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Resource links in ontology (preview)

In ontology (preview), resource links let you associate resources with an entity type. Currently, the only type of resource that's supported are Power BI reports.

Important

This feature is in preview.

Linking reports provides essential provenance, context, and discoverability for insights tied to a business concept. By linking reports directly to an entity type, you can:

  • Quickly access relevant analytics without searching across workspaces
  • Maintain consistent context between data, ontology, and reporting

Prerequisites

Before adding resource links, make sure you have the following prerequisites:

  • A Fabric workspace with a Microsoft Fabric-enabled capacity.
  • Ontology item (preview) enabled on your tenant.
  • An ontology (preview) item with entity types defined.
  • A Power BI report containing insights relevant to an entity type, and permission to view the report. (If you don't have view permission for a report, you can still add it as a link, but it will appear as Report unavailable when viewed in the list.)

To add a link to an existing Power BI report on an entity type, follow these steps.

  1. In the Home contextual canvas, select the entity type in the Explorer pane. Select View Entity Type details from the ribbon.

    Screenshot of selecting View Entity Type details from the canvas.

    The entity type details view opens to the Configure tab.

  2. The Resources section displays any linked resources. Select Add to add a new resource link.

    Screenshot of the Resources section and the Add button.

  3. Fabric opens your OneLake catalog of resources. Choose the Power BI report you want to link to the entity type, and select Add.

  4. Verify that the report appears in the Resources section.

    Screenshot of a resource inside the Resources section.

You can view resources linked to an entity type from the following locations.

Configure tab

The list of resources linked to an entity type is visible in the Configure tab of the entity type details, in the Resources section.

Screenshot of a resource inside the Resources section of the Configure tab.

Overview tab

Linked resources can be displayed in a tile on the Overview tab of the entity type details. An entity type can only have one Resource links tile at a time.

Screenshot of the Resource links tile on the Overview tab.

You can open the resources directly from the tile by selecting their names. Reports open inside Fabric in a new tab.

If there's no Resource links tile present in the entity type overview, you can add it manually.

  1. In the entity type overview, select Add tile > Resource links.

    Screenshot of adding a Resource links tile.

  2. Preview the links that will be visible on the tile and select Create.

    Screenshot of confirming the Resource links tile.

You might also see these messages on the tile creation step:

  • If a tile already exists, you see this message: A Resource links tile already exists on this overview.

    Screenshot of the message when a Resource links tile already exists.

  • If there are no linked resources on the entity type, you see this message: No links to display, with a link to the entity type configuration.

    Screenshot of the empty link tile configuration.

    If you add the tile anyway, the tile stays empty in the overview.

    Screenshot of the empty link tile in the entity type overview.

Note

Deleting a resource link in ontology does not delete the report from the Power BI workspace.

To remove a linked resource from an entity type:

  1. Start in the Configure tab of the entity type details.

  2. In the Resources section, select the trash icon next to the link you want to delete.

    Screenshot of the trash icon next to a linked resource.

  3. Select Delete when prompted to confirm the deletion.

To remove linked resources from the Overview tab, remove the entire Resource links tile. (You can't keep the tile while deleting individual links from it.)

  1. Expand the ... options on the Resource links tile and select Delete.

    Screenshot of deleting the Resource links tile from the entity type overview.

  2. Select Delete to confirm the deletion when prompted.

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