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Oct 1, 2026

Prep data for AI vs. Fabric Data Agent Instructions: What Goes Where?

You have connected a Power BI semantic model to a Fabric Data Agent, and now you want to explain that People means Customers and Revenue means Net Sales Amount. Several configuration names sound relevant: AI instructions, Data Agent instructions and data-source instructions, and example queries. Should you repeat the explanation everywhere to be safe? I would not take that approach, because these capabilities have different responsibilities and are not all available for semantic models. The useful distinction is between preparing the semantic model for AI and configuring the agent that decides when to use it.