> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://docs.secoda.co/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://docs.secoda.co/integrations/data-lakes/azure-data-lake/adl-metadata-extracted.md).

# ADL Metadata Extracted

List of all the metadata that Secoda pulls from Azure Data Lake

### Supported file formats

Extraction of metadata is only supported for the following file formats:

```
CSV (*.csv)
TSV (*.tsv)
JSON (*.json)
JSONL (*.jsonl)
Parquet (*.parquet)
Apache Avro (*.avro)
```

### What does Secoda extract from Azure Data Lake?

Database (Storage Account containers are referred to as databases in Secoda)

* Name

Schema (Directories within a container are referred to as schemas in Secoda)

* Name

Table (Files are referred to as tables in Secoda)

* Name
* File format type (Parquet, CSV, JSON, etc.)

Columns (Fields in files are referred to as columns in Secoda)

* Name
* Data type

### Important Notes

* Secoda will extract metadata from the most recent version of files when multiple versions exist
* The integration supports up to 100,000 files per container extraction limit


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