Introducing the Tidal Automation Adapter for Azure Data Factory

Azure Data Factory is a managed cloud service that's built for complex hybrid extract-transform-load (ETL), extract-load-transform (ELT), and data integration projects. Azure Data Factory uses workflows called pipelines to orchestrate the use cases of Data integration. Tidal Azure Data Factory adapter allows users to schedule and monitor pipelines.

Prerequisites

Configure OAuth authentication:

1. Navigate to All Services > App registrations in Microsoft Azure.

2. Register an application.

3. Add a Client Secret or Client Certificate to the application.

4. Assign the roles Virtual Machine Contributor, Storage Account Contributor, and Network Contributor to the application.

5. Collect the following information:

   • Subscription ID – This is the ID of your Microsoft Azure subscription. You can find this information in Microsoft Azure under Home > Subscriptions.

   • Tenant ID – This is the Directory (tenant) ID displayed in Microsoft Azure when you view the registered application.

   • Service Principle ID – This is the Application (client) ID displayed in Microsoft Azure when you view the registered application.

   • Client Secret/Client Certificate – To learn about Client Secret or Client Certificate authorization, refer to Create a Microsoft Entra application and service principal that can access resources.