Fabrics Data Activator to trigger a pipeline

[fasih_Khan_143]

I have created a Data Activator in the Gold workspace to trigger the Gold pipeline upon the successful completion of the Silver workspace pipeline. The event type is set to Job Event, and the Gold pipeline is triggered correctly once the Silver pipeline completes.

The challenge I am facing is that I need to pass parameters and their values from the Silver pipeline (in the Silver workspace) to the Gold pipeline (in the Gold workspace) as part of this triggering process. However, I am not sure how to achieve this with Data Activator, since I am not using REST APIs.

Could you please confirm if it is possible to pass parameters between different workspaces in this scenario?and what could be the alternative if this is not possible. 
also is it possible to pass parameters between two pipeline (from parent to child) with in the same workspace , using activator?

[tayloramy · Accepted solution]

Hi @fasih_Khan_143 ,

Yes, Activator can pass parameters to a Fabric Pipeline/Notebook (it’s now supported). In the Activator Action > Fabric item panel, add your pipeline parameters and bind them to fields from the incoming event (or type fixed values). See “Pass parameter values to Fabric items (Preview)”. Microsoft Learn

Caveat: a Job Event for “Silver finished” does not include your custom Silver parameter values by default. So if you trigger Gold from that job event, there’s nothing for Activator to “pick up” unless you put those values somewhere the event (or the Gold pipeline) can see.

Two reliable ways to carry parameters from Silver > Gold:

1. Skip Activator and call Gold directly from Silver using Invoke pipeline and pass parameters explicitly (this now supports cross-workspace calls). Microsoft Learn
2. Keep Activator but have Silver emit a custom event with your parameters (e.g., to an Eventstream custom endpoint). Then write an Activator rule on that event and map the event fields > Gold parameters. Microsoft Learn, Microsoft Learn

That covers cross-workspace and same-workspace scenarios.

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[v-pnaroju-msft]

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[v-pnaroju-msft · Accepted solution]

Thankyou, @tayloramy for your response.

Hi fasih_Khan_143,

We appreciate your inquiry through the Microsoft Fabric Community Forum.

We would like to inquire whether have you got the chance to check the solution provided by @tayloramy to resolve the issue. We hope the information provided helps to clear the query. Should you have any further queries, kindly feel free to contact the Microsoft Fabric community.

Thank you.

[tayloramy · Accepted solution]

Hi @fasih_Khan_143 ,

Yes, Activator can pass parameters to a Fabric Pipeline/Notebook (it’s now supported). In the Activator Action > Fabric item panel, add your pipeline parameters and bind them to fields from the incoming event (or type fixed values). See “Pass parameter values to Fabric items (Preview)”. Microsoft Learn

Caveat: a Job Event for “Silver finished” does not include your custom Silver parameter values by default. So if you trigger Gold from that job event, there’s nothing for Activator to “pick up” unless you put those values somewhere the event (or the Gold pipeline) can see.

Two reliable ways to carry parameters from Silver > Gold:

1. Skip Activator and call Gold directly from Silver using Invoke pipeline and pass parameters explicitly (this now supports cross-workspace calls). Microsoft Learn
2. Keep Activator but have Silver emit a custom event with your parameters (e.g., to an Eventstream custom endpoint). Then write an Activator rule on that event and map the event fields > Gold parameters. Microsoft Learn, Microsoft Learn

That covers cross-workspace and same-workspace scenarios.

If you found this helpful, consider giving some Kudos. If I answered your question or solved your problem, mark this post as the solution.

[fasih_Khan_143]

@jameshutton @WillT , can you please also have a look into this. Thanks