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Hi Experts - I want to source out the date, month and year part of today's date. How can I achieve it while creating a dynamic content for my csv folder path and filename?
CSVs are saved in
\\Servername\ABCFolder\2025\JANUARY\02.01.2025\MyFirstFav_02012025.csv
\\Servername\ABCFolder\2025\JANUARY\02.01.2025\MySecondFav_02012025.csv
etc
They all have same structure.
I intend to create a pipeline to ingest them initially,once off load, and then daily. For daily, it needs to keep changing the filename based on date.
Also, if there is a tutorial to ingest multiple files into a table using data pipeline, please let me know. I could find tutorial on direct upload to Lakehouse, or a pipeline upload to lakehouse as files, and not table.
Any help is much appreciated.
Solved! Go to Solution.
Hi @CeeVee33 , Thank you for reaching out to the Microsoft Community Forum.
Folder path: @concat('\\Servername\ABCFolder\',
formatDateTime(utcNow(), 'yyyy'), '\\',
formatDateTime(utcNow(), 'MMMM').ToUpper(), '\\',
formatDateTime(utcNow(), 'dd.MM.yyyy'))
Output: \\Servername\ABCFolder\2025\MARCH\20.03.2025
Example File1: @concat('MyFirstFav_', formatDateTime(utcNow(), 'ddMMyyyy'), '.csv')
Output: MyFirstFav_20032025.csv
Example File2: @concat('MySecondFav_', formatDateTime(utcNow(), 'ddMMyyyy'), '.csv')
Output: MySecondFav_20032025.csv
Module 1: Create a pipeline with Data Factory
Lakehouse tutorial: Ingest data into the lakehouse
Ingest data into your Warehouse using data pipelines
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Thank you.
Hi @CeeVee33 ,
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Hi @v-hashadapu - thank you very much for following up.
Yes, your suggestions worked like a charm. Very smoothly I got the files loaded.
Thank you again
Hi @CeeVee33 , Thank you for reaching out to the Microsoft Community Forum.
Folder path: @concat('\\Servername\ABCFolder\',
formatDateTime(utcNow(), 'yyyy'), '\\',
formatDateTime(utcNow(), 'MMMM').ToUpper(), '\\',
formatDateTime(utcNow(), 'dd.MM.yyyy'))
Output: \\Servername\ABCFolder\2025\MARCH\20.03.2025
Example File1: @concat('MyFirstFav_', formatDateTime(utcNow(), 'ddMMyyyy'), '.csv')
Output: MyFirstFav_20032025.csv
Example File2: @concat('MySecondFav_', formatDateTime(utcNow(), 'ddMMyyyy'), '.csv')
Output: MySecondFav_20032025.csv
Module 1: Create a pipeline with Data Factory
Lakehouse tutorial: Ingest data into the lakehouse
Ingest data into your Warehouse using data pipelines
If this helped solve the issue, please consider marking it 'Accept as Solution' so others with similar queries may find it more easily. If not, please share the details, always happy to help.
Thank you.
That is very detailed explanation, @v-hashadapu . I really appreciate.
I have few other unplanned things to execute today, but I will get to your solution on Monday and come back to you.
Thanks