Basic Tab

To connect to the Azure Data Lake Storage adapter, set the following properties in the Basic tab of the New Data Source connection window:

 

Field

Description

Data Source Name

The name of the data source.

URL

A URL to connect to the physical data source.

Application/Client ID

Application/Client ID is the ID created when registering your application in the Microsoft active directory. You will need this to connect to the Azure Data Lake storage.

Client Secret

This is the secret string that the application uses to prove its identity when requesting a token. You will need this to connect to the Azure Data Lake storage.

Refresh Url

This is the refresh token that is needed for the client to stay connected to the storage. To get this value, in the Azure portal, go to Azure Active Directory > App registrations > Endpoints*. The OAUTH 2.0 TOKEN ENDPOINT found in the Endpoints region is the value for the RefreshUrl.