Hello,
I am relatively new to using Azure, currently working on a data migration project. Part of that is to extract separate files (mainly data files and header files), and merge them in ADF.
I was able to create a data flow that merged the header files to the data files and sort them so that the header showed as the first row. It had been working fine for a while - the output showed the header at the top and then the data. Recently though, the header no longer shows up as the first row but is randomly inserted in the data.
When I look at the data preview the data seems to show up correctly (see 1st screenshot), but in the output is where I see the differences (see 2nd screenshot - cut off due to sensitive data).
1st screenshot
2nd screenshot
The weird thing is that there are other output files that are showing up correctly (use the same data flow - see screenshot 3):
3rd screenshot
I have checked that all the configurations are identical to the ones that work but it just doesn't make sense. At this point, I'm reaching out to see if anyone has any suggestions on how to fix this.
4th is a screenshot of the data flow used to merge the header files with the data files and sort the header rows:
Another thing to note: these are not the final (FINAL) outputs, just the first transformation. The actual final output files show up correctly (header at top)...which is very bizarre.
Thanks.