Insert multiple rows with SQL connector

[MPoe]

Hi,

One of our vendors delivers a pipe delimited file for my company every evening ~6pm. I have a flow that successfully parses and inserts the records, however it takes about an hour to do so. This is because the SQL connector throttles to 100 calls per 10 seconds and the file is usually around 32,000 records. 

Is there a way I can insert multiple rows at a time? 

Info: I'm using a gateway and on-premise SQL Server, so writing the SQL directly is not available to me.

[v-bacao-msft]

Hi @MPoe ,

SQL Server connector does have such limitations.

If you need to insert 32,000 records, it seems that it will take an hour or so.

Could you provide a screenshot of the Flow configuration?

Perhaps we can optimize the configuration to improve the efficiency of Flow execution.

Best Regards,

[MPoe]

Hi Barry, thanks for the offer. Do you know of any other connectors that allow you to insert multiple rows at the same time, if the SQL Connector does not?

Here's the basic structure:

• trigger: 6pm each day M-F
• initialize several variables
  • CRLF: is a string of the enter key. most effective way I've found to handle new line splits
  • Fetch date: pulls today's date. is a variable so I can set other days easily for testing, back loading
  • Curve list: not used
• HTTP: fetch the file contents. Returns a pipe( | ) delimited string
• Split the string into an array on CRLF
• Begin loop (tried 50x parrallel, too many failures. Now sequential, still testing to find right fit)
  • split first line into columns on |
  • check if line is valid. if not, ignore
  • reformat date strings into yyyy-MM-dd
  • still getting a /r line feed in last column, so remove it
  • insert row

Here are screenshots

Here is what's in the loop: