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Query a whole Azure Data Lake folder as one dataset
For operations teams whose pipelines drop new files into Azure Data Lake every day and who want answers across all of them from their AI assistant.
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Connector
Connect Azure Data Lake, pick your AI tool and paste the prompt.
The problem
A folder of daily files is hard to question as one
Pipelines often drop a new file into an Azure Data Lake folder every day or every run. Answering a question across all of them means downloading each file and stitching them together first, and one missed file skews the result.
Without PopdockAI
- Download every file in the folder
- Stitch them together in a spreadsheet
- Repeat whenever new files land
- Get a skewed answer from one missed file
With PopdockAI
- Your admin sets up the folder as a single list
- Every file is read together as one dataset
- Filters, sorting and limits stay within what your admin allows
- New files are included without changing the setup
Who it's for
One answer, three teams that use it
Operations managers
Ask about the whole feed at once
Get answers across every daily file without downloading or combining anything.
How many orders in the daily orders folder were shipped late last week?
Data analysts
Skip the stitching step
Query a folder of extracts as one dataset, with new files included as they land.
Total the returns in the returns feed folder by reason for October.
Supply chain planners
Spot trends across runs
Look across every run in a folder to see patterns a single file would hide.
Which warehouse had the most stock outs across all files in the inventory folder this month?
How it works
What PopdockAI does when you ask
Your admin sets up the folder once, then you ask questions across every file in it. The AI works only within the filters and limits your admin allows.
01
Set up
Your admin sets up the Azure Data Lake folder as a single list.
02
Ask
You ask a question across all the files in that folder.
03
Read
It reads every file together, within the allowed filters and limits.
04
Answer
You get the answer or a file, with new files included as they land.
The outcome
Answers across every file, nothing to combine
Related use cases
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Get an Azure Data Lake extract as an Excel file from your AI
Ask your AI for the rows you need and it reads the Azure Data Lake list and returns a real Excel file with a set file name, worksheet and the columns your admin chose.
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Give AI access to Azure Data Lake scoped to each team and client
IT turns chosen Azure Data Lake files into lists and decides which ones each user, team and AI client can use, down to the fields and fixed filters, with every call logged.
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