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Hi,
I have been struggling to find a way to proficiently use R language in Fabric notebooks.
Since online notebooks don't offer minimum features such as code autocompletion, syntax higlighting and so on, I tried to use synapse runtime in vs code and successfully made it work for python (pyspark) kernel.
However, I really need to use SparkR engine and I can't figure out the best way (or workaround) to proficiently do that.
Alternatively, is there a way to remotely connect to the spark engine in a Fabric workspace?
Are these features (basic functionalities for R users) in a roadmap?
Thank you,
Flavio
I have SparkR installed on local and Fabric notebook is in SparkR:
However still Synapse runtime does not recognize it.
Searching the internet it appears that this feature is not provided. Do you confirm?
I also tried to create a pyspark notebook and use %%SparkR but still no results.
HI @FlavioLeccese,
Have you tried to install the sparkR package on the local and setting the primary language to sparkR?
Use SparkR - Microsoft Fabric | Microsoft Learn
In addition, you can also try to use the open notebook in vscode web version if helps:
Create and manage Fabric notebooks from VS Code for the Web - Microsoft Fabric | Microsoft Learn
Regards,
Xiaoxin Sheng