Copy job activity in Data Factory pipelines

The Copy job activity runs a Copy job directly inside a pipeline. This means you can manage data movement alongside other tasks like transformations and notifications—all in one place.

Copy jobs move data from your source to your destination with flexibility and ease. You can use full copy or incremental copy behaviors. To learn more about Copy job functionality, see What is Copy job in Data Factory.

What you can do with the Copy Job activity

Select an existing Copy Job from your workspace
Create a new Copy Job if one doesn’t exist
Monitor the job’s progress and status
Chain with other activities in your pipeline

Prerequisites

To get started, you'll need:

A Microsoft Fabric tenant account with an active subscription. Create an account for free.
A Microsoft Fabric enabled workspace.

Add a Copy job activity to your pipeline

Here's how to set up your Copy job activity.

Create a pipeline, and add a Copy job activity.
Go to the activity’s Settings tab, configure the connection used to access the workspace that contains your Copy job. Under Connection, select Browse all to go to Get data page, and select Copy job to creat a connection.

In Connect data source page, specify the connection name and choose your preferred data gateway and authentication kind. You can choose one of the following authentication methods:
- Organizational account – Sign in with your organizational account.
- Service principal – Specify your Tenant ID, Service principal client ID, and Service principal Key.
- Workspace identity – Use the workspace’s managed identity for authentication. For more information, see Workspace identity.
Select the workspace and Copy job item to orchestrate in your pipeline. If you don't have a Copy job item, create one by selecting the + New button in the Copy job settings within the activity.