Microsoft Fabric Updates Blog

Expanded Data Agent Support for Large Data Sources

We are continuously enhancing data agents in Fabric to deliver more powerful and flexible data experiences. In February of this year, we introduced a host of new improvements coming to the AI Skill—including support for additional Data Sources such as Eventhouse KQL and Semantic Models. Initially, integration to data sources was limited to sources with fewer than 1,000 tables or under 100 columns plus measures, which restricted many users from fully leveraging LLMs for data analysis and reasoning.

We are excited to announce that these schema size restrictions have now been lifted. You can now seamlessly integrate large-scale data sources–including Kusto, Semantic Models, Lakehouse, and Warehouse datasets–with over 1,000 tables and more than 100 columns and measures into Fabric data agent. This update significantly broadens the scope of what users can achieve with Fabric data agent, enabling deeper insights, richer semantic modeling, and more robust AI-powered data experiences.

The example demonstrates how to add a data source with a large schema to data agent:

The table is named patient_medical_records. This table contains a total of 103 columns, which exceeds the limit of what Fabric data agent used to support for data sources.
Despite the larger schema size, we are now able to add the patient_medical_records table to Fabric data agent. When we select the table as an input to the data agent, we receive a warning stating that the accuracy of my results may vary with larger schema sizes. Regardless, we are also able to select this table as an input to the data agent.

While this expansion unlocks exciting new possibilities, we want to be transparent about performance expectations. With larger schema sizes, the reliability of results may vary. We are actively working to enhance reliability across Fabric data agent, and targeted improvements for handling larger schemas are well under way. Stay tuned for more updates and new feature releases!

Next Steps

To learn more about Fabric data agents, please explore our Data Agent Documentation.

For guidance on improving your data agent’s reliability, please refer to the Best Practices for Configuring your Data Agent guide.

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