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  • How to use T-SQL to Query and Monitor your Microsoft Fabric Capacity App

    October 18th, 2024 in Blog, Fabric, Python

    The Fabric Capacity App Report has received some mixed reviews regarding its usability. But what if you could query the underlying dataset, load it into a Fabric Lakehouse, and then use standard T-SQL for querying instead. This is possible with the use of a Fabric notebook and Semantic Link or SemPy! Prerequisites: The Microsoft Fabric Capacity Metrics App must be installed in your tenant with the necessary access and reside in a Fabric/Premium…

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  • Purple Frog Systems Sponsors FabFest

    October 10th, 2024 in Artificial Intelligence, Fabric, Just For Fun, News

    On October 3rd, the team at Purple Frog Systems proudly sponsored FabFest, an exciting, full-day event focused on Microsoft Fabric and its impact on the evolving worlds of data and AI. Hosted at the impressive Millennium Point in Birmingham, FabFest brought together 100 data enthusiasts for a day of non-stop learning, exploration, and community building. FabFest was the brainchild of Joe and Lewis, the dynamic hosts of the Birmingham Data…

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  • FabCon Europe from a Community Point-of-View

    October 2nd, 2024 in Blog, Community, Fabric, Uncategorised

    A community hub at a data conference serves as a vital central point for building connections, collaboration, and innovation among attendees. The Community Lounge at FabCon Europe in Stockholm was a great example of this. It was a hive of activity across the entire event. Microsoft’s community staff, MVPs, volunteers and members all came together to provide an entertaining way to network and ensure the right people are signed up to the right…

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  • My Experience at Fabric Community Conference Europe 2024

    October 1st, 2024 in Blog, Data Lakehouse, Data Warehouse, Fabric, Power BI

    Stockholm: A city of charm and innovation Let’s start with the location, Stockholm. As a seasoned traveller, Stockholm is one of the few major European cities that I have not yet visited. So, when given the chance to go to FabCon Europe, I jumped at the chance. Stockholm is a great city, with beautiful historic architecture mixed with modern innovation and the people there were friendly and warm. The conference centre, the Stockholmsmässan,…

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  • Purple Frog Excited to Sponsor FabFest 2024!

    Purple Frog Excited to Sponsor FabFest 2024!August 23rd, 2024 in Artificial Intelligence, Community, Fabric, Machine Learning, News

    Are you ready for a day of non-stop learning and networking? BOOK TICKETS This October, Joe and Lewis are launching a FREE brand new in-person event: FabFest 2024. When: Thursday, 3rd October (all-day!) Where: Birmingham, Millenium Point What: A full day of Business Data-driven insights, Microsoft Fabric and AI learning, including food, at no cost! What to expect: 7+ sessions on Microsoft Fabric and AI Introduction to the latest news and trends…

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  • James is a Certified Fabric Analytics Engineer After DP-600!

    June 24th, 2024 in Fabric, News

    Fantastic news! James has officially joined the Club of Fabric Analytics Engineers! Cracking the DP-600 exam on June 24th, James cemented his mastery of building and deploying powerhouse data solutions with Microsoft Fabric. This certification signifies James’s deep dive into the world of data – from wrangling raw information to crafting elegant analytics pipelines, all within the Fabric ecosystem. This achievement is a surefire sign of…

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  • Joe is Microsoft Certified: DP-600!

    June 21st, 2024 in Fabric, News

    Congratulations to Joe on achieving the coveted Fabric Analytics Engineer Associate certification! Joe passed the DP-600 exam on June 20th, demonstrating his expertise in designing, creating, and deploying enterprise-scale data analytics solutions using Microsoft Fabric. The Fabric Analytics Engineer Associate certification validates a strong understanding of data analytics, data engineering, platform management, and enterprise development best…

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  • Ownership Made Easy: Microsoft Fabric Warehouse Takeovers

    June 19th, 2024 in Blog, Data Lakehouse, Data Warehouse, Fabric

    Fabric Warehouse Ownership Takeover As part of your project you have created and developed a Fabric Warehouse and now it is time to transfer the ownership of it away from your account to a production Service Principal Name or someone else in the organisation to maintain. There’s no simple method in the GUI so how do you do it? You use the Takeover API. Let’s go through the process step-by-step but beware, there is one caveat, you MUST…

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  • Fabric Trials: The Countdown Is On

    May 21st, 2024 in Azure, Blog, Fabric, Power BI

    We are drawing near to the end of Microsoft Fabric trials! ⌛ With the countdown ending mid-June for many trial capacities, it is important that you take measures to protect any Microsoft Fabric resources you have. Microsoft have informed users that once the trial ends, the capacity will be converted to a Power BI Premium capacity where Fabric items can no longer be used or stored. From here, you will have a 7 day retention period before all…

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  • How to call Microsoft Fabric Data Pipelines dynamically using APIs

    May 14th, 2024 in Blog, Fabric

    The Microsoft Fabric REST APIs allow you to automate Fabric procedures and processes. In this blog post, we’ll focus on a specific API: “Run On Demand Item Job” To dynamically call another data pipeline, we’ll utilise this API within a data pipeline web activity. By passing in the itemId of the data pipeline we want to invoke, we can trigger its execution. You can learn more here:…

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