Connecting to Microsoft Fabric enterprise data lake
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You can establish zero-copy connectivity between your Microsoft Fabric enterprise data lake and the Celonis Platform, allowing you to share data between the platforms with zero latency. This means that any updates in your data lake are automatically shared to your Celonis data pool.
The benefits of this connection include:
Enables you to mirror your Microsoft Fabric data to Celonis via a zero-copy integration.
Embeds Celonis as a native workload within your Microsoft Fabric environment.
Secures your data as it remains in its original location, preserving your data governance.
There are two methods for connecting your Microsoft Fabric to the Celonis Platform:
Once the connection between the systems is established, you can also embed your Studio Views into Microsoft Fabric:
Zero-copy connectivity video demo
Watch our video demo showing you how to connect your Microsoft Fabric account to the Celonis Platform and then embed your Studio views in Microsoft Fabric:
Prerequisites for connecting to Microsoft Fabric
Before creating a data connection in the Celonis Platform, you must have access to a Microsoft Fabric user account and access to your workspaces. This user account can then be used to authenticate the connection between the two platforms, providing Celonis access to the following fields:
Azure tenant ID
Lakehouse URL
Workspace and related Lakehouses
With access to your Microsoft Fabric user account, you can create a data connection between Microsoft Fabric and the Celonis Platform from your data pool overview screen:
Click Data Connections.
Click Add Data Connection and select Connect to Data Source.
Select Microsoft Fabric.
Click Authenticate and select your Microsoft Fabric account.
The authentication is successful and you're redirected to the Celonis Platform. The following data connections fields are then populated:
Azure tenant ID
Workspaces and related Lakehouses
Select the workspace and related lakehouse to use for the connection, populating the Lakehouse URL field.
Click Test Connection and correct any issues highlighted.
Click Save.
The connection between your Microsoft Fabric account and the Celonis Platform is established.
You can also connect your Microsoft Fabric account to the Celonis Platform through the Fabric interface.
This method requires you to have your Celonis team and cluster that you're connecting to, available from the Celonis URL:
https://[TEAM].[CLUSTER].celonis.cloud/
You also need access to a data pool on the Celonis Platform (see: Creating and managing data pools)
This access to this information, you can create a new item in Microsoft Fabric by following these steps:
Click Workspaces and select the workspace you want to connect to.
Click + New Item and search for the 'Zero-copy integration':
Add an item name, an optional description, and then click Create.
The integration screen loads.
Click Start setup, enter the Celonis team and cluster you're connecting to, and then click Authenticate.
Review and accept the authentication request with the Celonis Platform.
The page refreshes and returns you to Microsoft Fabric.
Select the Lakehouse that you want to share and then click Connect.
Select the Celonis Platform data pool and click Select.
The connection between your Microsoft Fabric account and the Celonis Platform is established.
Studio Views can be embedded in Microsoft Fabric, giving end-users a way to consume and analyze the data that's being shared between the platforms.
This method requires you to have your Celonis team and cluster that you're connecting to, available from the Celonis URL:
https://[TEAM].[CLUSTER].celonis.cloud/
You also need access to a Studio space and related View that you want to embed.
To embed a Studio View into Microsoft Fabric:
Click Workspaces and select the workspace you want to embed your View into.
Click + New Item and search for the 'Process Analysis':
Add an item name, an optional description, and then click Create.
The integration screen loads.
Click Start setup, enter the Celonis team and cluster you're connecting to, and then click Authenticate.
Review and accept the authentication request with the Celonis Platform.
The page refreshes and returns you to Microsoft Fabric.
Select the Studio space and related View to display.
The Studio View is now embedded into Microsoft Fabric, allowing end-users to interact with it.
For more information creating and using Studio Views and Apps, see: Views.