Microsoft Fabric storage uses OneLake and Delta Tables, the core storage of all Fabric objects, as explained in my introduction to Microsoft Fabric. Either if you use lakehouses, data warehouses, or even datasets, all the data is stored in the OneLake. OneLake uses Delta Tables as storage. In this way, we need to be aware … Read more
Download the notebook used on this blog I explained in a previous article how the Tables in a lakehouse are V-Order optimized. We noticed this configuration depends on our settings, which can be enabled or not. One question remains: How could we check if the tables are V-Order optimized or not? The tables we will … Read more
When Microsoft Fabric was born, the only method to convert files to tables was using notebooks. Nowadays we have an easy-to-use UI feature for the conversion. As I explained on the article about lakehouse and ETL, there are some scenarios where we still need to use notebooks for the conversion. One of these scenarios is … Read more
Loading On-Premises and external data is a fundamental need for a Data Platform such as Microsoft Fabric. However, during this preview stage, Microsoft Fabric brings many surprises (and, should I say, deceptions?) in this area. This blog may explain a lot, but I’m not bringing conclusions, but lot of questions. It will be a pleasure … Read more
I have been working as a no-code data engineer: Focused on Data Factory ETL and visual tools. In fact, I prefer to use visual resources when possible. On my first contact with Fabric Lakehouse I discovered to convert Files into Tables I need to use a notebook. I was waiting a lot of time for … Read more
The Data Wrangler is as interesting as hidden inside Microsoft Fabric. It’s not easy to find and activate it, but it is worth the trouble. Before digging into the Data Wrangler, let’s analyze the data features in the query environment. Data Features in Query Environment The new query environment, which allow us to make data … Read more
After the great announcement of Microsoft Fabric this week, it’s time to get a trial and start playing with this great product. Microsoft Fabric is a very broad product, so it requires some additional configuration for the start of a trial. Configuring the Tenant By default, the Power BI tenants are disable for Microsoft Fabric. … Read more
.In this blog I will illustrate how we can ingest data from a blob storage to a Microsoft Fabric Data Warehouse using T-SQL. Create a new workspace On the left ribbon, click Workspaces. Click the New Workspace button. Provide a name for the workspace. On advanced configuration, ensure you choose Premium by Capacity, and you … Read more