Fabric OneLake catalog - Enhanced Exploration

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Change History

1. 2026-04-13
   Release Status Planned -> Shipped
2. 2026-02-02
   Release Date 2026-01-29 -> 2026-02-12
3. 2026-01-13
   Release Date 2026-01-12 -> 2026-01-29 Feature Description The OneLake catalog is a comprehensive solution designed to explore manage and govern your entire Fabric data estate. OneLake catalog empowers all Fabric users to discover and manage trusted data. The catalog provides governance for data owners with valuable insights recommended actions and tooling. It features two main tabs: Explore and Govern. In the Explore tab users can explore and manage all the Fabric items they have access to in one central location with filters for domains item type owner endorsement tags and more. Users can double-click on a Fabric item to take actions or explore its description data lineage permissions and activity. We are excited to introduce several new capabilities and enhancements to the OneLake catalog Explore experience:**Insights Category Support is now GA**: Support for insights categories providing more detailed and categorized insights.**Parent-child relationships made easier** Explore your data with improved organization by viewing parent items alongside their attached children. For example a Lakehouse and its SQL-endpoint will now appear in a hierarchical view where the Lakehouse is the parent and the SQL-endpoint is its child.***Copilot for exploration**: Introducing Copilot for exploration which provides Semantic model summaries to help users better understand and manage their data. **Catalog in Excel in Insiders Slow ring**: Users can now explore the OneLake catalog directly within Excel making it easier to discover and and analyze data. -- Available in Office Insiders Slow. -> The OneLake catalog is a comprehensive solution designed to explore manage and govern your entire Fabric data estate. OneLake catalog empowers all Fabric users to discover and manage trusted data. The catalog provides governance for data owners with valuable insights recommended actions and tooling. It features two main tabs: Explore and Govern. In the Explore tab users can explore and manage all the Fabric items they have access to in one central location with filters for domains item type owner endorsement tags and more. Users can double-click on a Fabric item to take actions or explore its description data lineage permissions and activity. We are excited to introduce several new capabilities and enhancements to the OneLake catalog Explore experience:**Parent-child relationships made easier** Explore your data with improved organization by viewing parent items alongside their attached children. For example a Lakehouse and its SQL-endpoint will now appear in a hierarchical view where the Lakehouse is the parent and the SQL-endpoint is its child.***Copilot for exploration**: Introducing Copilot for exploration which provides Semantic model summaries to help users better understand and manage their data. **Catalog in Excel in Insiders Slow ring**: Users can now explore the OneLake catalog directly within Excel making it easier to discover and and analyze data. -- Available in Office Insiders Slow.
4. 2025-12-03
   Release Date 2025-12-10 -> 2026-01-12 Feature Description The OneLake catalog is a comprehensive solution designed to explore manage and govern your entire Fabric data estate. OneLake catalog empowers all Fabric users to discover and manage trusted data. The catalog provides governance for data owners with valuable insights recommended actions and tooling. It features two main tabs: Explore and Govern. In the Explore tab users can explore and manage all the Fabric items they have access to in one central location with filters for domains item type owner endorsement tags and more. Users can double-click on a Fabric item to take actions or explore its description data lineage permissions and activity. We are excited to introduce several new capabilities and enhancements to the OneLake catalog Explore experience:**Insights Category Support is now GA**: Support for insights categories providing more detailed and categorized insights.**Parent-child relationships made easier** Explore your data with improved organization by viewing parent items alongside their attached children. For example a Lakehouse and its SQL-endpoint will now appear in a hierarchical view where the Lakehouse is the parent and the SQL-endpoint is its child.***Copilot for Curation**: Introducing Copilot for Curation which provides Semantic model summaries to help users better understand and manage their data. **Catalog in Excel in Insiders Slow ring**: Users can now explore the OneLake catalog directly within Excel making it easier to discover and and analyze data. -- Available in Office Insiders Slow. -> The OneLake catalog is a comprehensive solution designed to explore manage and govern your entire Fabric data estate. OneLake catalog empowers all Fabric users to discover and manage trusted data. The catalog provides governance for data owners with valuable insights recommended actions and tooling. It features two main tabs: Explore and Govern. In the Explore tab users can explore and manage all the Fabric items they have access to in one central location with filters for domains item type owner endorsement tags and more. Users can double-click on a Fabric item to take actions or explore its description data lineage permissions and activity. We are excited to introduce several new capabilities and enhancements to the OneLake catalog Explore experience:**Insights Category Support is now GA**: Support for insights categories providing more detailed and categorized insights.**Parent-child relationships made easier** Explore your data with improved organization by viewing parent items alongside their attached children. For example a Lakehouse and its SQL-endpoint will now appear in a hierarchical view where the Lakehouse is the parent and the SQL-endpoint is its child.***Copilot for exploration**: Introducing Copilot for exploration which provides Semantic model summaries to help users better understand and manage their data. **Catalog in Excel in Insiders Slow ring**: Users can now explore the OneLake catalog directly within Excel making it easier to discover and and analyze data. -- Available in Office Insiders Slow.
5. 2025-10-27
   Release Date 2025-10-30 -> 2025-12-10
6. 2025-10-16
   Feature Description The OneLake catalog is a comprehensive solution designed to explore manage and govern your entire Fabric data estate. OneLake catalog empowers all Fabric users to discover and manage trusted data. The catalog provides governance for data owners with valuable insights recommended actions and tooling. It features two main tabs: Explore and Govern. In the Explore tab users can explore and manage all the Fabric items they have access to in one central location with filters for domains item type owner endorsement tags and more. Users can double-click on a Fabric item to take actions or explore its description data lineage permissions and activity. We are excited to introduce several new capabilities and enhancements to the OneLake catalog Explore experience:**Insights Category Support is now GA**: Support for insights categories providing more detailed and categorized insights.**Parent-child relations made easier**: Explore your data and see the parent item next to its attached children for better organization of your data.***Copilot for Curation**: Introducing Copilot for Curation which provides Semantic model summaries to help users better understand and manage their data. **Catalog in Excel in Insiders Slow ring**: Users can now explore the OneLake catalog directly within Excel making it easier to discover and and analyze data. -- Available in Office Insiders Slow. -> The OneLake catalog is a comprehensive solution designed to explore manage and govern your entire Fabric data estate. OneLake catalog empowers all Fabric users to discover and manage trusted data. The catalog provides governance for data owners with valuable insights recommended actions and tooling. It features two main tabs: Explore and Govern. In the Explore tab users can explore and manage all the Fabric items they have access to in one central location with filters for domains item type owner endorsement tags and more. Users can double-click on a Fabric item to take actions or explore its description data lineage permissions and activity. We are excited to introduce several new capabilities and enhancements to the OneLake catalog Explore experience:**Insights Category Support is now GA**: Support for insights categories providing more detailed and categorized insights.**Parent-child relationships made easier** Explore your data with improved organization by viewing parent items alongside their attached children. For example a Lakehouse and its SQL-endpoint will now appear in a hierarchical view where the Lakehouse is the parent and the SQL-endpoint is its child.***Copilot for Curation**: Introducing Copilot for Curation which provides Semantic model summaries to help users better understand and manage their data. **Catalog in Excel in Insiders Slow ring**: Users can now explore the OneLake catalog directly within Excel making it easier to discover and and analyze data. -- Available in Office Insiders Slow. Name Fabric OneLake catalog - Explore -> Fabric OneLake catalog - Enhanced Exploration
7. 2025-10-08
   Release Date 2025-09-25 -> 2025-10-30
8. 2025-08-28
   Roadmap Item Added