Dataflow without Lakehouse

[smpa01]

I have created a dataflow without creating any lakehouse whatsover with the expectation that a stand-alone dataflow can exist in the workspace (as it currently can in Power BI). To my surprise, I am getting the following error

An external error occurred while refreshing the dataflow: DataflowLakehouseWasNotFound (Session ID: loremIpsum)

Is it possible for a dataflow to exist on its own without requiring a lakehouse?

[v-cboorla-msft]

Hi @smpa01 

Thanks for using Fabric Community.

We are reaching out to the internal team to get more information related to your query and will get back to you as soon as we have an update.

[v-cboorla-msft · Accepted solution]

Hi @smpa01 

Apologies for the inconvenience.

Currently it is not possible to create a Dataflow Gen2 without a Lakehouse. The staging Lakehouse and Warehouse should be hidden and therefore not clutter your experience. Those Lakehouse and Warehouses are not mend to be used by end users and should be considered an implementation detail.

Thanks

[v-cboorla-msft]

Hi @smpa01 

Glad that your query got resolved.

Please continue using Fabric Community for any help regarding your queries.

Thanks