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Azure Synapse Analytics to Namely integration — real-time, two-way sync

Keep Azure Synapse Analytics and Namely in sync without custom scripts. Cut weeks of integration work, eliminate silent data drift, and give your team a single, reliable source of truth.

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Why teams connect Azure Synapse Analytics and Namely

Land the people and organization records from Namely in Azure Synapse Analytics as live tables for workforce reporting, without extract jobs, and write computed results back where Namely can use them.

Workforce data is some of the most requested data in the warehouse and some of the most awkward to move: the record types are many, the fields carry sensitive personal information, the APIs are strict, and hand-built extract jobs go stale or break quietly. Whether Namely is the system of record for employees and payroll, for candidates and applications, or for learners and course completions, the reporting belongs in Azure Synapse Analytics next to everything else the company measures.

Stacksync syncs Teams, Reports, Profile Fields, Events from Namely into tables in Azure Synapse Analytics continuously, handling API limits and schema drift as they come. The connection is bi-directional, so values computed in Azure Synapse Analytics, such as headcount rollups, cost allocations, or attrition risk flags, can be written back to fields in Namely where the HR team acts on them. You configure which records and fields cross over, and in which direction, instead of maintaining pipeline code.

Common use cases

  • 01 Sync curated Synapse views into an operational Postgres or Azure SQL database that applications can query cheaply.
  • 02 Consolidate SaaS data alongside lake data so analysts join both through one SQL surface.
  • 03 Map Job Titles and Job Tiers into a warehouse dimension table so leveling and seniority stay consistent across HR, finance, and BI reporting.
  • 04 Push Groups and Teams (departments, locations, team categories) into downstream apps to keep org structure and reporting lines aligned.

Common sync patterns

Headcount and cost joined with everything else

Analysts combine Namely's workforce records with finance, product, or operational data already in Azure Synapse Analytics for reporting the HR system cannot produce on its own.

Fresh data instead of last night's load

Because changes stream continuously, reports query current workforce data rather than waiting for an overnight load window to finish.

Queryable history for planning and audit

A continuously synced copy in Azure Synapse Analytics gives you a durable, queryable record of how Namely's records change over time, for headcount planning and audit questions.

What you can sync between Azure Synapse Analytics and Namely

Representative objects on each side — any object or custom field can map to any target. Schemas are auto-detected; types are converted between the two systems.

Azure Synapse Analytics objects Namely objects How this pairing syncs
External tables Tables over files in the data lake, queried through serverless SQL and often read-only in syncs. Groups Departments and locations that organize Profiles; synced to keep org structure aligned with a warehouse or IdP. External tables is specific to Azure Synapse Analytics and Groups to Namely — each maps to any object or custom field on the other side.
Views Curated projections used when downstream tools should not read base tables directly. Teams Teams and team categories a Profile belongs to; read and written for org-chart and provisioning workflows. Views is specific to Azure Synapse Analytics and Teams to Namely — each maps to any object or custom field on the other side.
Schemas Namespaces that separate staging, integration, and presentation layers. Reports Saved Namely reports returned as JSON snapshots that update instantly; read-only feeds for headcount and roster analytics. Schemas is specific to Azure Synapse Analytics and Reports to Namely — each maps to any object or custom field on the other side.
Materialized views Precomputed aggregates that speed reads of frequently synced result sets. Profile Fields Metadata describing standard and company-defined custom field sections; read to discover schema and generate mappings. Materialized views is specific to Azure Synapse Analytics and Profile Fields to Namely — each maps to any object or custom field on the other side.
SQL pools Dedicated or serverless compute contexts that determine how and where queries run. Events Home-feed items such as announcements, birthdays, anniversaries, and new arrivals; typically read-only into comms tools. SQL pools is specific to Azure Synapse Analytics and Events to Namely — each maps to any object or custom field on the other side.
Tables (dedicated SQL pool) Distributed warehouse tables that serve as sync destinations for analytics workloads. Profiles The core employee record (personal, job, contact, and compensation fields); synced two-way via GET/POST/PUT with updated_at driving incremental polling. Tables (dedicated SQL pool) is specific to Azure Synapse Analytics and Profiles to Namely — each maps to any object or custom field on the other side.

How changes propagate between Azure Synapse Analytics and Namely

Each direction of the sync is driven by what the source system can signal and what the destination accepts — detection, delivery, and expected latency below.

Azure Synapse Analytics Namely Interval-based propagation

DetectionStacksync polls Azure Synapse Analytics for changes on an incremental schedule, reading only records changed since the previous pass. Polling on watermark columns.

DeliveryEach detected change is written to Namely through its API, with automatic retries and rate-limit backoff.

Namely Azure Synapse Analytics Interval-based propagation

DetectionStacksync polls Namely for changes on an incremental schedule, reading only records changed since the previous pass. No webhooks.

DeliveryEach detected change is applied to Azure Synapse Analytics as a row-level write, with types converted between the two schemas.

Rate-limit considerations

  • Namely: Namely's public docs do not publish a fixed request quota; the REST API returns standard HTTP status codes, so integrations should throttle and back off on 429/5xx responses.
What ships with Azure Synapse Analytics ⇄ Namely

Connect Azure Synapse Analytics and Namely for flexible, real-time data sync.

Real-time sync, workflow automation, event queues, EDI, and monitoring, for every Azure Synapse Analytics–Namely connection.

Real-time

Two-way sync

Changes in Azure Synapse Analytics or Namely instantly reflect in both systems. No stale data, no manual imports.

No-code + pro-code

Workflow automation

Trigger automated workflows whenever Azure Synapse Analytics or Namely data changes, update records, fire webhooks, or kick off sequences without brittle API scripts.

At scale

Event queues

Handle millions of events per minute without losing a single Azure Synapse Analytics or Namely record.

Observability

Monitoring

Track your Azure Synapse Analytics ⇄ Namely sync health, view errors, and replay failed events in one click.

Trading partners

EDI

Transform legacy EDI complexity into simple database interactions between Azure Synapse Analytics and Namely.

How the Azure Synapse Analytics and Namely connectors work

Azure Synapse Analytics

Integration surface
SQL wire protocol (TDS) with T-SQL for SQL pools; additional Spark and pipeline surfaces exist but syncs use the SQL endpoint
Authentication
SQL authentication or Microsoft Entra ID
Change detection
Polling on watermark columns; Synapse SQL pools do not expose log-based CDC for downstream consumers
Capabilities
read · write

Namely

Integration surface
REST API (JSON over HTTPS)
Authentication
OAuth 2.0 authorization-code grant, or a personal access token sent as a Bearer token; all calls run over HTTPS against https://{subdomain}.namely.com/api/v1
Change detection
No webhooks; integrations poll GET endpoints and compare the updated_at / created_at timestamps on Profiles and related objects to detect changes
Capabilities
read · write
Rate limits
Namely's public docs do not publish a fixed request quota; the REST API returns standard HTTP status codes, so integrations should throttle and back off on 429/5xx responses.
How it works

How to connect Azure Synapse Analytics to Namely — three steps, no code

Configure and sync within minutes, no code. Whether you sync 50k or 100M+ records, Stacksync handles the queues, infra, and plumbing. Integrations are non-invasive and need zero setup on your systems.

  1. 01

    Connect your apps

    Authenticate Azure Synapse Analytics and Namely with each platform's native method — OAuth, API keys, or service accounts — plus secure options like SSH tunneling, IP whitelisting, and VPC peering.

    • OAuth 2.0
    • SSH tunnel
    • VPC peering
    Azure Synapse Analytics connected
    Namely connected
    OAuth 2.0
    SSH tunnel
    SSL certificate
    VPC peering
  2. 02

    Choose tables

    Pick the Azure Synapse Analytics and Namely objects to sync — Stacksync auto-detects both schemas, including custom fields where the platform exposes them. Sync to existing tables, or let Stacksync create new ones with ideal data types.

    • Standard objects
    • Custom objects
    • Auto-schema
    objects · Azure Synapse Analytics ⇄ Namely
    Customers 12,480
    Sales Orders 8,213
    Invoices 5,902
    Items 1,344
  3. 03

    Map fields

    Fields map automatically even when names and types differ. Stacksync handles transformation and type casting for you, zero configuration required.

    • Auto-map
    • Type casting
    • Transforms
    Azure Synapse Analytics Namely
    Company company_name text
    Email email text
    Amount amount numeric
    Created created_at timestamp
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Alerts

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Secure connection options

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