Azure Storage - Insert entity
Declaration
<AMAZURESTORAGE ACTIVITY="insert_entity" TABLE="text" PARTITIONKEY="text" ROWKEY="text" PROTOCOL="text (options)" ACCOUNTNAME="text" ACCESSKEY="text (encrypted)" BLOBENDPOINT="text" QUEUEENDPOINT="text" TABLEENDPOINT="text" TIMEOUT="number"><PROPERTY NAME="text" TYPE="text (options)" VALUE="text" /></AMAZURESTORAGE>
Description: Inserts one or more new entities into a table. Entities are similar to rows.
Practical Usage
Can be used to insert entities into a table as a means to update records or enter supplemental data. An entity has a primary key and a set of properties. A property is a name, typed-value pair, similar to a column. Each entity also has 3 system properties that specify a partition key, a row key, and a timestamp. Entities with the same partition key can be queried more quickly, and inserted/updated in atomic operations. An entity's row key is its unique identifier within a partition.
Connection Parameters
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:
|
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 |
|
The type of protocol used to access Azure Storage. The available options are:
|
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:// accnt
.blob.core.windows.net" |
The endpoint for the Blob service, as configured for the Azure Storage account. The default Blob service endpoint is'[http/https]://accountname.blob.core.windows.net',where 'accountname' is the name of the Azure Storage account. |
Queue endpoint URI |
Text |
No |
(Empty) |
QUEUEENDPOINT="http:// accnt
.queue.core.windows.net" |
The endpoint for the Queue service, as configured for the Azure storage account. The default Queue service endpoint is '[http/https]://accountname.queue.core.windows.net' , where 'accountname' is the name of the Azure Storage account. |
Table endpoint URI |
Text |
No |
(Empty) |
TABLEENDPOINT="http:// accnt
.table.core.windows.net" |
The endpoint for the Table service, as configured for the Azure storage account. The default Table service endpoint is ' Property |
Table name |
Text |
Yes |
(Empty) |
TABLE="mytable" |
The unique name of the table in which to insert an entity. |
Partition key |
Text |
Yes |
(Empty) |
PARTITIONKEY="[system string]" |
The partition key of the entity to insert. A partition is a successive range of entities that have the same partition key value. The partition key is a unique identifier for a partition within a given table. |
Row key |
Text |
Yes |
(Empty) |
ROWKEY="[system string]" |
The row key of the entity to insert. The row key is a unique identifier for an entity within a given partition. |
Property Name |
Text |
Yes |
(Empty) |
NAME="Last Name" |
The name of the entity to insert. Select font-weight: bold;">Click here to add new row... to add a new row of data to specify the entity name, content type and value. |
Property Type |
Text |
Yes |
(Empty) |
TYPE="string" |
The entity type to insert. Select font-weight: bold;">Click here to add new row... to add a new row of data to specify the entity name, content type and value. |
Property Value |
Text |
Yes |
(Empty) |
VALUE="Smith" |
The entity value to insert. Select font-weight: bold;">Click here to add new row... to add a new row of data to specify the entity name, content type and value. |
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Example
The sample AML code below can be copied and pasted directly into the Steps panel of the Task Builder.
Description: This sample task demonstrates use of the 'Insert Entity' activity. It initially creates an Azure Storage session as the first step. Within the session, the task creates a new table and inserts an entity into the newly created table. The last step ends the session as well as the task.
<!-- Create session --> <AMAZURESTORAGE ACTIVITY="create_session" ACCOUNTNAME="netauto" ACCESSKEY="AM2rpq73bKmXN7UmqHdyKZZ3qCaiN3apm zen5q83eWmU967mr7d7aZs3oma592opmjeiZqF3eymLN60mpTdtaZu3oiamN3Upk/ ev5qb3YOmGNo=aME" PROTOCOL="http" SESSION="MyAzureSession" /> <!-- Create table --> <AMAZURESTORAGE ACTIVITY="create_table" TABLE="CustomerInformation" PROVIDER="session_based" SESSION="MyAzureSession" /> <!-- Insert entity --><AMAZURESTORAGE ACTIVITY="insert_entity" TABLE="CustomerInformation" PARTITIONKEY="2" ROWKEY="3" PROVIDER="session_based" SESSION="MyAzureSession"> <PROPERTY NAME="customer1.email" TYPE="string" VALUE="customer@domain.com" /><PROPERTY NAME="customer1.phone" TYPE="string" VALUE="510-555-1212" /><PROPERTY NAME="customer1.city" TYPE="string" VALUE="Los Angeles" /></AMAZURESTORAGE> <!-- End session --> <AMAZURESTORAGE ACTIVITY="end_session" SESSION="MyAzureSession" />