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Azure OpenAI and Citus integration

Plan how Azure OpenAI and Citus should share data across your business. Work with Stacksync engineers on record mapping, system access, and the requirements for running the integration.

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Proposed workflow

File or document metadata reporting workflow

Planning example. Stacksync support for the required connection and record operations needs a technical review.

Starting eventA change involving Azure OpenAI Files or the proposed file or document metadata table in Citus needs a defined result in the other system.

  1. Start with Azure OpenAI Files and the proposed file or document metadata table in Citus. Use the record-matching and field-ownership rules from your mapping worksheet.

  2. Resolve folder/container and parent-record references before attaching metadata.

  3. Test a normal update and one failed or repeated update in the supported direction. Keep both record IDs with the test results.

What to verifyTest a renamed file, a new version, a moved folder, and an access-restricted document.

Review records and field ownership

Proposed record relationships

Records to connect

Use these examples to define record matching and field ownership for your technical review.

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Example record relationships between Azure OpenAI and Citus
Azure OpenAI recordCitus recordRecord matchingField ownership
FilesProposed record; confirm Stacksync object support.Reporting datasetProposed file or document metadata tableProposed table; choose its name and schema.Keep file/object ID, container, and version. A path can change and a filename can repeat.Separate document content, metadata, and sharing permissions; a metadata sync does not imply file transfer or ACL replication.
ModelsProposed record; confirm Stacksync object support.Reporting datasetProposed model or deployment metadata tableProposed table; choose its name and schema.Keep provider/project, model or deployment ID, and version distinct.The AI platform owner controls model deployment; metadata movement does not invoke a model or authorize model changes.

These relationships do not establish connector availability. Review the required connection and record operations with Stacksync.

Record coverage to review

Use documented coverage where available. Catalog record types are starting points for review and do not confirm Stacksync support.

Azure OpenAI

Connection and object support require review

Record types to review with Stacksync

Record typesCoverage and requirements
  • Deployments
  • Models
  • Fine-tuning jobs
  • Files
  • Batch jobs
  • Usage and quota
Confirm support for this record type and the direction you need.

Discuss Azure OpenAI requirements

Citus

Connection and object support require review

Record types to review with Stacksync

Record typesCoverage and requirements
  • Distributed tables
  • Reference tables
  • Local tables
  • Schemas
  • Views
  • Sequences
Confirm support for this record type and the direction you need.

Discuss Citus requirements

Connection essentials

Confirm Stacksync support and account requirements for undocumented connections. Interface information alone does not establish connector availability.

View setup requirements and limits
Connection requirementAzure OpenAICitus
Integration interfaceREST data-plane (inference + authoring) and Azure Resource Manager control-planePostgreSQL wire protocol; any standard Postgres driver connects to the coordinator node
AuthenticationConfirm the credentials, API plan, and permissions required for Azure OpenAI.Confirm the credentials, API plan, and permissions required for Citus.
Change detectionConfirm how Stacksync detects changes for this connector and the objects you need.Confirm how Stacksync detects changes for this connector and the objects you need.
Read accessConfirm with StacksyncConfirm with Stacksync
Write accessConfirm with StacksyncConfirm with Stacksync

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Alerts

Immediately get alerted about record syncing issues over email, Slack, PagerDuty and WhatsApp. Resolve issues from a centralized dashboard with retry and revert options.

Secure connection options

Record-level recovery

Inspect sync errors and use retry and revert controls to resolve failed updates.

Read the recovery guide

Implementation

Technical reference

Review setup, record relationships, testing, and recovery for your implementation.

Authentication, permissions and API limits

Connection requirements and limits

Azure OpenAI
Integration interface
REST data-plane (inference + authoring) and Azure Resource Manager control-plane
Authentication
Confirm the credentials, API plan, and permissions required for Azure OpenAI.
Change detection
Confirm how Stacksync detects changes for this connector and the objects you need.
Read access
Confirm with Stacksync
Write access
Confirm with Stacksync
Setup requirements
  • Identify the Azure OpenAI account, edition, environment, and business objects the integration must access.
  • Confirm a Stacksync connector or implementation path for Azure OpenAI, including read/write support, authentication, and initial-load limits.
Limitations to check
  • Confirm Stacksync support for Azure OpenAI and the record types your workflow needs.
  • Review write-back, deletion handling, update timing, and account limits with the integration team.
Citus
Integration interface
PostgreSQL wire protocol; any standard Postgres driver connects to the coordinator node
Authentication
Confirm the credentials, API plan, and permissions required for Citus.
Change detection
Confirm how Stacksync detects changes for this connector and the objects you need.
Read access
Confirm with Stacksync
Write access
Confirm with Stacksync
Setup requirements
  • Identify the Citus account, edition, environment, and business objects the integration must access.
  • Confirm a Stacksync connector or implementation path for Citus, including read/write support, authentication, and initial-load limits.
Limitations to check
  • Confirm Stacksync support for Citus and the record types your workflow needs.
  • Review write-back, deletion handling, update timing, and account limits with the integration team.

Prepare Azure OpenAI and Citus access

Set up both accounts before testing the mapping. Use test records where available, and identify the account administrator who can approve access and help resolve setup errors.

Azure OpenAI setup checklist
  • Identify the Azure OpenAI account, edition, environment, and business objects the integration must access.
  • Confirm a Stacksync connector or implementation path for Azure OpenAI, including read/write support, authentication, and initial-load limits.
Citus setup checklist
  • Identify the Citus account, edition, environment, and business objects the integration must access.
  • Confirm a Stacksync connector or implementation path for Citus, including read/write support, authentication, and initial-load limits.
Prepare to go live

Record the fields each system can update, the first-load cutoff, both record IDs, the expected update delay, and who handles errors. Complete the tests before production before expanding to more records.

Use the Azure OpenAI and Citus planning worksheet to capture these decisions. Record the access owner in the worksheet and enter credentials only in the connection setup.

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Record identity and field ownership

Use these data-model references to describe the records your connection needs. They are planning examples; connector availability and supported operations must be established before implementation.

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Reporting dataset

Files / Proposed file or document metadata table in Citus (choose its name)

Plan a file or document metadata dataset while preserving its source meaning.

Planning example. Stacksync support for the required connection and record operations needs a technical review.

Azure OpenAI
Object support to establish
Citus
Your database schema
Record identity
Keep file/object ID, container, and version. A path can change and a filename can repeat.
Field ownership
Separate document content, metadata, and sharing permissions; a metadata sync does not imply file transfer or ACL replication.

Fields to include

  • Source file ID
  • Container reference
  • Version
  • Metadata
  • Access classification
Record dependencies
Resolve folder/container and parent-record references before attaching metadata.
Validation
Test a renamed file, a new version, a moved folder, and an access-restricted document.
Recovery
Check the current file version and destination access before retrying transfer or metadata updates.

Reporting dataset

Models / Proposed model or deployment metadata table in Citus (choose its name)

Plan a model or deployment metadata dataset while preserving its source meaning.

Planning example. Stacksync support for the required connection and record operations needs a technical review.

Azure OpenAI
Object support to establish
Citus
Your database schema
Record identity
Keep provider/project, model or deployment ID, and version distinct.
Field ownership
The AI platform owner controls model deployment; metadata movement does not invoke a model or authorize model changes.

Fields to include

  • Model/deployment reference
  • Provider/project
  • Version
  • Lifecycle state
Record dependencies
Resolve project, access policy, model version, and any evaluation requirements.
Validation
Test a retired model, a renamed deployment, and an unauthorized project reference.
Recovery
Confirm the current deployment version and access before retrying a dependent action.

Compare integration approaches

Choose a method around one example record and the update your business needs. Use Files / Proposed file or document metadata table in Citus (choose its name) to review record matching and confirm Stacksync support for the required operations. Compare ongoing sync, a custom workflow, and a scheduled export against that requirement.

Stacksync managed sync

Best fit
Review compatibility with a Stacksync engineer using an example of the records and updates you need.
Operating responsibility
Fits ongoing record synchronization when the required operations are supported. Add workflow steps for approvals or business actions that go beyond copying fields.
Before you choose
Check record matching: Keep file/object ID, container, and version. A path can change and a filename can repeat. Verify field coverage, deletion handling, and how changes are detected.

Native vendor integration

Best fit
A vendor-built integration may fit if it supports your Azure OpenAI and Citus record types.
Operating responsibility
Can reduce setup for a supported workflow. You may need another method for records or business steps it does not cover.
Before you choose
First check whether either vendor offers this integration. If available, verify Files / Proposed file or document metadata table in Citus (choose its name), update direction, account tier, and related-record handling.

Custom API or workflow

Best fit
Consider when Azure OpenAI and Citus need a transformation, approval, or action outside a direct record sync.
Operating responsibility
Provides control over business steps; the team owns credentials, version changes, error queues, and reconciliation.
Before you choose
Verify endpoint permissions, pagination, quotas, duplicate detection, and failure recovery.

File or scheduled snapshot

Best fit
Consider for a one-time Azure OpenAI / Citus migration or a reporting need with an explicit freshness window.
Operating responsibility
Can simplify a bounded transfer; later changes and deletion history require another extraction or a separately designed incremental process.
Before you choose
Record the extraction cutoff, source IDs, encoding, date/number formats, and reconciliation totals.

Workflow scenarios and expected results

File or document metadata reporting workflow

Planning example. Stacksync support for the required connection and record operations needs a technical review.

Starting event: A change to the selected Files or Proposed file or document metadata table in Citus (choose its name) record needs a defined result in the other system.

  1. Start with Azure OpenAI Files and Citus Proposed file or document metadata table in Citus (choose its name). Use the record-matching and field-ownership rules from your mapping worksheet.
  2. Resolve folder/container and parent-record references before attaching metadata.
  3. Test a normal update and one failed or repeated update in the supported direction. Keep both record IDs with the test results.

Expected result: Test a renamed file, a new version, a moved folder, and an access-restricted document.

If it fails: Check the current file version and destination access before retrying transfer or metadata updates.

Model or deployment metadata reporting workflow

Planning example. Stacksync support for the required connection and record operations needs a technical review.

Starting event: A change to the selected Models or Proposed model or deployment metadata table in Citus (choose its name) record needs a defined result in the other system.

  1. Start with Azure OpenAI Models and Citus Proposed model or deployment metadata table in Citus (choose its name). Use the record-matching and field-ownership rules from your mapping worksheet.
  2. Resolve project, access policy, model version, and any evaluation requirements.
  3. Test a normal update and one failed or repeated update in the supported direction. Keep both record IDs with the test results.

Expected result: Test a retired model, a renamed deployment, and an unauthorized project reference.

If it fails: Confirm the current deployment version and access before retrying a dependent action.

Prepare approved Citus data for AI workflows

This is an evaluation scenario; connector and operation support require confirmation.

Starting event: A selected Citus record is approved for use in an AI workflow associated with Azure OpenAI.

  1. Define the minimum data from a selected destination dataset required by the task and its access restrictions.
  2. Distinguish model/deployment metadata from actual inference or vector-index operations in Azure OpenAI. A sync connector does not establish those actions.
  3. Retain the source record ID and content version; define how corrections and deletions reach derived outputs.

Expected result: A corrected or withdrawn source record is reflected in the approved AI context; a record from another tenant is excluded.

If it fails: Rebuild derived content from the current authorized source. Do not retry an outdated action or assume model output can be written back without review.

Initial load and acceptance testing

Keep both record IDs with the expected and actual result. Reconcile the same filters and time window in each system.

Files / Proposed file or document metadata table in Citus (choose its name)

Test case

Test a renamed file, a new version, a moved folder, and an access-restricted document.

Expected result

The expected file or document metadata relationship is preserved with no duplicate action or unintended write.

Models / Proposed model or deployment metadata table in Citus (choose its name)

Test case

Test a retired model, a renamed deployment, and an unauthorized project reference.

Expected result

The expected model or deployment metadata relationship is preserved with no duplicate action or unintended write.

Direction and permissions

Test case

Bring an example source record and the intended destination operation to the compatibility review. Confirm the supported route before granting write access.

Expected result

Only an approved, supported direction and permitted fields are written.

Freshness and reconciliation

Test case

Measure source and destination times for the selected records under normal load and a burst. Reconcile IDs and values using the same filters and cutoff.

Expected result

The process meets its agreed freshness target and reconciliation has no unexplained differences.

Failed updates, retries and recovery

Start with the failed record and the destination error, then inspect the source value, field requirements, and access.

Rejected or repeated file or document metadata change

Investigate

Inspect Azure OpenAI Files and Citus Proposed file or document metadata table in Citus (choose its name), their IDs, and the destination error.

Next action

Check the current file version and destination access before retrying transfer or metadata updates.

Rejected or repeated model or deployment metadata change

Investigate

Inspect Azure OpenAI Models and Citus Proposed model or deployment metadata table in Citus (choose its name), their IDs, and the destination error.

Next action

Confirm the current deployment version and access before retrying a dependent action.

A record type or update is unavailable

Investigate

Check the Azure OpenAI and Citus connector guides, account permissions, and any operations marked On Request.

Next action

Ask the integration team to confirm a supported way to handle that record. Verify whether it needs connector configuration or a separate workflow step.

Source and destination disagree after a retry

Investigate

Compare current source values, destination validation, identity mappings, and any side effects already completed.

Next action

Stacksync issue retry reads the current source state. Decide the intended state before retrying or reverting; reconcile downstream effects separately.

Read the Stacksync issues dashboard guide for retry and revert behavior.

Change detection and update delivery

How updates move between Azure OpenAI and Citus

See how each system detects changes and which updates the other system can receive. Each direction has its own permissions and record requirements.

Azure OpenAI Citus Direction requires confirmation

Detect changesConfirm how Stacksync detects changes for this connector and the objects you need.

Apply updatesConfirm that Stacksync can create or update the records you need in Citus.

Citus Azure OpenAI Direction requires confirmation

Detect changesConfirm how Stacksync detects changes for this connector and the objects you need.

Apply updatesConfirm that Stacksync can create or update the records you need in Azure OpenAI.

Update timing and record limits
  • Measure initial-load and ongoing-change latency separately. Source detection, selected objects, account limits, and destination validation determine the observed delay.
  • Review write-back, deletion handling, update timing, and account limits with the integration team.
  • Review write-back, deletion handling, update timing, and account limits with the integration team.
FAQ

Azure OpenAI and Citus integration FAQ

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