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Fabric + Purview (Data Classification)
- Anonymous6 months ago
Hi @fabricpribeiro ,
Thanks for reaching out to the Microsoft Fabric Community forum.
At the moment, Purview’s Data Map scans for Microsoft Fabric do not yet perform content-based classification during the scan the way they do for some other sources like SQL or Databricks. Because of this limitation, the built-in Sensitive Information Types (SITs) and trainable classifiers are not automatically applied to Fabric assets during the metadata extraction phase.In practice, most organizations handle this in one of two ways: either they classify the data at the source system (for example in SQL or ADLS) where Purview scanning supports automatic classification, and then propagate that governance metadata into Fabric, or they apply classifications and sensitivity labels directly at the Fabric item level using Microsoft Purview Information Protection policies after the assets are discovered. Since Fabric scanning currently prioritizes metadata and lineage, classification often becomes a governance workflow step rather than an automatic scan outcome.
So for now, if classification based on SITs is required, it typically needs to happen upstream or through labeling policies, rather than being generated automatically during the Fabric metadata extraction process in Purview.
I hope this information helps. Please do let us know if you have any further queries.
Thank you
Hi fabricpribeiro ,
Thanks for reaching out to the Microsoft Fabric Community forum.
Microsoft Purview’s Data Map works by scanning registered data sources, such as Microsoft Fabric, to automatically extract and store their metadata (for example tables, columns, schemas, and relationships) in a centralized metadata repository. The Data Map itself focuses mainly on metadata discovery and relationship mapping, This map is kept up to date by its integrated scanning and classification system, and all Microsoft Purview accounts have a data map that starts with a unit of capacity and can grow elastically.
Please refer to these articles to learn how the data scan and classification works:
Data classification in Microsoft Purview Data Map | Microsoft Learn
Automatically Apply Classifications on Data Map Assets | Microsoft Learn
Scans and ingestion in Microsoft Purview Data Map | Microsoft Learn
System classifications supported in Microsoft Purview Data Map | Microsoft Learn
I hope this information helps. Please do let us know if you have any further queries.
Thank you