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  1. Thanks James.

    So dataflows are a data prep tool for data analysts. They use dataflows to populate data into a Common Model in the data lake? Why not just use data already in the data lake? Do its connectors flow data into the Common MOdel automatically or do the analysts have to model that?

    Also, for enterprise modeling/integration, people will use Data Factory and Data Bricks,right?

    • Hi Wayne,

      Yes, dataflows populate data into a Common Model in the data lake via an internal PowerBI data lake. You can share these data lakes or use one that already had data in it. The way to think about this new feature is a analyst can move data into a data lake they create without having to get IT involved. The analyst will match up the columns from the data they are bringing in with the Common Model. When creating an enterprise solution, you will most likely still want to use Azure Data Factory for ETL and Databricks for data prep.

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