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Configure ODBC Connections in NCC Portal

This article describes how to set up and manage ODBC data sources in the NCC Portal, following Microsoft Learn Fabric documentation style.

Prerequisites

Before you begin, gather the following details:

  • Server name
  • Database name
  • Username (or Client ID)
  • Password (or Client Secret)

Step 1: Connect ODBC to Fabric

To connect ODBC to your Fabric tenant:

  1. Visit Connect to ODBC and follow the instructions to create a new connection.
  2. If required, create a private endpoint.
  3. Name your connection using the CON_NCC prefix. This naming convention helps ensure visibility and manageability within the NCC Portal.

Step 2: Add a Data Source in NCC Portal

  1. In NCC Portal, go to Tenant Settings > Data Sources.
  2. Select Add DataSource.
  3. Complete the fields as described:
Field Description Example/Default Value
Name Name of the source SQL database
Data Source Type Type of data source ODBC
Namespace Prefix for storing data in Lakehouses InSpark_Sales
Code Identifier for pipelines ODBC
Description Description of data source ODBC connection to InSpark_Sales
Connection Name of the connection in Fabric NCC_ODBC_SALES
Environment NCC environment for the data source Development

Step 3: Create a Landing Zone Entity

  1. Navigate to Landing Zone Entities.
  2. Select New Entity.
  3. Fill in the required details:
Field Description Example/Default Value
Pipeline Not used PL_LDZ_COPY_FROM_ODBC_01
Data Source Data source for connection InSpark_Sales
Source schema Schema name in ODBC Connection dbo
Source name Table or view name in ODBC Connection total_sales
Incremental Extract data incrementally False
Has encrypted columns Check if table has sensitive data False
Entity value Optional. Entity values reference
Lake house Lakehouse for storing data LH_Data_Landingzone
File path File path for data storage Filled automatically
File name File name for data storage Filled automatically
File type Expected file type Parquet

TIP

  • Click here to see how to configure the source incrementally.
  • Click here to see how to apply data encryption on your sensitive data.

Step 4: Create a Bronze Zone Entity

  1. Go to Bronze Zone Entities.
  2. Select New Entity.
  3. Enter the following information:
Field Description Example/Default Value
Pipeline Orchestrator pipeline for parsing PL_BRZ_COMMAND
Landing zone entity Landing zone entity to be parsed InSpark_Sales/total_sales
Entity value Optional. Entity values reference
Column mappings Optional. Column mapping info
Lake house Lakehouse for storing data LH_Bronze_Layer
Schema Schema for storing data dbo
Name Table name for storing data Filled automatically
Primary keys Unique identifier fields (Case sensitive) id

Step 5: Create a Silver Zone Entity

  1. Go to Silver Zone Entities.
  2. Select New Entity.
  3. Provide the following details:
Field Description Example/Default Value
Pipeline Orchestrator pipeline for parsing PL_SLV_COMMAND
Bronze layer entity Bronze layer entity to be parsed dbo.total_sales
Entity value Optional. Entity values reference
Lake house Lakehouse for storing data LH_Silver_Layer
Schema Schema for storing data dbo
Name Table name for storing data Filled automatically
Columns to exclude Comma-separated columns to exclude (Case sensitive)
Columns to exclude from history Comma-separated columns to exclude from compare (Case sensitive)

Example configuration

The company InSpark has a ODBC connection in Fabric called NCC_SQL_SALES to the database InSpark_Sales. On this database, there is a table total_sales in the schema dbo that the company wants to extract. The configuration is as follows:

Data Source

Field Value
Name InSpark_Sales
Data Source Type ODBC
Namespace InSpark_Sales
Code ODBC
Description ODBC connection to InSpark_Sales
Connection NCC_ODBC_SALES
Environment Development

Landing Zone Entity

Field Value
Pipeline PL_LDZ_COPY_FROM_ODBC_01
Data Source InSpark_Sales
Source schema dbo
Source name total_sales
Incremental False
Entity value
Lake house LH_Data_Landingzone
File path InSpark_Sales
File name total_sales
File type Parquet

Bronze Zone Entity

Field Value
Pipeline PL_BRZ_COMMAND
Landing zone entity InSpark_Sales/total_sales
Entity value
Column mappings
Lake house LH_Bronze_Layer
Schema dbo
Name total_sales
Primary keys id

Silver Zone Entity

Field Value
Pipeline PL_SLV_COMMAND
Bronze layer entity dbo.total_sales
Entity value
Lake house LH_Silver_Layer
Schema dbo
Name total_sales
Columns to exclude
Columns to exclude from history

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