## What lineage does Atlan extract from Microsoft Azure Data Factory?

URL: https://docs.atlan.com/apps/connectors/etl-tools/microsoft-azure-data-factory/references/what-lineage-does-atlan-extract-from-microsoft-azure-data-factory

> Microsoft Azure Data Factory REST API reference for lineage extracted into Atlan.

Atlan uses the [Microsoft Azure Data Factory REST API](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/datafactory/operation-groups?view=rest-datafactory-2018-06-01) to generate lineage associated with [Microsoft Azure Data Factory connectors](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/data-factory/connector-overview). This is particularly useful for creating lineage between different tools.

Atlan currently only supports lineage for the following:

- Supported sources and sinks listed below.
- Data loaded through [supported activities](https://docs.atlan.com/llms/connectors/microsoft-azure-data-factory/what-does-atlan-crawl-from-microsoft-azure-data-factory/llms.txt) in data factory pipelines.

:::warning

The assets involved in lineage must already be crawled by Atlan before running the [Microsoft Azure Data Factory package](https://docs.atlan.com/llms/connectors/microsoft-azure-data-factory/crawl-microsoft-azure-data-factory/llms.txt) to enrich them.

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Specifically, Atlan:

- Creates lineage between each data asset in Atlan that's associated with a supported Microsoft Azure Data Factory connector. (For example, between Microsoft Azure Cosmos DB collections and ADLS objects.)
 - Atlan creates Microsoft Azure Data Factory `Process` objects for each data asset that's replicated. Learn more about [processes](https://docs.atlan.com/llms/catalog/lineage/what-are-processes/llms.txt) here.

## Supported sources and sinks

### Sources

Atlan's Microsoft Azure Data Factory integration supports the following sources:

- [Azure Data Lake Storage (ADLS)](https://docs.atlan.com/llms/platform/python/manage-assets/llms.txt)
- [Azure Databricks](https://docs.atlan.com/llms/connectors/databricks/crawl-databricks/llms.txt)
- [Microsoft Azure Cosmos DB for MongoDB](https://docs.atlan.com/llms/connectors/microsoft-azure-cosmos-db/crawl-microsoft-azure-cosmos-db/llms.txt)
- [Snowflake](https://docs.atlan.com/llms/connectors/snowflake/crawl-snowflake/llms.txt)
- [Salesforce](https://docs.atlan.com/llms/connectors/salesforce/crawl-salesforce/llms.txt)

### Sinks

Atlan's Microsoft Azure Data Factory integration supports the following sinks:

- [Azure Data Lake Storage (ADLS)](https://docs.atlan.com/llms/platform/python/manage-assets/llms.txt)
- [Azure Databricks](https://docs.atlan.com/llms/connectors/databricks/crawl-databricks/llms.txt)
- [Microsoft Azure Cosmos DB for MongoDB](https://docs.atlan.com/llms/connectors/microsoft-azure-cosmos-db/crawl-microsoft-azure-cosmos-db/llms.txt)
- [Snowflake](https://docs.atlan.com/llms/connectors/snowflake/crawl-snowflake/llms.txt)
- [Salesforce](https://docs.atlan.com/llms/connectors/salesforce/crawl-salesforce/llms.txt)

:::info Did you know?
To request support for an additional source or sink, [raise a support request](https://docs.atlan.com/support/submit-request) with the Atlan team.
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