> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.sync.cdata.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Parquet

You can use the Parquet connector from the CData Sync application to capture data
from Parquet and move it to any supported destination. To do so, you need to add
the connector, authenticate to the connector, and complete your connection.

## Add the Parquet Connector

To enable Sync to use data from Parquet, you first must add the
connector, as follows:

<ol>
  <li>Open the **Connections** page of the Sync dashboard.</li>
  <li>Click **Add Connection** to open the **Select Connectors** page.</li>
  <li>Click the **Sources** tab and locate
  the **Parquet** row.</li>

  <li>
    Click the **Configure Connection** icon at the end of that row to open
    the **New Connection** page. This action opens the
    **Add Connection** dialog.

    **Note:** If the **Configure Connection** icon is not
    available, click the **Download Connector** icon to install
    the Parquet connector.
  </li>

  <li>Enter a name for your connection in the **Add Connection** dialog.</li>
  <li>Click **Add** to open the **Settings** tab for your connector.</li>
</ol>

For more information about installing new connectors, see
[Connections](https://docs.sync.cdata.com/26.4/en/connections/connections.md).

## Authenticate to Parquet

After you add the connector, you need to set the required properties.

* **Auth Scheme:** Select the authentication scheme. **None** is the default setting.
* **URI:** Enter the Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) for your Parquet resource location.
* **Connection Type:** Select the connection type for your Parquet resources. The default type is **Auto**.
* **Data Model:** Select the data model that you want to use for parsing Parquet documents and generating the database metadata. The default model type is **Document**.
* **Aggregate Files:** Select whether you want to aggregate files in the URI directory into a single result. By default, the **Enable** checkbox is not selected.

## Complete Your Connection

To complete your connection:

1. Define advanced connection settings on the **Advanced** tab. (In most cases, though, you should not need these settings.)
2. If you authenticate with azuread, oauth, and oauthpkce, click **Connect to Parquet** to connect to your Parquet account.
3. Click **Create & Test** to create your connection.

## More Information

For more information about interactions between CData Sync and Parquet, see
[Parquet Connector for CData Sync](https://cdn.cdata.com/help/HIN/synch/default.htm).


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