Zip connector

Beta

This feature is in Beta. Workspace admins can control access to this feature from the Previews page. See Manage Databricks previews.

The managed Zip connector in Lakeflow Connect ingests procurement data such as requests, approvals, purchase orders, invoices, vendors, and audit-trail event logs from Zip into Databricks.

Feature availability

Feature	Availability
UI-based pipeline authoring	Supported
API-based pipeline authoring	Supported
Declarative Automation Bundles	Supported
Incremental ingestion	Supported The connector ingests the event_logs table incrementally and refreshes all other tables on each pipeline update.
Unity Catalog governance	Supported
Orchestration using Databricks Workflows	Supported
API-based column selection and deselection	Supported
API-based row filtering	Not supported
SCD Type 2	Not supported
Automated schema evolution: New and deleted columns	Supported
Automated schema evolution: Data type changes	Not supported
Automated schema evolution: Column renames	Not supported Requires a full refresh.

Authentication methods

Authentication method	Availability
OAuth U2M	Not supported
OAuth M2M	Not supported
Basic authentication (username/password)	Not supported
Basic authentication (API key)	Supported Zip API key.

Start ingesting from Zip

1. Configure Zip for ingestion (Admins) — Set up Zip to authenticate with Databricks.
2. Create a Unity Catalog connection (Admins) — Create a connection in Catalog Explorer so non-admins can create pipelines.
3. Create an ingestion pipeline (Admins or non-admins) — Select any supported interface and create a pipeline from an existing connection.