Unable to save Gen 2 Dataflows as CICD:

I would suggest the following. This may be affected by a recent changes in tenant settings.

1. Tenant admin setting: Fabric artifacts can be turned off globally in the Power BI admin portal. If the admin has disabled Fabric, you cannot create or duplicate Fabric-native items (like Lakehouses, Dataflows Gen2, Warehouses).

2. Workspace type: Some legacy workspaces (or Pro-only workspaces) do not support Fabric artifacts. Those workspaces will show “Unsupported” for Fabric items.

3. Licensing: If you don’t have the required Fabric/Power BI Premium capacity enabled, artifact creation features are disabled.

What you can do?

• Check with your admin
  Ask your Power BI / Microsoft 365 admin whether Fabric artifacts are disabled at the tenant level. They can enable them in the Power BI Admin portal under Tenant settings → Microsoft Fabric.

• Verify the workspace
  Go to the workspace settings. If it shows “Fabric artifacts disabled,” you’ll need to either:

  • Enable Fabric artifacts on that workspace (admin action), or

  • Move your work to another workspace that supports Fabric.

• Licensing check
  Ensure your workspace is assigned to a Premium capacity (Fabric-enabled). Shared or Pro-only workspaces will restrict Fabric artifacts.

Workarounds

• If you only need a JSON export of the dataflow, use Export .json from the menu (still available).

• For code promotion (CI/CD) or cloning, you’ll need a Fabric-enabled workspace. Without it, “Save As Dataflow Gen2 (CI/CD)” won’t light up.

Hello 0_0,

This isn’t a bug with Dataflow Gen2 — it’s about Fabric not being enabled in your tenant.

The message “Save as is unavailable because Fabric artifacts are disabled” means that Fabric artifacts (Lakehouse, Warehouse, Dataflow Gen2, Pipelines, CI/CD, etc.) are currently turned off at the tenant level.

How to fix:

1. Ask your Power BI / Fabric admin to enable Fabric:

   • Go to the Power BI Admin portal → Tenant settings

   • Under Microsoft Fabric (Preview), toggle it On for the right users or security groups

   • Docs: Enable Fabric in your tenant

2. Assign your workspace to a Fabric capacity (trial or paid):

   • Go to your Workspace → Settings → Premium / Fabric capacity (License info)

   • Select a Fabric Trial capacity (60-day free trial) or a paid F SKU (F2 or higher)

   • Docs: Assign a workspace to a Fabric capacity

3. After this, the option Save as Dataflow Gen2 (CI/CD) should become available.

Hope it can complete the answer of MJParikh !

Best regards,

Antoine