Unable to create virtual tables in Power Apps from Fabric Lakehouse

[AntoineW]

Hi everyone,

I’m having trouble connecting Power Apps to a Lakehouse in Microsoft Fabric.

Here’s the context:

- I have administrator access to the workspace, which is assigned to a Fabric F2 capacity.

- I’ve confirmed that the Microsoft Fabric features are enabled in Power Apps.

When I try to add a new connection in Power Apps, Fabric does not appear as an available connector, so I can’t link my Lakehouse tables.

My goal is to simply retrieve tables from my Lakehouse into Power Apps in read-only mode (virtual tables).

However, I’m unable to create them. Are there any other settings or configurations I should check (either in Fabric, Power Apps, or environment settings) to make the Lakehouse tables available in Power Apps?

Thank you !

[AntoineW · Accepted solution]

Thanks @suparnababu8 and @Shahid12523 for your reply.

We have verified all conditions but still not working.

However, we used the "Dataflow Connector" in Power Apps to retrieve data using a Dataflow Gen2 in Microsoft Fabric and specified the data source destination as a warehouse and it works (using a lakehouse is not working also).

[v-sgandrathi]

Hi @AntoineW,

Thank you for confirming all the checks and for sharing the workaround you used with Dataflow Gen2 into a Warehouse, this context is very helpful. What you’re experiencing is expected at this stage: the Fabric connector in Power Apps (for creating virtual tables directly from a Lakehouse) is still in preview and hasn’t been made available everywhere yet. That’s why the Lakehouse option isn’t appearing, even though your configuration is correct.

For now, using a Warehouse through Dataflow Gen2, as you’ve done, is the most reliable method, since virtual tables currently work more seamlessly with Warehouses than with Lakehouses during this preview period.

Thank you.

[suparnababu8]

Hi @AntoineW 

Please check the below pointers

• Make sure that you have Maker permission in Power Apps for the envronment where you are trying to create your virtual tables
• Please check sche that your Fabric and Power platform should be in the same region.
• Your Fabric env should be enabled in the specific Power plaftform environment globally. 
• Also you should be working in Dataverse enelbed Power platofrm environment.

Please go thorugh this official doc Build apps and take action with insights from Microsoft Fabric - Power Apps | Microsoft Learn It might helps you.

Please let me knwo if it helps you.

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[Shahid12523]

You can’t see Fabric Lakehouse as a connector in Power Apps because of environment/configuration limits.

Check these key points:

Environment → Must be a Dataverse-enabled environment (not M365-only).

Feature toggle → Ensure Fabric connector (preview) is enabled in Power Platform Admin Center.

Permissions → You need Contributor/Admin access to the Fabric workspace + Lakehouse.

Table schema → Lakehouse table must have a unique primary key and supported datatypes.

Virtual tables are read-only → no write-back from Power Apps.

If still missing, try a Developer environment or ask your admin to enable Fabric connector in that environment.