# dbt with parquet files in azure data lake as source

**URL:** <https://discourse.getdbt.com/t/dbt-with-parquet-files-in-azure-data-lake-as-source/12877>\
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**Created:** [April 15, 2024, 8:38am UTC](https://discourse.getdbt.com/t/dbt-with-parquet-files-in-azure-data-lake-as-source/12877 "2024-04-15T08:38:11Z")\
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**Author:** ![joakimfenno](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d2c977/32.png) [@joakimfenno](https://discourse.getdbt.com/u/joakimfenno)\
**Post date:** [April 15, 2024, 8:38am UTC](https://discourse.getdbt.com/t/dbt-with-parquet-files-in-azure-data-lake-as-source/12877/1 "2024-04-15T08:38:11Z")

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I have an azure environment where I want to use dbt pipelines for my ETL/ELT  
Source will be parquet files in azure data lake and destination will be azure sql database.

Is this something that works out of the box with dbt? Do I need specific pluginsg/packages? Are there known issues/limitations?

I have some experience in dbt but only using database connections.

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**Author:** ![joakimfenno](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d2c977/32.png) [@joakimfenno](https://discourse.getdbt.com/u/joakimfenno)\
**Post date:** [April 16, 2024, 1:27pm UTC](https://discourse.getdbt.com/t/dbt-with-parquet-files-in-azure-data-lake-as-source/12877/2 "2024-04-16T13:27:45Z")

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I understand that file as source is not supported out of the box  
a workaround might be to create external tables on top of the parquet files