When initializing a new run, the notebook automatically checks whether the latest version of the Fabric Connector is being used. The result of this check is displayed below the cell immediately after it has been executed.
If you manually run the notebook using the command %pip install https://powerbiconnectordl.blob.core.windows.net/whl/fabricconnector-latest-py3-none-any.whl --quiet the latest version will always be used.
Update Environment
When you use an Environment to make the Fabric Connector available for your notebooks, you must replace the custom library (the .whl file) in the environment with a new connector release. This ensures that scheduled runs and other processes automatically use the new version.
Download the new version first:
- You can download the latest version from https://portal.PowerBIConnector.nl in the Connectors tab. Click the download icon next to ‘Connector for Exact Online (Fabric)’.
- The download is a ZIP file containing, among other things, the file “fabricconnector-<version>-py3-none-any.whl.” Extract this file to a temporary location on your drive (you don’t need the other files now).
Follow these steps to update an Environment:
- Go to the Fabric workspace and open the Environment.
- Navigate to ‘Custom’.
- Delete the old version by clicking Delete.
- Upload the new version by clicking Upload and selecting the new version of the file “fabricconnector-<version>-py3-none-any.whl.”
- Click Save in the top-right corner.
- Then click Publish and follow the steps on the screen.
Publishing an Environment can take about 5 minutes. Wait until the publishing process is fully completed before continuing with running a notebook.