Copy data from Zoho using Azure Data Factory or Synapse Analytics (Preview)

APPLIES TO: Azure Data Factory Azure Synapse Analytics

This article outlines how to use the Copy Activity in an Azure Data Factory or Synapse Analytics pipeline to copy data from Zoho. It builds on the copy activity overview article that presents a general overview of copy activity.

Supported capabilities

This Zoho connector is supported for the following capabilities:

Supported capabilities	IR
Copy activity (source/-)	① ②
Lookup activity	① ②

① Azure integration runtime ② Self-hosted integration runtime

For a list of data stores that are supported as sources/sinks, see the Supported data stores table.

This connector supports Xero access token authentication and OAuth 2.0 authentication.

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

Getting started

To perform the Copy activity with a pipeline, you can use one of the following tools or SDKs:

• The Copy Data tool
• The Azure portal
• The .NET SDK
• The Python SDK
• Azure PowerShell
• The REST API
• The Azure Resource Manager template

Create a linked service to Zoho using UI

Use the following steps to create a linked service to Zoho in the Azure portal UI.

1. Browse to the Manage tab in your Azure Data Factory or Synapse workspace and select Linked Services, then click New:

   • Azure Data Factory
   • Azure Synapse

   

2. Search for Zoho and select the Zoho connector.

   

3. Configure the service details, test the connection, and create the new linked service.

   

Connector configuration details

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

Linked service properties

The following properties are supported for Zoho linked service:

Property	Description	Required
type	The type property must be set to: Zoho	Yes
connectionProperties	A group of properties that defines how to connect to Zoho.	Yes
Under connectionProperties:
endpoint	The endpoint of the Zoho server (crm.zoho.com/crm/private).	Yes
authenticationType	Allowed values are OAuth_2.0 and Access Token.	Yes
clientId	The client ID associated with your Zoho application.	Yes for OAuth 2.0 authentication
clientSecrect	The clientsecret associated with your Zoho application. Mark this field as a SecureString to store it securely, or reference a secret stored in Azure Key Vault.	Yes for OAuth 2.0 authentication
refreshToken	The OAuth 2.0 refresh token associated with your Zoho application, used to refresh the access token when it expires. Refresh token will never expire. To get a refresh token, you must request the offline access_type, learn more from this article. Mark this field as a SecureString to store it securely, or reference a secret stored in Azure Key Vault.	Yes for OAuth 2.0 authentication
accessToken	The access token for Zoho authentication. Mark this field as a SecureString to store it securely, 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 TLS. The default value is true.	No
usePeerVerification	Specifies whether to verify the identity of the server when connecting over TLS. The default value is true.	No

Example: OAuth 2.0 authentication

{
    "name": "ZohoLinkedService",
    "properties": {
        "type": "Zoho",
        "typeProperties": {
            "connectionProperties": { 
                "authenticationType":"OAuth_2.0", 
                "endpoint": "crm.zoho.com/crm/private", 
                "clientId": "<client ID>", 
                "clientSecrect": {
                    "type": "SecureString",
                    "value": "<client secret>"
                },
                "accessToken": {
                    "type": "SecureString",
                    "value": "<access token>"
                }, 
                "refreshToken": {
                    "type": "SecureString",
                    "value": "<refresh token>"
                }, 
                "useEncryptedEndpoints": true,
                "useHostVerification": true, 
                "usePeerVerification": true
            }
        }
    }
}

Example: access token authentication

{
    "name": "ZohoLinkedService",
    "properties": {
        "type": "Zoho",
        "typeProperties": {
            "connectionProperties": { 
                "authenticationType":"Access Token", 
                "endpoint": "crm.zoho.com/crm/private", 
                "accessToken": {
                    "type": "SecureString",
                    "value": "<access token>"
                }, 
                "useEncryptedEndpoints": true, 
                "useHostVerification": true, 
                "usePeerVerification": true
            }
        }
    }
}

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 Zoho dataset.

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

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

Example

{
    "name": "ZohoDataset",
    "properties": {
        "type": "ZohoObject",
        "typeProperties": {},
        "schema": [],
        "linkedServiceName": {
            "referenceName": "<Zoho linked service name>",
            "type": "LinkedServiceReference"
        }
    }
}

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 Zoho source.

Zoho as source

To copy data from Zoho, set the source type in the copy activity to ZohoSource. 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: ZohoSource	Yes
query	Use the custom SQL query to read data. For example: "SELECT * FROM Accounts".	No (if "tableName" in dataset is specified)

Example:

"activities":[
    {
        "name": "CopyFromZoho",
        "type": "Copy",
        "inputs": [
            {
                "referenceName": "<Zoho input dataset name>",
                "type": "DatasetReference"
            }
        ],
        "outputs": [
            {
                "referenceName": "<output dataset name>",
                "type": "DatasetReference"
            }
        ],
        "typeProperties": {
            "source": {
                "type": "ZohoSource",
                "query": "SELECT * FROM Accounts"
            },
            "sink": {
                "type": "<sink type>"
            }
        }
    }
]

Lookup activity properties

To learn details about the properties, check Lookup activity.

Related content

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