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Cached lookup functions in mapping data flows

APPLIES TO: Azure Data Factory Azure Synapse Analytics

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Data flows are available in both Azure Data Factory pipelines and Azure Synapse Analytics pipelines. This article applies to mapping data flows. If you're new to transformations, refer to the introductory article Transform data using mapping data flows.

This article provides details about cached lookup functions supported by Azure Data Factory and Azure Synapse Analytics in mapping data flows.

Cached lookup function list

The following functions are available only if you use a cached lookup when you include a cache sink.

Cached lookup function Task
lookup Looks up the first row from the cache sink by using the specified keys that match the keys from the cached sink.
mlookup Looks up all the matching rows from the cache sink by using the specified keys that match the keys from the cached sink.
output Returns the first row of the results of the cache sink.
outputs Returns the entire output row set of the results of the cache sink.