topic Re: BACPAC import fails in Fabric SQL DB when Full‑Text objects exist – is it expected? in SQL database

BACPAC import fails in Fabric SQL DB when Full‑Text objects exist – is it expected?

Aparnaa_MS — Fri, 20 Feb 2026 05:27:18 GMT

Hi, when I'm trying to importing a .bacpac file into SQL DB it succeeds when there are no Full‑Text objects present, but fails when the source contains Full‑Text indexes/, mostly since Fabric SQL DB doesn’t support Full‑Text indexing.

If I remove the Full‑Text objects before export, the import succeeds.

Is this an expected behavior?

Re: BACPAC import fails in Fabric SQL DB when Full‑Text objects exist – is it expected?

v-achippa — Fri, 20 Feb 2026 11:17:50 GMT

Hi Aparnaa_MS,

Thank you for reaching out to Microsoft Fabric Community.

Yes, this is expected behaviour. Fabric sql database does not currently support Full-Text indexing. When a BACPAC contains Full-Text objects, the import fails because unsupported schema elements cannot be created.

The recommended approach is to remove Full-Text indexes prior to exporting the BACPAC. After removing them, then the import into fabric sql db should succeed.

Please refer below document:

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/fabric/database/sql/limitations

Thanks and regards,

Anjan Kumar Chippa

Re: BACPAC import fails in Fabric SQL DB when Full‑Text objects exist – is it expected?

v-achippa — Mon, 23 Feb 2026 11:41:25 GMT

Hi Aparnaa_MS,

As we haven’t heard back from you, we wanted to kindly follow up to check if the solution I have provided for the issue worked? or let us know if you need any further assistance.

Thanks and regards,

Anjan Kumar Chippa

Re: BACPAC import fails in Fabric SQL DB when Full‑Text objects exist – is it expected?

v-achippa — Thu, 26 Feb 2026 13:21:16 GMT

Hi @Aparnaa_MS,

We wanted to kindly follow up to check if the solution I have provided for the issue worked? or let us know if you need any further assistance.

Thanks and regards,

Anjan Kumar Chippa

Re: BACPAC import fails in Fabric SQL DB when Full‑Text objects exist – is it expected?

Aparnaa_MS — Thu, 05 Mar 2026 05:12:22 GMT

Hi,
yes thank you for the response, it cleared up some topics

Re: BACPAC import fails in Fabric SQL DB when Full‑Text objects exist – is it expected?

v-achippa — Thu, 05 Mar 2026 10:58:32 GMT

Hi Aparnaa_MS,

Thank you for the update. Thank you for reaching out to Microsoft Fabric Community.

Thanks and regards,

Anjan Kumar Chippa