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

Keep Azure Synapse Analytics and Smartsheet 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 Smartsheet

Get the data locked inside Smartsheet into Azure Synapse Analytics as live tables, and send results back where Smartsheet can use them, without writing a pipeline.

Whatever Smartsheet is used for, it accumulates data the rest of the company wants to analyze, and that data usually sits behind an API rather than in the warehouse. Building and babysitting an extraction pipeline is the tax most teams pay for it.

Stacksync syncs Discussions and Comments, Users and Groups, Sheets, Rows from Smartsheet into tables in Azure Synapse Analytics continuously, handling schema, rate limits, and retries. Because the sync is bi-directional, results computed in Azure Synapse Analytics can also be written back into fields in Smartsheet where the tool can use them.

Common use cases

  • 01 Write records from a CRM or ERP into Smartsheet Rows so ops teams manage intake and status in a grid, then push status Cells back to the source.
  • 02 Pull Reports and Sheets into a warehouse for cross-project reporting and dashboards without manual CSV exports.
  • 03 Consolidate SaaS data alongside lake data so analysts join both through one SQL surface.
  • 04 Load CRM and ERP records into Synapse dedicated SQL pool tables for enterprise reporting.

Common sync patterns

Cross-tool reporting

Combine Smartsheet's data with data from every other synced system to answer questions no single tool can.

Where Smartsheet accepts updates: operational write-back

Segments, scores, or reference values computed in Azure Synapse Analytics sync back onto records in Smartsheet, putting analysis where the work happens.

History that outlives the tool

A continuously synced copy in Azure Synapse Analytics preserves a queryable record even as data ages out of Smartsheet or gets changed inside it.

What you can sync between Azure Synapse Analytics and Smartsheet

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 Smartsheet objects How this pairing syncs
Views Curated projections used when downstream tools should not read base tables directly. Rows Records inside a sheet, each with createdAt/modifiedAt and cells keyed by columnId; the primary unit synced to and from external tables. Views is specific to Azure Synapse Analytics and Rows to Smartsheet — each maps to any object or custom field on the other side.
Schemas Namespaces that separate staging, integration, and presentation layers. Columns Define sheet schema and cell type (TEXT_NUMBER, DATE, CONTACT_LIST, PICKLIST, CHECKBOX); read via the API so field mappings can be generated. Schemas is specific to Azure Synapse Analytics and Columns to Smartsheet — each maps to any object or custom field on the other side.
Materialized views Precomputed aggregates that speed reads of frequently synced result sets. Cells Row-by-column values; writes must match the column type and no single cell can exceed 4,000 characters. Materialized views is specific to Azure Synapse Analytics and Cells to Smartsheet — 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. Reports Read-only roll-ups spanning multiple sheets; pulled into a warehouse for cross-sheet reporting, capped at 50,000 rows. SQL pools is specific to Azure Synapse Analytics and Reports to Smartsheet — 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. Attachments Files linked to rows or sheets; posting one carries a 10x rate cost, so bulk file sync is throttled to 30 per minute. Tables (dedicated SQL pool) is specific to Azure Synapse Analytics and Attachments to Smartsheet — each maps to any object or custom field on the other side.
External tables Tables over files in the data lake, queried through serverless SQL and often read-only in syncs. Discussions and Comments Threaded comments on rows and sheets; read out to sync collaboration history or activity into another system. External tables is specific to Azure Synapse Analytics and Discussions and Comments to Smartsheet — each maps to any object or custom field on the other side.

How changes propagate between Azure Synapse Analytics and Smartsheet

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 Smartsheet 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 Smartsheet through its API, with automatic retries and rate-limit backoff.

Smartsheet Azure Synapse Analytics Sub-second propagation

DetectionSmartsheet notifies Stacksync of record changes through webhook events. Sheet-scoped webhooks subscribed to *.* events notify on row and cell changes.

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

Rate-limit considerations

  • Smartsheet: 300 requests per minute per access token; heavy calls like posting attachments cost 10x (30/min). A 429 returns errorCode 4003, back off ~60s.
What ships with Azure Synapse Analytics ⇄ Smartsheet

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

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

Real-time

Two-way sync

Changes in Azure Synapse Analytics or Smartsheet 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 Smartsheet 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 Smartsheet record.

Observability

Monitoring

Track your Azure Synapse Analytics ⇄ Smartsheet 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 Smartsheet.

How the Azure Synapse Analytics and Smartsheet 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

Smartsheet

Integration surface
REST API (v2.0)
Authentication
OAuth 2.0 authorization-code flow, or a raw/personal API access token passed as a Bearer header
Change detection
Sheet-scoped webhooks subscribed to *.* events notify on row and cell changes; otherwise polling on sheet and row modifiedAt timestamps
Capabilities
read · write · webhooks
Rate limits
300 requests per minute per access token; heavy calls like posting attachments cost 10x (30/min). A 429 returns errorCode 4003, back off ~60s.
How it works

How to connect Azure Synapse Analytics to Smartsheet — 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 Smartsheet 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
    Smartsheet connected
    OAuth 2.0
    SSH tunnel
    SSL certificate
    VPC peering
  2. 02

    Choose tables

    Pick the Azure Synapse Analytics and Smartsheet 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 ⇄ Smartsheet
    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 Smartsheet
    Company company_name text
    Email email text
    Amount amount numeric
    Created created_at timestamp
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Alerts

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