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This account is used by the Snaps in the Azure SQL Snap Pack.

You can create an account from Designer or Manager. In Designer, when working on pipelines, every Snap that needs an account prompts you to create a new account or use an existing account. The accounts can be created in or used from:

Your private project folder: This folder contains the pipelines that will use the account.
Your Project Space’s shared folder: This folder is accessible to all the users that belong to the Project Space.
The global shared folder: This folder is accessible to all the users within an organization in the SnapLogic instance.

Account Configuration

In Manager, you can navigate to the required folder and create an account in it (see Accounts). To create an account for binary files:

Click Create, then select any Azure SQL Account:
- Azure SQL Account
- Azure SQL Dynamic Account
- Azure SQL Active Directory Account
- Azure SQL Active Directory Dynamic Account
Supply an account label.
Supply the account properties for your database.
(Optional) Supply additional information on this account in the Notes field of the Info tab.
Click Apply.

Avoid changing account credentials while pipelines using them are in progress. This may lead to unexpected results, including locking the account.

If the Snap fails to connect to the database, it will retry three more times.

You can Validate an account connection when creating a Azure SQL/Active Directory Account but not when creating a Azure SQL/Active Directory Dynamic Account because the account properties of a dynamic account are provided dynamically as pipeline parameters.

The difference between Azure SQL/Active Directory Account and Azure SQL/Active Directory Account is that in the latter you can specify the Account properties as expressions referencing pipeline parameters.

Account Types

Active Directory-based authentication is not supported in the Azure SQL Bulk Extract Snap.

Azure SQL Account

Account Settings

Advanced properties
Label	Required. User provided label for the account instance.
Account properties	Required. Enter in the information to create a connection to the database.
Hostname	Required. The server's address to connect to. Default value: [None]
Port Number	Required. The database server's port to connect to. Default value: 3306
Database name	Required. The database name to connect to. Default value: [None]
Username	Username that is allowed to connect to the database. Username will be used as the default username when retrieving connections. The username must be valid in order to set up the data source. Default value: [None]
Password	Password used to connect to the data source. Password wil be used as the default password when retrieving connections. The password must be valid in order to set up the data source. Default value: [None]
JDBC Jars	List of JDBC Jar files to be loaded. Example: ../shared/sqljdbc4-2.0.jar
JDBC Driver Class	Required. JBDC driver class name to use. Default value: com.microsoft.sqlserver.jdbc.SQLServerDriver
Trust all certificates	Select if all SSL certificates are to be accepted for connecting to the database Default value: Not selected
Azure storage account name	Required. Name with which Azure Storage was created. The Bulk Load Snap automatically appends the '.blob.core.windows.net' domain to the value of this property.
Azure storage account key	Required. Key generated by Azure for this account.
Azure storage container name	Required. Name of an existing container.
Auto commit	If true, then batches are immediately committed after they execute. Therefore, only the current executing batch will be rolled back if the Snap fails. If false, then a transaction is started for the Snap run and committed upon run success. The transaction will be rolled back if the Snap fails. Default value: Selected
Batch size	Required. Number of statements to execute at a time. Select queries are not batched. Using a large batch size could use up the JDBC placeholder limit of 2100. Default value: 50
Fetch size	Required. Number of rows to fetch at a time when executing a query. Large values could cause the server to run out of memory. Default value: 100
Max pool size	Required. Maximum number of connections a pool will maintain at a time. Default value: 50
Max life time	Required. Maximum lifetime of a connection in the pool. Ensure that the value you enter is a few seconds shorter than any database or infrastructure-imposed connection time limit. A value of 0 indicates an infinite lifetime, subject to the Idle Timeout value. An in-use connection is never retired. Connections are removed only after they are closed. Default value: 30
Idle Timeout	Required. The maximum amount of time a connection is allowed to sit idle in the pool. A value of 0 indicates that idle connections are never removed from the pool. Default value: 5
Checkout timeout	Required. Number of milliseconds to wait for a connection to be available when the pool is exhausted. Zero waits forever. An exception will be thrown after the wait time has expired. Default value: 10000
URL Properties
URL property name	URL property name Default value: [None]
URL property value	URL property value Default value: [None]

Account Encryption

Standard Encryption

If you are using Standard Encryption, the High sensitivity settings under Enhanced Encryption are followed.

Enhanced Encryption

If you have the Enhanced Account Encryption feature, the following describes which fields are encrypted for each sensitivity level selected for this account.

Account:

High: Password, Azure storage account key
Medium + High: Username, Password, Azure storage account key
Low + Medium + High: Hostname, Database name, Username, Password, Azure storage account key, Url property value

Azure SQL Dynamic Account

Account Settings

With the Dynamic Account, you can specify the Account properties as expressions referencing pipeline parameters.

Account Settings

Advanced properties
Label	Required. User provided label for the account instance.
Account properties	Required. Enter in the information to create a connection to the database.
Hostname	Required. The server's address to connect to. Default value: [None]
Port Number	Required. The database server's port to connect to. Default value: 3306
Database name	Required. The database name to connect to. Default value: [None]
Username	Username that is allowed to connect to the database. Username will be used as the default username when retrieving connections. The username must be valid in order to set up the data source. Default value: [None]
Password	Password used to connect to the data source. Password wil be used as the default password when retrieving connections. The password must be valid in order to set up the data source. Default value: [None]
JDBC Jars	List of JDBC Jar files to be loaded. Example: ../shared/sqljdbc4-2.0.jar
JDBC Driver Class	Required. JBDC driver class name to use. Default value: com.microsoft.sqlserver.jdbc.SQLServerDriver
Trust all certificates	Select if all SSL certificates are to be accepted for connecting to the database Default value: Not selected
Azure storage account name	Required. Name with which Azure Storage was created. The Bulk Load Snap automatically appends the '.blob.core.windows.net' domain to the value of this property.
Azure storage account key	Required. Key generated by Azure for this account.
Azure storage container name	Required. Name of an existing container.
Auto commit	If true, then batches are immediately committed after they execute. Therefore, only the current executing batch will be rolled back if the Snap fails. If false, then a transaction is started for the Snap run and committed upon run success. The transaction will be rolled back if the Snap fails. Default value: Selected
Batch size	Required. Number of statements to execute at a time. Select queries are not batched. Using a large batch size could use up the JDBC placeholder limit of 2100. Default value: 50
Fetch size	Required. Number of rows to fetch at a time when executing a query. Large values could cause the server to run out of memory. Default value: 100
Max pool size	Required. Maximum number of connections a pool will maintain at a time. Default value: 50
Max life time	Required. Maximum lifetime of a connection in the pool. Ensure that the value you enter is a few seconds shorter than any database or infrastructure-imposed connection time limit. A value of 0 indicates an infinite lifetime, subject to the Idle Timeout value. An in-use connection is never retired. Connections are removed only after they are closed. Default value: 30
Idle Timeout	Required. The maximum amount of time a connection is allowed to sit idle in the pool. A value of 0 indicates that idle connections are never removed from the pool. Default value: 5
Checkout timeout	Required. Number of milliseconds to wait for a connection to be available when the pool is exhausted. Zero waits forever. An exception will be thrown after the wait time has expired. Default value: 10000
URL Properties
URL property name	URL property name Default value: [None]
URL property value	URL property value Default value: [None]

Account Encryption

Standard Encryption

If you are using Standard Encryption, the High sensitivity settings under Enhanced Encryption are followed.

Enhanced Encryption

If you have the Enhanced Account Encryption feature, the following describes which fields are encrypted for each sensitivity level selected for this account.

Account:

High: Password, Azure storage account key
Medium + High: Username, Password, Azure storage account key
Low + Medium + High: Hostname, Database name, Username, Password, Azure storage account key, Url property value

Azure SQL Active Directory Account

Account Settings

Advanced properties
Label	Required. User provided label for the account instance.
Account properties	Required. Enter in the information to create a connection to the database.
Hostname	Required. The server's address to connect to. Default value: [None]
Port Number	Required. The database server's port to connect to. Default value: 1433
Database name	Required. The database name to connect to. Default value: [None]
Username	Username that is allowed to connect to the database. Username will be used as the default username when retrieving connections. The username must be valid in order to set up the data source. Default value: [None]
Password	Password used to connect to the data source. Password wil be used as the default password when retrieving connections. The password must be valid in order to set up the data source. Default value: [None]
Trust all certificates	Select if all SSL certificates are to be accepted for connecting to the database Default value: Not selected
Auto commit	If true, then batches are immediately committed after they execute. Therefore, only the current executing batch will be rolled back if the Snap fails. If false, then a transaction is started for the Snap run and committed upon run success. The transaction will be rolled back if the Snap fails. Default value: Selected
Batch size	Required. Number of statements to execute at a time. Select queries are not batched. Using a large batch size could use up the JDBC placeholder limit of 2100. Default value: 50
Fetch size	Required. Number of rows to fetch at a time when executing a query. Large values could cause the server to run out of memory. Default value: 100
Max pool size	Required. Maximum number of connections a pool will maintain at a time. Default value: 50
Max life time	Required. Maximum lifetime of a connection in the pool. Ensure that the value you enter is a few seconds shorter than any database or infrastructure-imposed connection time limit. A value of 0 indicates an infinite lifetime, subject to the Idle Timeout value. An in-use connection is never retired. Connections are removed only after they are closed. Default value: 30
Idle Timeout	Required. The maximum amount of time a connection is allowed to sit idle in the pool. A value of 0 indicates that idle connections are never removed from the pool. Default value: 5
Checkout timeout	Required. Number of milliseconds to wait for a connection to be available when the pool is exhausted. Zero waits forever. An exception will be thrown after the wait time has expired. Default value: 10000
URL Properties
URL property name	URL property name Default value: [None]
URL property value	URL property value Default value: [None]

Account Encryption

Standard Encryption

If you are using Standard Encryption, the High sensitivity settings under Enhanced Encryption are followed.

Enhanced Encryption

If you have the Enhanced Account Encryption feature, the following describes which fields are encrypted for each sensitivity level selected per each account.

High: Password
Medium + High: Password
Low + Medium + High: Password

Azure SQL Active Directory Dynamic Account

Account Settings

With the Dynamic Account, you can specify the Account properties as expressions referencing pipeline parameters.

Account Settings

Advanced properties
Label	Required. User provided label for the account instance.
Account properties	Required. Enter in the information to create a connection to the database.
Hostname	Required. The server's address to connect to. Default value: [None]
Port Number	Required. The database server's port to connect to. Default value: 1433
Database name	Required. The database name to connect to. Default value: [None]
Username	Username that is allowed to connect to the database. Username will be used as the default username when retrieving connections. The username must be valid in order to set up the data source. Default value: [None]
Password	Password used to connect to the data source. Password wil be used as the default password when retrieving connections. The password must be valid in order to set up the data source. Default value: [None]
Trust all certificates	Select if all SSL certificates are to be accepted for connecting to the database Default value: Not selected
Auto commit	If true, then batches are immediately committed after they execute. Therefore, only the current executing batch will be rolled back if the Snap fails. If false, then a transaction is started for the Snap run and committed upon run success. The transaction will be rolled back if the Snap fails. Default value: Selected
Batch size	Required. Number of statements to execute at a time. Select queries are not batched. Using a large batch size could use up the JDBC placeholder limit of 2100. Default value: 50
Fetch size	Required. Number of rows to fetch at a time when executing a query. Large values could cause the server to run out of memory. Default value: 100
Max pool size	Required. Maximum number of connections a pool will maintain at a time. Default value: 50
Max life time	Required. Maximum lifetime of a connection in the pool. Ensure that the value you enter is a few seconds shorter than any database or infrastructure-imposed connection time limit. A value of 0 indicates an infinite lifetime, subject to the Idle Timeout value. An in-use connection is never retired. Connections are removed only after they are closed. Default value: 30
Idle Timeout	Required. The maximum amount of time a connection is allowed to sit idle in the pool. A value of 0 indicates that idle connections are never removed from the pool. Default value: 5
Checkout timeout	Required. Number of milliseconds to wait for a connection to be available when the pool is exhausted. Zero waits forever. An exception will be thrown after the wait time has expired. Default value: 10000
URL Properties
URL property name	URL property name Default value: [None]
URL property value	URL property value Default value: [None]

Account Encryption

Standard Encryption

If you are using Standard Encryption, the High sensitivity settings under Enhanced Encryption are followed.

Enhanced Encryption

If you have the Enhanced Account Encryption feature, the following describes which fields are encrypted for each sensitivity level selected per each account.

High: Password
Medium + High: Password
Low + Medium + High: Password

Account History

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4.19 (snapsmrc528)

No updates made.

4.18 (snapsmrc523)

No updates made.

4.17 (snapsmrc515)

No updates made. Automatic rebuild with a platform release.

4.16 (snapsmrc508)

No updates made. Automatic rebuild with a platform release.

4.15 (snapsmrc500)

No updates made. Automatic rebuild with a platform release.

4.14 (snapsmrc490)

No updates made. Automatic rebuild with a platform release.

4.10

Added the below accounts:
- Azure SQL Active Directory Account
- Azure SQL Active Directory Dynamic Account

4.8

Info tab added to accounts.
Database accounts now invalidate connection pools if account properties are modified and login attempts fail.