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Hi,
I am curious about the shortcut functionality in Fabric.
My impression is that no data gets copied when using shortcuts (both internal and external), so I'm just asking this question to verify if my impression is right 😀
Thanks! 😀
For mirroring, I understand that data is being synced (copied) into OneLake which means that data is being stored in OneLake.
Solved! Go to Solution.
Hello @fabric_user
Thanks for using the Fabric community.Your impression is correct . Shortcuts are objects in OneLake that point to other storage locations.
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/fabric/onelake/onelake-shortcuts#what-are-shortcuts
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Shortcuts are objects in OneLake that point to other storage locations. The location can be internal or external to OneLake. The location that a shortcut points to is known as the target path of the shortcut. The location where the shortcut appears is known as the shortcut path. Shortcuts appear as folders in OneLake and any experience or service that has access to OneLake can use them. Shortcuts behave like symbolic links. They're an independent object from the target. If you delete a shortcut, the target remains unaffected. If you move, rename, or delete a target path, the shortcut can break
Thanks
HImanshu
Thank you
I see that Dataverse Link may take up to 60 minutes to sync/update changed data: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/power-apps/maker/data-platform/azure-synapse-link-view-in-fabric#m...
I guess Dataverse Link is not the same as shortcut, but another concept
Hello @fabric_user
Thanks for using the Fabric community.Your impression is correct . Shortcuts are objects in OneLake that point to other storage locations.
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/fabric/onelake/onelake-shortcuts#what-are-shortcuts
Adding relavent...
Shortcuts are objects in OneLake that point to other storage locations. The location can be internal or external to OneLake. The location that a shortcut points to is known as the target path of the shortcut. The location where the shortcut appears is known as the shortcut path. Shortcuts appear as folders in OneLake and any experience or service that has access to OneLake can use them. Shortcuts behave like symbolic links. They're an independent object from the target. If you delete a shortcut, the target remains unaffected. If you move, rename, or delete a target path, the shortcut can break
Thanks
HImanshu
Hi @fabric_user ,
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