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Configure SharePoint Lists Data Sources in NCC Portal

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

Prerequisites

Before you begin, gather the following information:

  • SharePoint site
  • List name
  • Tenant ID
  • Service Principal ID
  • Service Principal Key

Step 1: Connect to SharePoint Lists

To add a SharePoint Lists connection in NCC Portal, follow the instructions in Connect to SharePoint Lists.

Step 2: Add a Data Source

  1. In NCC Portal, select Tenant Settings > Data Sources.
  2. Choose Add DataSource.
  3. Complete the required fields:
Field Description Example/Default Value
Name Data source name in NCC
Data Source Type Type of data source SharePoint
Namespace Prefix for storing data in Lakehouses
Code Identifier for pipelines LIST_01
Description Description of data source
Connection Name of the connection in Fabric - Set in previous step
Environment NCC environment for the data source Development

Step 3: Create a Landing Zone Entity

  1. Go to Landing Zone Entities.
  2. Select New Entity.
  3. Enter the following details:
Field Description Example/Default Value
Pipeline Not used
Data Source Data source for connection - Set in previous step
Source schema Enter SharePoint SharePoint
Source name Endpoint name of the SharePoint List
Incremental Incremental load is not supported False
Has encrypted columns Indicate 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

IMPORTANT
The name of the SharePoint List may differ from the endpoint used to extract data.
For example: On SharePoint, the list is called Contracts Total, but the endpoint is ContractsTotal.

TIP

  • Click here to learn how to apply data encryption to sensitive data.

Step 4: Create a Bronze Zone Entity

  1. Go to Bronze Zone Entities.
  2. Select New Entity.
  3. Provide 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 - Set in previous step
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)

Step 5: Create a Silver Zone Entity

  1. Go to Silver Zone Entities.
  2. Select New Entity.
  3. Enter 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 - Set in previous step
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

The company InSpark has a SharePoint Lists connection in Fabric named NCC_SP_LISTS_SALES. On this SharePoint site, there is a list called total_sales that the company wants to extract. The configuration is as follows:

Data Source

Field Value
Name InSpark_Sales
Data Source Type SharePoint
Namespace InSpark_Sales
Code LIST_01
Description SharePoint Lists connection to InSpark_Sales
Connection NCC_SP_LISTS_SALES
Environment Development

Landing Zone Entity

Field Value
Pipeline PL_LDZ_COPY_FROM_SHAREPOINT_LIST_01
Data Source InSpark_Sales
Source schema SharePoint
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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