adf-validation-rules

Validate Azure Data Factory pipeline nesting by checking activity hierarchy constraints, which restrict certain activities from nesting within others. This skill enforces those rules, identifies violations, and suggests the Execute Pipeline workaround for complex scenarios to prevent deployment failures.

Azure Data Factory enforces strict nesting constraints: not all activities can nest within containers like ForEach or Until loops. This skill documents supported combinations, edge cases, and special restrictions that prevent runtime errors and design conflicts.

Linked service validation for managed identity requires correct `accountKind` settings for Azure Blob Storage and SQL Database. This skill guides configuration patterns and authentication requirements to ensure secure, compliant connections without manual trial.

Azure Data Factory enforces limits on activities per pipeline, parameters, variables, and concurrent iterations in ForEach loops. This skill checks compliance against those limits and helps you restructure pipelines when approaching thresholds.

Execute Pipeline is a workaround for complex nesting scenarios where standard activity containers hit design constraints. This skill identifies when nesting violations require the Execute Pipeline pattern and shows configuration examples.

Yes, certain activities have special restrictions within specific contexts. This skill documents those constraints, Windows file path formatting requirements, and documentation guidelines to ensure pipeline deployability.