Direct Lake's way of refreshing: it reads the Delta log and repoints the model to the newest Parquet files, a metadata-only step, so queries reflect data as at the most recent successful run. A default-on option, Keep your Direct Lake data up to date, repeats it automatically as tables change.
Read more: Microsoft Learn
In the Ultra Transcenders books
Each book explains Framing in context, with comparison tables and the common traps.
Terms in this definition
- Direct Lake
Mode for Fabric semantic models that loads Delta or Parquet files from OneLake straight into VertiPaq, giving almost import-level performance without duplicating data.
- Parquet
Columnar file format, open source and aimed at analytics. Event Hubs Capture cannot produce it natively.