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Important
This feature is in Beta. Workspace admins can control access to this feature from the Previews page. See Manage Azure Databricks previews.
The managed Zip connector in Lakeflow Connect ingests procurement data such as requests, approvals, purchase orders, invoices, vendors, and audit-trail event logs from Zip into Azure Databricks.
Feature availability
| Feature | Availability |
|---|---|
| UI-based pipeline authoring |  Supported |
| API-based pipeline authoring | Supported |
| Declarative Automation Bundles | Supported |
| Incremental ingestion | Supported The connector ingests the event_logs table incrementally and refreshes all other tables on each pipeline update. |
| Unity Catalog governance | Supported |
| Orchestration using Databricks Workflows | Supported |
| API-based column selection and deselection | Supported |
| API-based row filtering |  Not supported |
| SCD Type 2 | Not supported |
| Automated schema evolution: New and deleted columns | Supported |
| Automated schema evolution: Data type changes | Not supported |
| Automated schema evolution: Column renames | Not supported Requires a full refresh. |
Authentication methods
| Authentication method | Availability |
|---|---|
| OAuth U2M | Not supported |
| OAuth M2M | Not supported |
| Basic authentication (username/password) | Not supported |
| Basic authentication (API key) | Supported Zip API key. |
Start ingesting from Zip
- Configure Zip for ingestion (Admins) — Set up Zip to authenticate with Azure Databricks.
- Create a Unity Catalog connection (Admins) — Create a connection in Catalog Explorer so non-admins can create pipelines.
- Create an ingestion pipeline (Admins or non-admins) — Select any supported interface and create a pipeline from an existing connection.