fields and values. For example, "CN=www.server.com, OU=test, C=US, E=support@company.com". The common fields and their meanings are shown below.
Field | Meaning |
---|---|
CN | Common Name. This is commonly a host name like www.server.com. |
O | Organization |
OU | Organizational Unit |
L | Locality |
S | State |
C | Country |
E | Email Address |
If a field value contains a comma, it must be quoted.
SSLServerCert
The certificate to be accepted from the server when connecting using TLS/SSL.
Data Type
string
Default Value
""
Remarks
If using a TLS/SSL connection, this property can be used to specify the TLS/SSL certificate to be accepted from the server. Any other certificate that is not trusted by the machine is rejected.
This property can take the following forms:
Description | Example |
---|---|
A full PEM Certificate (example shortened for brevity) | -----BEGIN CERTIFICATE----- MIIChTCCAe4CAQAwDQYJKoZIhv......Qw== -----END CERTIFICATE----- |
A path to a local file containing the certificate | C:\\cert.cer |
The public key (example shortened for brevity) | -----BEGIN RSA PUBLIC KEY----- MIGfMA0GCSq......AQAB -----END RSA PUBLIC KEY----- |
The MD5 Thumbprint (hex values can also be either space or colon separated) | ecadbdda5a1529c58a1e9e09828d70e4 |
The SHA1 Thumbprint (hex values can also be either space or colon separated) | 34a929226ae0819f2ec14b4a3d904f801cbb150d |
If not specified, any certificate trusted by the machine is accepted.
Certificates are validated as trusted by the machine based on the System's trust store. The trust store used is the 'javax.net.ssl.trustStore' value specified for the system. If no value is specified for this property, Java's default trust store is used (for example, JAVA_HOME\lib\security\cacerts).
Use '*' to signify to accept all certificates. Note that this is not recommended due to security concerns.
Schema
This section provides a complete list of schema properties you can configure.
Property | Description |
---|---|
Location | A path to the directory that contains the schema files defining tables, views, and stored procedures. |
BrowsableSchemas | This property restricts the schemas reported to a subset of the available schemas. For example, BrowsableSchemas=SchemaA, SchemaB, SchemaC. |
Tables | This property restricts the tables reported to a subset of the available tables. For example, Tables=TableA, TableB, TableC. |
Views | Restricts the views reported to a subset of the available tables. For example, Views=ViewA, ViewB, ViewC. |
Location
A path to the directory that contains the schema files defining tables, views, and stored procedures.
Data Type
string
Default Value
%APPDATA%\AzureSynapse Data Provider\Schema
Remarks
The path to a directory which contains the schema files for the connector (.rsd files for tables and views, .rsb files for stored procedures). The folder location can be a relative path from the location of the executable. The Location
property is only needed if you want to customize definitions (for example, change a column name, ignore a column, and so on) or extend the data model with new tables, views, or stored procedures.
If left unspecified, the default location is "%APPDATA%\AzureSynapse Data Provider\Schema" with %APPDATA%
being set to the user's configuration directory:
Platform | %APPDATA% |
---|---|
Windows | The value of the APPDATA environment variable |
Mac | ~/Library/Application Support |
Linux | ~/.config |
BrowsableSchemas
This property restricts the schemas reported to a subset of the available schemas. For example, BrowsableSchemas=SchemaA,SchemaB,SchemaC.
Data Type
string
Default Value
""
Remarks
Listing the schemas from databases can be expensive. Providing a list of schemas in the connection string improves the performance.
Tables
This property restricts the tables reported to a subset of the available tables. For example, Tables=TableA,TableB,TableC.
Data Type
string
Default Value
""
Remarks
Listing the tables from some databases can be expensive. Providing a list of tables in the connection string improves the performance of the connector.
This property can also be used as an alternative to automatically listing views if you already know which ones you want to work with and there would otherwise be too many to work with.
Specify the tables you want in a comma-separated list. Each table should be a valid SQL identifier with any special characters escaped using square brackets, double-quotes or backticks. For example, Tables=TableA,[TableB/WithSlash],WithCatalog.WithSchema.`TableC With Space`.
Note that when connecting to a data source with multiple schemas or catalogs, you will need to provide the fully qualified name of the table in this property, as in the last example here, to avoid ambiguity between tables that exist in multiple catalogs or schemas.
Views
Restricts the views reported to a subset of the available tables. For example, Views=ViewA,ViewB,ViewC.
Data Type
string
Default Value
""
Remarks
Listing the views from some databases can be expensive. Providing a list of views in the connection string improves the performance of the connector.
This property can also be used as an alternative to automatically listing views if you already know which ones you want to work with and there would otherwise be too many to work with.
Specify the views you want in a comma-separated list. Each view should be a valid SQL identifier with any special characters escaped using square brackets, double-quotes or backticks. For example, Views=ViewA,[ViewB/WithSlash],WithCatalog.WithSchema.`ViewC With Space`.
Note that when connecting to a data source with multiple schemas or catalogs, you will need to provide the fully qualified name of the table in this property, as in the last example here, to avoid ambiguity between tables that exist in multiple catalogs or schemas.
Miscellaneous
This section provides a complete list of miscellaneous properties you can configure.
Property | Description |
---|---|
CustomizeDateFormat | Configure the Date format. |
ApplicationIntent | Expresses the client application's request to be directed either to a read-write or read-only version of an availability group database. |
EnableTransaction | Determines whether transactions are enabled. |
MaxRows | Limits the number of rows returned when no aggregation or GROUP BY is used in the query. This takes precedence over LIMIT clauses. |
Other | These hidden properties are used only in specific use cases. |
QueryPassthrough | This option passes the query to the Azure Synapse server as is. |
Timeout | The value in seconds until the timeout error is thrown, canceling the operation. |
CustomizeDateFormat
Configure the Date format.
Data Type
string
Default Value
""
Remarks
The Date format can be customized by this property.
ApplicationIntent
Expresses the client application's request to be directed either to a read-write or read-only version of an availability group database.
Data Type
string
Default Value
ReadWrite
Remarks
To use read-only routing, a client must use an application intent of read-only in the connection string when connecting to the availability group listener. Without the read-only application intent, connections to the availability group listener are directed to the database on the primary replica.
ApplicationIntent
allows you to connect to a read-only secondary when connecting to an Availability Group Listener.
EnableTransaction
Determines whether transactions are enabled.
Data Type
bool
Default Value
true
Remarks
Determines whether transactions are enabled. When set to false, any operation that would involve a transaction is treated as a no-op. Serverless SQL pools do not support transactions, so this property is required to be false when working with tools that utilize transactions. Dedicated SQL pools do support transactions, so this option can be enabled if transaction support is required.
MaxRows
Limits the number of rows returned when no aggregation or GROUP BY is used in the query. This takes precedence over LIMIT clauses.
Data Type
int
Default Value
-1
Remarks
Limits the number of rows returned when no aggregation or GROUP BY is used in the query. This takes precedence over LIMIT clauses.
Other
These hidden properties are used only in specific use cases.
Data Type
string
Default Value
""
Remarks
The properties listed below are available for specific use cases. Normal driver use cases and functionality should not require these properties.
Specify multiple properties in a semicolon-separated list.
Integration and Formatting
Property | Description |
---|---|
DefaultColumnSize | Sets the default length of string fields when the data source does not provide column length in the metadata. The default value is 2000. |
ConvertDateTimeToGMT | Determines whether to convert date-time values to GMT, instead of the local time of the machine. |
RecordToFile=filename | Records the underlying socket data transfer to the specified file. |
QueryPassthrough
This option passes the query to the Azure Synapse server as is.
Data Type
bool
Default Value
true
Remarks
When this is set, queries are passed through directly to Azure Synapse.
Timeout
The value in seconds until the timeout error is thrown, canceling the operation.
Data Type
int
Default Value
60
Remarks
If Timeout
= 0, operations do not time out. The operations run until they complete successfully or until they encounter an error condition.
If Timeout
expires and the operation is not yet complete, the connector throws an exception.