URI
The Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) for the XML/JSON/CSV resource location.
Data Type
string
Default Value
""
Remarks
Set the URI property to specify a path to a file or stream.
NOTE:
- This connection property requires that you set ConnectionType.
- If specifying a directory path, it is generally recommended to end the URI with a trailing path separator character, as an example 'folder1/' instead of 'folder1'.
See Fine-Tuning Data Access for more advanced features available for parsing and merging multiple files.
Below are examples of the URI formats for the available data sources:
| Service provider | URI formats | |
| Local | Single File Path One table
localPath file://localPath Directory Path (one table per file) localPath file://localPath | |
| HTTP or HTTPS | http://remoteStream
https://remoteStream | |
| Amazon S3 | Single File Path One table
s3://remotePath Directory Path (one table per file) s3://remotePath | |
| Azure Blob Storage | Single File Path One table
azureblob://mycontainer/myblob/ Directory Path (one table per file) azureblob://mycontainer/myblob/ | |
| OneDrive | Single File Path One table
onedrive://remotePath Directory Path (one table per file) onedrive://remotePath | |
| Google Cloud Storage | Single File Path One table
gs://bucket/remotePath Directory Path (one table per file) gs://bucket/remotePath | |
| Google Drive | Single File Path One table
gdrive://remotePath Directory Path (one table per file) gdrive://remotePath | |
| Box | Single File Path One table
box://remotePath Directory Path (one table per file) box://remotePath | |
| FTP or FTPS | Single File Path One table
ftp://server:port/remotePath Directory Path (one table per file) ftp://server:port/remotePath | |
| SFTP | Single File Path One table
sftp://server:port/remotePath Directory Path (one table per file) sftp://server:port/remotePath | |
| Sharepoint | Single File Path One table
sp://https://server/remotePath Directory Path (one table per file) sp://https://server/remotePath |
Example Connection Strings and Queries
Below are example connection strings to XML/JSON/CSV files or streams.
| Service provider | URI formats | Connection example |
| Local | Single File Path One table
localPath file://localPath Directory Path (one table per file) localPath file://localPath | URI=C:\folder1 |
| Amazon S3 | Single File Path One table
s3://bucket1/folder1 Directory Path (one table per file) s3://bucket1/folder1 | URI=s3://bucket1/folder1; AWSAccessKey=token1; AWSSecretKey=secret1; AWSRegion=OHIO; |
| Azure Blob Storage | Single File Path One table
azureblob://mycontainer/myblob/ Directory Path (one table per file) azureblob://mycontainer/myblob/ | URI=azureblob://mycontainer/myblob/; AzureStorageAccount=myAccount; AzureAccessKey=myKey;
URI=azureblob://mycontainer/myblob/; AzureStorageAccount=myAccount; InitiateOAuth=GETANDREFRESH; AuthScheme=OAuth; |
| OneDrive | Single File Path One table
onedrive://remotePath Directory Path (one table per file) onedrive://remotePath | URI=onedrive://folder1;InitiateOAuth=GETANDREFRESH; AuthScheme=OAuth;
URI=onedrive://SharedWithMe/folder1;InitiateOAuth=GETANDREFRESH; AuthScheme=OAuth; |
| Google Cloud Storage | Single File Path One table
gs://bucket/remotePath Directory Path (one table per file) gs://bucket/remotePath | URI=gs://bucket/folder1; InitiateOAuth=GETANDREFRESH; AuthScheme=OAuth; ProjectId=test; |
| Google Drive | Single File Path One table
gdrive://remotePath Directory Path (one table per file) gdrive://remotePath | URI=gdrive://folder1;InitiateOAuth=GETANDREFRESH; |
| Box | Single File Path One table
box://remotePath Directory Path (one table per file) box://remotePath | URI=box://folder1; InitiateOAuth=GETANDREFRESH; OAuthClientId=oauthclientid1; OAuthClientSecret=oauthcliensecret1; CallbackUrl=http://localhost:12345; |
| FTP or FTPS | Single File Path One table
ftp://server:port/remotePath Directory Path (one table per file) ftp://server:port/remotePath | URI=ftps://localhost:990/folder1; User=user1; Password=password1; |
| SFTP | sftp://server:port/remotePath | URI=sftp://127.0.0.1:22/remotePath; User=user1; Password=password1; |
| Sharepoint | sp://https://server/remotePath | URI=sp://https://domain.sharepoint.com/Documents; User=user1; Password=password1; |