Azure Storage - Create table |
Declaration
<AMAZURESTORAGE ACTIVITY="create_table" TABLE="text" PROTOCOL="text (options)" ACCOUNTNAME="text" ACCESSKEY="text (encrypted)" BLOBENDPOINT="text" QUEUEENDPOINT="text" TABLEENDPOINT="text" TIMEOUT="number" PROXYTYPE="text (options)" PROXYSERVER="text" PROXYPORT="number" PROXYUSERNAME="text" PROXYPASSWORD="text (encrypted)" /> |
Description
Creates a new table under the given account. Tables store data as collections of entities. Tables don't enforce a schema on entities, which means a single table can contain entities that have different sets of properties.
Practical Usage
Used to create structured storage in the form a table.
Parameters
Connection
Property |
Type |
Required |
Default |
Markup |
Description |
Connection |
Indicates where user credentials and preferences should originate from. This is a design mode parameter used only during task construction and configuration, thus, comprises no markup. The available options are:
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Session |
Text |
Yes if connection is session-based |
AzureStorageSession1 |
SESSION="MyAzureSession" |
The name of an existing session to associate this activity with. This parameter is active only if the Connection parameter is set to Session. The default session name is 'AzureStorageSession1'. |
Account name |
Text |
Yes if connection is host-based |
(Empty) |
ACCOUNTNAME="myaccount" |
The globally unique name of the Windows Azure storage account. This parameter is active only if the Connection parameter is set to Host. |
Access key |
Text |
Yes if connection is host-based |
(Empty) |
ACCESSKEY="[AccessKey]" |
The primary or secondary access key (each composed of 88 ASCII characters) used to authorize access to Azure Storage. This parameter is active only if the Connection parameter is set to Host. |
Protocol |
Text (options) |
No |
HTTPS |
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The type of protocol used to access Azure Storage. The available options are:
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Timeout (seconds) |
Number |
No |
90 |
TIMEOUT="180" |
The timeout interval (in seconds) for requests made to the storage service. If the timeout elapses before a server response is returned, the operation times out and the service returns an error. The default timeout value is 90 seconds. |
Blob endpoint URI |
Text |
No |
(Empty) |
BLOBENDPOINT="http://
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Queue endpoint URI |
Text |
No |
(Empty) |
QUEUEENDPOINT="http://
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The
endpoint for the Queue service, as configured for the Azure storage
account. The default Queue service endpoint is |
Table endpoint URI |
Text |
No |
(Empty) |
TABLEENDPOINT="http://
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Proxy type |
Text (options) |
No |
System default |
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The type of proxy server to connect through (if required). The available options are:
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Proxy server |
Text |
No |
(Empty) |
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The host name (server.domain.com) or IP address (xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx) of the proxy server. This parameter is active only if the Proxy type parameter is set to HTTP. |
Proxy port |
Number |
No |
808 |
PROXYPORT="8080" |
The port that is used by the proxy server for client connections. The default value is 808. This parameter is active only if the Proxy type parameter is set to HTTP. |
Use authentication |
If enabled, specifies that the proxy requires authentication before granting access to resources. If disabled (default), no authentication is required. This parameter is active only if the Proxy type parameter is set to HTTP. This is a visual mode parameter only used during design time, therefore, contains no markup. |
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Proxy username |
Text |
No |
(Empty) |
PROXYUSERNAME="theUsername" |
The username to authenticate with the proxy server. This parameter is active only if Use authentication parameter is enabled. |
Proxy password |
Text |
No |
(Empty) |
PROXYPASSWORD="[encrypted]" |
The password to authenticate with the proxy server. This parameter is active only if Use authentication parameter is enabled. |
Table
Property |
Type |
Required |
Default |
Markup |
Description |
Table name |
Text |
Yes |
(Empty) |
TABLE="mytable" |
The unique name of the table to be created. Table names preserve the case with which they were created, but are case-insensitive when used. Table names must conform to the following rules:
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Example
- The sample AML code below can be copied and pasted directly into the Steps Panel of the Task Builder.
- Parameters containing user credentials, files, file paths, and/or other information specific to the task must be customized before the sample code can run successfully.
Description: A simple Azure Storage session that creates a new table and inserts entities into a specific partition/row of the table. It also uploads entities retrieved from a .csv file onto a new table.
<!-- Create session --> <AMAZURESTORAGE ACTIVITY="create_session" ACCOUNTNAME="netauto" ACCESSKEY="AM3iiVi4GlX+AHmMoxmR8X662rSFHWxHn0abTRBWBxM2ZIJQ2QFrQapQE6+qUP/Islta6nfcdHj0SfNj+fWwskg8Q==aME" PROTOCOL="http" SESSION="AzureStorageSession1" /> <!-- Create table --> <AMAZURESTORAGE ACTIVITY="create_table" SESSION="AzureStorageSession1" TABLE="customerBase" /> <!-- Insert entity --> <AMAZURESTORAGE ACTIVITY="insert_entity" SESSION="AzureStorageSession1" TABLE="customerBase" PARTITIONKEY="2" ROWKEY="3"><PROPERTY NAME="Name" TYPE="string" VALUE="David" /></AMAZURESTORAGE> <!-- Upload entity --> <AMAZURESTORAGE ACTIVITY="upload_entities" SESSION="AzureStorageSession1" TABLE="SupportBase" FILE="C:\Temp\Support.csv" /> <!-- End Session --> <AMAZURESTORAGE ACTIVITY="end_session" /> |