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Prerequisites

Before you connect, you must first connect a data source to your Connect AI account. See Sources for more information.

Connect to Connect AI

To establish a connection from Microsoft Fabric to Connect AI, follow these steps.
1
Log in to Microsoft Fabric.
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In Microsoft Fabric, select a workspace in which to create the flow, or create a new workspace.
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Click New item and then click Dataflow Gen2.
Fabric Client New Item
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Once inside the data flow, click Get Data. Enter Connect AI in the search bar and select the Connect AI plugin.
Fabric Client Choose Data
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In the Get data dialog, enter the following credentials:
  • Connection—select Create new connection.
  • Connection name—create a user-defined connection name.
  • Data gateway—select (none).
  • Authentication kind—select CData Connect account.
Fabric Client Sign In
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Click Sign in. You are redirected to our authentication page via OAuth, establishing a connection to Connect AI.
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Click Next. All your connections, derived views, and workspaces are now visible.
Fabric Client Connections
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Select a table in your connection/schema hierarchy to load the desired table.
Fabric Client Load Table
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Click Create to launch the Power Query page.
Fabric Client Power Query
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To replicate your data to a destination, click + next to Data destination. A Connect to data destination dialog appears. In this example, we used SQL Server as a destination. Enter the destination settings and click Next.
Fabric Client Data Destination
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Select a destination target. You can overwrite an existing table or create a new destination table. Click Next.
Fabric Client Destination Target
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Map the data types for your destinations. Click Save settings.
Fabric Client Destination Settings
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When you run/refresh the data flow, your table is copied to the selected destination. You can also modify the content in the Power Query editor.
Fabric Client Query Editor