If you’d like to deploy multiple U-SQL procedures without having to open each one in Visual Studio and submit the job to Data Lake Analytics manually, here’s a PowerShell script which you can point at a folder location containing your .USQL files to loop through them and submit them for you.
This method relies on the Login-AzureRmAccount command with a service principal, which you can learn more about here.
The Script
$azureAccountName = "xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx" $azurePassword = ConvertTo-SecureString "xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/xxxxxx=" -AsPlainText -Force $psCred = New-Object System.Management.Automation.PSCredential($azureAccountName, $azurePassword) $psTenantID = "xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx" $adla = "zachstagersadla" $fileLocation = "C:SourceControlUSQL.Project*.usql" Login-AzureRmAccount -ServicePrincipal -TenantID $psTenantID -Credential $psCred | Out-Null ForEach ($file in Get-ChildItem -Path $fileLocation) { $scriptContents = [IO.File]::ReadAllText($file.FullName) Submit-AzureRmDataLakeAnalyticsJob ` -AccountName $adla ` -Name $file.Name ` -Script $scriptContents | Out-Null; Write-Host "`n" $file.Name "submitted." }
Parameter Configuration
Where these various GUID’s can be found within the Azure portal is liable to change, but at time of writing I have provided a path to follow to find each of them.
$azureAccountName – This is the Application Id of your Enterprise Application, which can be found by navigating to Azure Active Directory > Enterprise Applications > All Applications > Selecting your application > Properties > Application Id.
$azurePassword – This is the secret key of your Enterprise Application, and would have been generated during application registration. If you’ve created your application, but have not generated a secret key, you can do so by navigating to: Enterprise Applications > New Application > Application You’re Developing > OK, take me to App Registration > Change the drop down from ‘My Apps’ to ‘All Apps’ (may not be required) > Select your application > Settings > Keys > Fill in the details and click save. Note the important message about the key only being available to copy until before navigating away from the page!
$psTenantID – From within the Azure Portal, go to Azure Active Directory, open the Properties blade, and copy the ‘Directory ID’.
$adla – The name of the data lake analytics resource you’re deploying to.
$fileLocation – The file location on your local machine which contains the USQL scripts you wish to deploy. Note the “*.usql” on the end in the example, this is a wildcard search for all files ending in .usql.
Permissions
The service principal needs to be given the following permissions to successfully execute against the lake:
· Owner of the Data Lake Analytics resource you’re deploying to. This is configured via the Access Control blade.
· Owner of the Data Lake Store resource associated to the Analytics resource you’re deploying to. This is configured via the Access Control blade.
· Read, Write, and Execute permissions against the sub-folders within the Data Lake Store. Ensure you select ‘This folder and all children’ and ‘An access permission entry and a default permission entry’. This is configured by entering the Data Lake Store, selecting Data Explorer, then Access.
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