Designing and Building an Ontology in Microsoft Fabric (uncut)

Microsoft Fabric's new Ontology feature (preview) lets you model your business domain — entities, properties, and relationships — and bind them to your live data in OneLake. In this video, I break down what an ontology is, how to design one for data analysis, and walk through building one inside Fabric. What you'll learn: • What an ontology is (Data + Logic + Action) • How to design entity types and relationships • Best practices for naming relationships (active verbs, clear direction) • Step-by-step implementation in Microsoft Fabric Resources: • GitHub repo (source data + code): https://github.com/robkerr/trucking-ontology • Fabric Graphs Explained: https://youtu.be/E6q-Oi94M1Y • Microsoft Fabric Ontology docs: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/fabric/iq/ontology/overview • Fabric IQ Blog Post: https://blog.fabric.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/introducing-fabric-iq-the-semantic-foundation-for-enterprise-ai 0:00 Introduction 0:49 Ontology Intro 2:03 Fabric Ontology 3:08 Ontology Design Basics 4:40 Tutorial Intro 5:01 Github Repo 5:27 E-R Diagram 7:21 Import Data 12:59 Create Ontology Item 13:55 Demo Design 16:21 Create Entities 24:57 Create Relationships 33:13 Process Ontology 36:35 Review Ontology Data 39:53 Summary