create a file

Question

Hi,
The existing pipeline has a lookup and filter activity where it gets the filename value, i.e. testfile.abc
This is simply name of a file which does not exist.
I would like to create this as a file (Which is empty) but with the name testfile.abc
How can I do this?
Thanks

Answer 1

Hi @arkiboys ,
Thankyou for using Microsoft Q&A platform and posting your query.

You can use copy activity after filter activity in order to create an empty file with the same name as is coming from filter output. For that, you need to create a dummy file in your storage account first and use it as source dataset in copy activity and parameterize the sink dataset to get the dynamic filename.

Also , I would like to mention 'testfile.abc' doesn't seem to have a proper formatting for a file. Do you think naming as 'testfile_abc.csv' would be better as it may cause error because of unrecognized extension?

Please refer to the below screenshot.

Hope this will help. Please let us know if any further queries.

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