The ability to create, share, and utilize shared work - to collaborate amongst Azure Data Factory engineers - can greatly reduce development and upskilling time.
This module describes how to use templates and includes links to the template files for some of the pipelines included in this lab.
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| # | Section |
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| 1 | Templates for this lab |
| 2 | Export a pipeline template |
| 3 | Import a pipeline template |
| 4 | My Templates & Community templates |
Pipeline templates associated with this lab are located in this repository's pipeline_templates directory.
To use a template, download the appropriate pipeline template file and import it into your Data Factory following the steps in section 3. Import a pipeline template.
To export a pipeline template file so it can be shared, in Azure Data Factory Studio, open the pipeline you want to export as a template. Then, click on the action elipsis and select Export template from the menu.
This will export a .zip file that represents the pipeline template. It will include any datasets, data flows, or pipelines related to the pipeline you are exporting. It will not include any integration runtimes or linked services.
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In the Factory Resources pane, select on the plus icon to open the new resource menu. Open the Pipeline menu and select the Import form pipeline template menu item.
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Navigate to the template you want to import and click Open.
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The template does not include integration runtimes and linked services. Match linked servies from the Data Factory that you are importing into with the template. Then, click Use this template to complete the import.
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Publish imported resources.
Note that if your Data Factory is linked to Git (in "Git mode"), you can save pipeline templates and even use submit these to the publically searchable Template gallery.
To access the community templates, in the Factory Resources pane, select on the plus icon to open the new resource menu. Open the Pipeline menu and select the Template gallery menu item.
From within the Template gallery, community contributions are returned when you select Community from the Contributor filter.
You now know how to export and import pipeline templates. Use your new knowledge to improve productivity for data integration projects.