Copy data from Marketo using Azure Data Factory (Preview)

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This article outlines how to use the Copy Activity in Azure Data Factory to copy data from Marketo. It builds on the copy activity overview article that presents a general overview of copy activity.

Important

This connector is currently in preview. You can try it out and give us feedback. If you want to take a dependency on preview connectors in your solution, please contact Azure support.

Supported capabilities

You can copy data from Marketo to any supported sink data store. For a list of data stores that are supported as sources/sinks by the copy activity, see the Supported data stores table.

Azure Data Factory provides a built-in driver to enable connectivity, therefore you don't need to manually install any driver using this connector.

Note

This Marketo connector is built on top of the Marketo REST API. Be aware that the Marketo has concurrent request limit on service side. If you hit errors saying "Error while attempting to use REST API: Max rate limit '100' exceeded with in '20' secs (606)" or "Error while attempting to use REST API: Concurrent access limit '10' reached (615)", consider to reduce the concurrent copy activity runs to reduce the number of requests to the service.

Getting started

You can use one of the following tools or SDKs to use the copy activity with a pipeline. Select a link for step-by-step instructions:

The following sections provide details about properties that are used to define Data Factory entities specific to Marketo connector.

Linked service properties

The following properties are supported for Marketo linked service:

Property Description Required
type The type property must be set to: Marketo Yes
endpoint The endpoint of the Marketo server. (i.e. 123-ABC-321.mktorest.com) Yes
clientId The client Id of your Marketo service. Yes
clientSecret The client secret of your Marketo service. Mark this field as a SecureString to store it securely in Data Factory, or reference a secret stored in Azure Key Vault. Yes
useEncryptedEndpoints Specifies whether the data source endpoints are encrypted using HTTPS. The default value is true. No
useHostVerification Specifies whether to require the host name in the server's certificate to match the host name of the server when connecting over SSL. The default value is true. No
usePeerVerification Specifies whether to verify the identity of the server when connecting over SSL. The default value is true. No

Example:

{
    "name": "MarketoLinkedService",
    "properties": {
        "type": "Marketo",
        "typeProperties": {
            "endpoint" : "123-ABC-321.mktorest.com",
            "clientId" : "<clientId>",
            "clientSecret": {
                "type": "SecureString",
                "value": "<clientSecret>"
            }
        }
    }
}

Dataset properties

For a full list of sections and properties available for defining datasets, see the datasets article. This section provides a list of properties supported by Marketo dataset.

To copy data from Marketo, set the type property of the dataset to MarketoObject. The following properties are supported:

Property Description Required
type The type property of the dataset must be set to: MarketoObject Yes
tableName Name of the table. No (if "query" in activity source is specified)

Example

{
    "name": "MarketoDataset",
    "properties": {
        "type": "MarketoObject",
        "linkedServiceName": {
            "referenceName": "<Marketo linked service name>",
            "type": "LinkedServiceReference"
        },
        "typeProperties": {}
    }
}

Copy activity properties

For a full list of sections and properties available for defining activities, see the Pipelines article. This section provides a list of properties supported by Marketo source.

Marketo as source

To copy data from Marketo, set the source type in the copy activity to MarketoSource. The following properties are supported in the copy activity source section:

Property Description Required
type The type property of the copy activity source must be set to: MarketoSource Yes
query Use the custom SQL query to read data. For example: "SELECT * FROM Activitiy_Types". No (if "tableName" in dataset is specified)

Example:

"activities":[
    {
        "name": "CopyFromMarketo",
        "type": "Copy",
        "inputs": [
            {
                "referenceName": "<Marketo input dataset name>",
                "type": "DatasetReference"
            }
        ],
        "outputs": [
            {
                "referenceName": "<output dataset name>",
                "type": "DatasetReference"
            }
        ],
        "typeProperties": {
            "source": {
                "type": "MarketoSource",
                "query": "SELECT top 1000 * FROM Activitiy_Types"
            },
            "sink": {
                "type": "<sink type>"
            }
        }
    }
]

Next steps

For a list of data stores supported as sources and sinks by the copy activity in Azure Data Factory, see supported data stores.