Copy most recent file only from one blob to another using Azure Data Factory

Question

I am trying to copy the most recent file from the set of files with format "filename_yyyymmdd" from one container to another using ADF. I want a single file to be copied from those set of file.

How we can achive this ?

Answer 1

Hey @SHIV ,

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/66014144/copy-most-recent-file-only-from-one-blob-to-another-using-azure-data-factory

You can refer this link,

Its a combination of Getmetedata activity and copy activity

Answer 2

@SHIV Welcome to Microsoft Q&A Platform. Thanks for posting the query.

Adding more information to above suggestion, You can also use different tools: CLI, Azcopy & Azure Storage explorer

Copy and transform data in Azure Blob storage by using Azure Data Factory

I would recommended to use the azcopy tool in your scenario.

There are several options for transferring data to and from Azure, depending on your needs. Please refer to this article

Hope this helps!

Kindly let us know if the above helps or you need further assistance on this issue.

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Answer 3

Hi @@SHIV ,

You can find the implementation using ADF here : https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/answers/questions/349584/adf-copy-last-modified-blob.html

Hope this helps.

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