Smartsheet connector

Important

This feature is in Beta. Workspace admins can control access to this feature from the Previews page. See Manage Azure Databricks previews.

Use the managed Smartsheet connector in Lakeflow Connect to ingest data from Smartsheet into Azure Databricks.

What to know before you start

Topic	Why it matters
Azure Databricks user persona	The workflow depends on your Azure Databricks user persona: Single-user: An admin user creates a Unity Catalog connection and an ingestion pipeline. Multi-user: An admin user creates a connection for non-admin users to create pipelines with.
Authentication method	The steps to create a connection depend on the authentication method you choose.
Interface	The steps to create a pipeline depend on the interface.
Ingestion frequency	The pipeline schedule depends on your latency and cost requirements.
Common patterns	Depending on your ingestion needs, the pipeline might use configurations like history tracking, column selection, and row filtering. Supported configurations vary by connector. See Feature availability.

Start ingesting from Smartsheet

The following table provides an overview of the end-to-end Smartsheet ingestion flow, based on user type:

User	Steps
Admin	Configure Smartsheet to enable authentication from Azure Databricks. See Configure OAuth for Smartsheet ingestion. Either: Use Catalog Explorer to create a connection to Smartsheet so that non-admins can create pipelines. See Smartsheet. Use the data ingestion UI to create a connection and a pipeline at the same time. See Ingest data from Smartsheet.
Non-admin	Use any supported interface to create a pipeline from an existing connection. See Ingest data from Smartsheet.

Feature availability

Feature	Availability
UI-based pipeline authoring	Supported
API-based pipeline authoring	Supported
Declarative Automation Bundles	Supported
Incremental ingestion	Not supported
Unity Catalog governance	Supported
Orchestration using Lakeflow Jobs	Supported
SCD type 2	Not supported
API-based column selection and deselection	Supported
API-based row filtering	Supported
Automated schema evolution: New and deleted columns	N/A
Automated schema evolution: Data type changes	N/A
Automated schema evolution: Column renames	N/A
Automated schema evolution: New tables	N/A
Maximum number of tables per pipeline	250

Authentication methods

Authentication method	Availability
OAuth U2M	Supported
OAuth M2M	Not supported
OAuth (manual refresh token)	Not supported
Basic authentication (username/password)	Not supported
Basic authentication (API key)	Not supported
Basic authentication (service account JSON key)	Not supported