Open Dataflow Gen2 without take over

[fbcideas_migusr]

Please make it possible to open a dataflow gen2 without taking it over.

I wish we could open a dataflow gen2 even if it is "owned" by someone else in the workspace.

I think that the user who opens the dataflow gen2 should need to apply their own - or shared - data source connections in order to see any data in the query steps.

Otherwise, they would be able to use the owner's connections to interact with the data sources, and I don't think that's a good idea. Because the owner might not want other workspace members to use his/her connections. So I think that the user who opens the dataflow gen2 should need to apply their own - or shared - data source connections in order to see any data in the query steps.

I think it should be possible to open the item and start editing it, and not having to formally "take over" until you are ready to publish the changes.

Or some times you just want to open it for inspection without making any changes.

And if you do start to edit the dataflow, but then realize you aren't able to authenticate to all the data sources, then it should be possible to cancel so that the dataflow remains unchanged and the previous connections keep working.

Would be nice to have: before a user saves (publishes) changes to the dataflow, there could be a validation step to check that the user has authenticated properly to all of the item's data sources and data destinations, so that they won't cause the dataflow to stop working. If the validation fails, the dataflow should keep running with the previous connections and the changes should be undone.

[Joshua_Rodgers]

This is such basic and necessary functionality that has been requested since gen 1 dataflows. Please add it 🙂

[fbcideas_migusr]

Please add this feature. It's such a PITA when it comes into data management -- we have many data scientists and data engineers who develop data procedures via dataflows, yet even Admin cannot view their works? Why.

[fbcideas_migusr]

Please add this feature. It's such a PITA when it comes into data management -- we have many data scientists and data engineers who develop data procedures via dataflows, yet even Admin cannot view their works? Why.

[eric_isaac]

The inability for team-members to view flows without wrangling a service account or manually importing the .json flows slows down development and limits knowledge transfer (both decreasing the chance that the organization will actually make the most effective use of Fabric that it could).

Pulled from my posting here:

https://community.fabric.microsoft.com/t5/Data-Engineering/Collaboration-in-Dataflows/m-p/4193592#M4344