How Do I Create A Daily Excel Export In Azure?

Question

I am moving a legacy application to the cloud and need guidance on breaking it up.

There is a Java application that creates reports/statements out of a database in PDF, CSV and XLSX. The Excel files are presented to the user on demand and the CSV and PDF files are created each night using a scheduled task. The CSV and PDF files are reports that get sent using SFTP.

Spring JPA and Hibernate extract the data and convert it using OpenCSV and Jasper Reports.

I imagine I could probably just drop all the existing code into an Azure function and use a timer trigger. However, refactoring it to take advantage of other Azure features seems like it should be the way to go.

What is the architecture for moving this reporting code to Azure?

Answer 1

For the above workaround, I do agree with @Peter Bons we can use Azure container instances which is is an excellent choice for any scenario that requires isolated containers, such as simple applications, task automation, and build tasks.

For more information please refer this BLOG|RUNNING PYTHON SCRIPTS ON AZURE WITH AZURE CONTAINER INSTANCES