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olegkazanskyi's avatar
olegkazanskyi
Helper II
4 years ago

Linked dataflow table doesn't create a linked entity

I linked a table from one dataflow into another. The documentation says, and what I experienced before, that a "linked entity" should be created. But for some reason, it doesn't.   - Both dataflo...
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Adam_Summers_ms's avatar
Adam_Summers_ms
Microsoft Employee
4 years ago

Hi Oleg,

 

Just to confirm - when you look at the lineage view in the workspace for the two dataflows, what does it look like? Do they have a connected arrow?

 

Cheers,

Adam

 

  • RobertSlattery's avatar
    RobertSlattery
    Responsive Resident
    4 years ago

    When selecting the dataflow connector in the dataflow DE, the default is Power Platform Dataflows.  This connector is great for datasets because, it allows for query folding to dataflows (if enhanced compute engine is on).  However, this connector does not support linked entities between dataflows!  In the dataflow DE, the entity does have the link symbol but, there is no link in the lineage view and there is no orchestration between the linked entities.  IT IS BROKEN AND IT FAILS SILENTLY, WITHOUT ANY ERROR MESSAGE OR ANY OTHER  INDICATION.  You are an MS employee, you should know this.

     

    The only way to get true linked entities is to use the Power BI Dataflows connector.

     

    WHY??