Microsoft Fabric - Paradime

Microsoft Fabric is a unified analytics platform that combines data warehousing and analytics services. As a scheduler environment in Paradime, Microsoft Fabric enables deploying dbt™ in production with Bolt.

IP RESTRICTIONSMake sure to allow traffic from one of the Paradime IPs in your firewall depending on the data location selected.👉 See also: Paradime IP addresses.

Authentication Methods

Microsoft Fabric uses Microsoft Entra ID (formerly Azure AD) as its primary authentication system. Set authentication to one of these values:

ActiveDirectoryPassword - Microsoft Entra ID username and Password
ServicePrincipal - Service Principal Authentication

Setup Instructions

Click Settings in the top menu bar of the Paradime interface to access Account Settings
In the left sidebar, click “Connections”
Click “Add New” next to the Bolt Schedules section
Select “Microsoft Fabric”
In the Profile Configuration field, add the following parameters based on your authentication method. Reference the Profile Fields Reference section below for additional context and configurations:

Microsoft Entra ID username and Password
Service Principal

Microsoft Entra ID username and Password

driver: 'ODBC Driver 18 for SQL Server'    # ODBC driver name
server: fabric.analytics.com             # Server hostname
port: 1433                              # Default port
database: analytics_db                   # Database name
schema: reporting                        # Schema name
authentication: ActiveDirectoryPassword  # Password authentication
user: user@company.com                   # User email
password: your_password                  # User password

Service PrincipalConfiguration Parameters

driver: 'ODBC Driver 18 for SQL Server'    # ODBC Driver for SQL Server
server: fabric.analytics.com               # Server hostname or IP address
port: 1433                                 # Server port number
database: analytics_db                     # Database name
schema: reporting                          # Schema name
authentication: ServicePrincipal           # Authentication method
tenant_id: your_tenant_id                  # Microsoft Entra tenant ID
client_id: your_client_id                  # Application (client) ID
client_secret: your_client_secret          # Client secret value

After adding the configuration, ensure it’s properly formatted using a YAML formatter like YAML Formatter.

Provide a dbt™ Profile Name (This should match with the profile name set in your dbt_project.yml).
In the Target field, enter “prod”. This is the default target your dbt™ project will use for your Bolt Schedules.
The “Schema” field is pre-configured, but you can change it to specify the schema where dbt will build objects.
The “Threads” value is pre-configured to 1, but you can adjust this number to specify how many parallel operations your dbt project can run.

Example Profile Configuration

Profile configuration example is for 'Microsoft Entra ID username and Password'

Schema Authorization

When creating schemas in Microsoft Fabric, you can control who owns them. Here’s what you need to know:

Schema ownership is defined using the AUTHORIZATION Argument. The syntax follows this pattern:

CREATE SCHEMA [schema_name] AUTHORIZATION [schema_authorization]

Useful for managing permissions in Microsoft Entra ID environments
Recommended when working with group-based permissions

Profile Fields Reference

Field	Description	Example	Default	Required
driver	OBDC driver	`ODBC Driver 18 for SQL Server`	`ODBC Driver 18 for SQL Server`	✅
host	SQL analytics endpoint	`localhost`	None	❌
port	Server port number	`1433`	`1433`	✅
database	Database name	`analytics_db`	None	✅
schema	Schema name.This is configured in the UI “Schema” field	`dbo`	`dbo`	✅
authentication	Authentication method	`sql`	`sql`	✅
retries	Number of connections retry attempts	`1`	`1`	❌
encrypt	Enable connection encryption	`true`	`true`	❌
trust_cert	Trust server certificate	`false`	`false`	❌
login_timeout	Connection timeout in seconds	`0`	`0`	❌
query_timeout	Query timeout in seconds	`0`	`0`	❌
schema_authorization	Schema owner principal	db_owner	None	❌
UID	Username for authentication (when required)	fabric_user	None	❌
PWD	Password for authentication (when required)	your_password	None	❌
tenant_id	Microsoft Entra ID tenant ID (for service principal)	your_tenant_id	None	❌
client_id	Microsoft Entra service principal client ID	your_client_id	None	❌
client_secret	Microsoft Entra service principal client secret	your_client_secret	None	❌

​Authentication Methods

​Setup Instructions

​Example Profile Configuration

​Schema Authorization

​Profile Fields Reference

Authentication Methods

Setup Instructions

Example Profile Configuration

Schema Authorization

Profile Fields Reference