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Post ProdigyHow do we use the Metadata feature for Copy activity feature?
Hi arpost ,
Here are my personal thoughts on your three questions:
1. Yes, Lakehouse does support custom metadata. However, the support for custom metadata might depend on the specific implementation and tools you are using.
For example, Lakehouse schemas allow you to group tables and manage metadata more effectively.
Here is the document you can read: Lakehouse schemas (Preview) - Microsoft Fabric | Microsoft Learn
2. All custom metadata for an object is not currently returned in Fabric Data Factory.
3. To access custom metadata, you might need to use a different approach or tool. For instance, using the Lakehouse management API could help you retrieve and manage custom metadata more effectively.
Best Regards
Yilong Zhou
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Post ProdigyAnonymous, thank you for the reply. I am familiar with the Get metadata activity; the issue is the custom metadata I add doesn't get returned by the Get metadata activity.
Here you can see I added multiple metadata fields to a file I was inserting to Lakehouse.
When I use Get metadata activity, none of that custom metadata appears.
I even tried did another Get metadata inside a ForEach to get the metadata for the indiviual files and add the custom metadata fields:
Still not seeing custom metadata.
That leads to some questions:
- Does this mean lakehouse doesn't support this feature in which case why does it show up as an option for use?
- Does data factory not yet return all custom metadata from an object?
- Is there any way to access that custom metadata?
Hi arpost ,
Here are my personal thoughts on your three questions:
1. Yes, Lakehouse does support custom metadata. However, the support for custom metadata might depend on the specific implementation and tools you are using.
For example, Lakehouse schemas allow you to group tables and manage metadata more effectively.
Here is the document you can read: Lakehouse schemas (Preview) - Microsoft Fabric | Microsoft Learn
2. All custom metadata for an object is not currently returned in Fabric Data Factory.
3. To access custom metadata, you might need to use a different approach or tool. For instance, using the Lakehouse management API could help you retrieve and manage custom metadata more effectively.
Best Regards
Yilong Zhou
If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.