Hello, my name is Elizabeth Oldag
and I am a Senior Product Manager on the OneLake team.
Today I'll be showing you
the seamless integration of OneLake
with Windows File Explorer
through the OneLake File Explorer client application.
Whether you're a seasoned pro
or just starting out, OneLake File
Explorer is a simple and easy way to add or manage files.
To demonstrate next, I'm going to run some tests
in Fabric notebooks
using data I had stored locally on my machine.
To start, I download and run the app installer.
As soon as the installation is complete,
the OneLake
File Explorer app will launch within Windows File Explorer,
giving you access to all your OneLake data
within Windows File Explorer.
You can now browse through your workspaces
and within your workspace
you can browse through your items.
In an item, you will see
folders and files that contain your OneLake data.
Now I'm looking at the lakehouse
I want to use to copy my locally stored data to.
To get started,
I will create a new folder using Windows File Explorer.
When I create this folder,
it is immediately created on OneLake.
So if I'm looking at that same lakehouse
on the Fabric browser
and I refresh
my view, I'll be able to see that newly created folder
right away.
So now I'm going to pull my locally stored
sample data into my new folder.
So I go to where my sample data is stored.
I copy it
and I move back to my lakehouse.
And in that newly created folder, I paste it in.
That file,
that new file is immediately uploaded to OneLake.
So if I go back to the browser and refresh my view, you see
that file is now available.
So now
I have the data uploaded,
I can use a Fabric notebook to read the data,
do some simple filtering,
and then write it back out as a delta table.
So now the table has been created.
And if I go back to File Explorer,
I see in my tables folder,
I can right click select Sync from OneLake.
And this pulls the latest updates
from the service to Windows File Explorer.
So now I see the newly created table.
Next, I want to demonstrate how OneLake File Explorer
also supports updating files.
For example, here I have a config file
which I also have visible through the Fabric browser.
And both have the same content.
Now I want to make an update,
so I open this file in my favorite text editing app
in File Explorer.
Then I make an update.
For example, I change A to B.
I save the file
and this immediately sends the update to OneLake service.
And now if I go back to the browser, I can refresh my view
and I will see that change is now visible here
and it's immediately had been updated on the service.
As you can see,
OneLake File Explorer
enables you to easily upload data, create new folders,
and make edits.
Thank you for watching
and I hope you start exploring the possibilities
with OneLake File Explorer.