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Is Recursive

Determines whether or not the Copy Activity should recurse into sub-folders of the specified source directory when reading files.

When enabled, file-based Copy Activity sources that read with wildcard folder and file patterns are generated with IsRecursive="true"; sequential file-load pipelines also receive the value as an IsRecursive parameter.

When to Change This Setting

Keep the default Y to pick up files in sub-folders of the source path. Disable it when only the top-level folder should be read, for example when sub-folders hold already-processed or unrelated files.

SettingInteraction
Copy BehaviorControls how the copied files are laid out at the destination

Notes

  • This setting is part of the Azure Copy settings category.
  • The default value for this setting is Y.