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Prerequisites

Before you connect, you must first connect a data source to your Connect AI account. See Sources for more information.

Connect to Connect AI

To establish a connection from Microsoft Fabric to Connect AI, follow these steps.
1
Log in to Microsoft Fabric.
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In Microsoft Fabric, select a workspace in which to create the flow, or create a new workspace.
3
Click New item and then click Dataflow Gen2.
Fabric Client New Item
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Once inside the data flow, click Get Data. Enter Connect AI in the search bar and select the Connect AI plugin.
Fabric Client Choose Data
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In the Get data dialog, enter the following credentials:
  • Connection—select Create new connection.
  • Connection name—create a user-defined connection name.
  • Data gateway—select (none).
  • Authentication kind—select CData Connect account.
Fabric Client Sign In
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Click Sign in. You are redirected to our authentication page via OAuth, establishing a connection to Connect AI.
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Click Next. All your connections, derived views, and workspaces are now visible.
Fabric Client Connections
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Select a table in your connection/schema hierarchy to load the desired table.
Fabric Client Load Table
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Click Create to launch the Power Query page.
Fabric Client Power Query
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To replicate your data to a destination, click + next to Data destination. A Connect to data destination dialog appears. In this example, we used SQL Server as a destination. Enter the destination settings and click Next.
Fabric Client Data Destination
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Select a destination target. You can overwrite an existing table or create a new destination table. Click Next.
Fabric Client Destination Target
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Map the data types for your destinations. Click Save settings.
Fabric Client Destination Settings
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When you run/refresh the data flow, your table is copied to the selected destination. You can also modify the content in the Power Query editor.
Fabric Client Query Editor
Last modified on February 10, 2026