Operations agent actions

Operations agents in Microsoft Fabric Real-Time Intelligence respond to the conditions they monitor by taking actions. By default, an operations agent can send a message in Microsoft Teams to the user who created the agent whenever it detects a condition that matches its business goals. You don't need to configure anything extra to receive these messages.

You can also extend the agent with further actions, such as running a Fabric notebook or triggering a Power Automate flow, so the agent can do more than send a notification.

Receive messages from an operations agent

To enable the agent to contact you proactively when it identifies data that matches the defined rules, install the Fabric Operations Agent Teams app. If the app isn't installed automatically, you can find it by searching for Fabric Operations Agent in the Teams app store.

After you install the app, the agent can send messages in Teams when it identifies data that matches the specified conditions. These messages include a summary of the insights and recommended actions. You can update the recipients of these messages in the agent's configuration settings. Recipients must belong to your organization and have write permissions for the agent item in Fabric. You can find these details in the operations agent item settings under Agent behavior.

Select Edit and choose from sending a direct message to an individual user, or posting in a Teams channel.

Important

The agent operates by using the delegated identity and permissions of its creator. When a recipient approves a recommendation, the agent executes the action on behalf of the creator, using the creator's permissions.

When the agent makes a recommendation, you receive a message containing context about the data that triggered the condition it was monitoring. You also receive a suggestion from the agent about the best action to take in response.

Understand anomaly alerts with Investigator insights (preview)

When the operations agent detects an anomaly, it automatically runs Investigator insights to provide more context about what happened. Investigator insight analyzes telemetry data and detects correlated or explanatory patterns around the time of the anomaly, helping you understand the potential causes without manually investigating the data.

Important

This feature is in preview.

View Investigator insights in Teams

To view Investigator insights, open the agent's message in Teams and select Investigate further.

The agent generates a detailed analysis of the anomaly and a summary of the root cause. To view the full analysis, select View full investigation.

The full investigation includes the following sections:

1. Investigation scope:

   • Displays the name of the table that was analyzed.

   

2. Key observations:

   • Lists actual findings:
     • Actual values
     • Deviations from baseline
     • Trends and outliers

   

3. Pattern analysis:

   • Highlights changes around the anomaly, including:
     • Dimensions with significant changes
     • Signals that shifted
   • Indicates when no meaningful patterns were found

   

No available Investigator insights

If the agent doesn't find any meaningful patterns, it displays a message explaining what it analyzed and confirming that it found no statistically significant patterns. This outcome is normal when there's no identifiable root cause. It means the investigation ran completely and the data didn't surface any correlated signals.

The agent might also suppress Investigator insights results if:

• The analysis contradicts the alert logic.
• The analysis produces irrelevant information.
• The results exceed Teams message limits.

Configure agent actions

The operations agent can perform various actions when it detects a condition. Select the appropriate tab to configure your preferred action type.

Teams message

You can configure the operations agent to send a direct message to an individual user or post in a Teams channel when it detects a condition. In the operations agent settings, under Agent behavior, select Edit and choose the recipient of the messages.

Fabric item action

In addition to Teams messages, you can provide actions that the agent can take when it detects a condition. Each action has a name, a description that clarifies its purpose, and an optional list of parameters (such as a specific value) that the agent passes when it invokes the action. Select Add action in the Agent setup to define an action.

Fabric item actions allow you to run notebooks, pipelines, user-defined functions, and other Fabric items.

Configure a Fabric item action

1. Select Fabric item, browse to the item, and select the appropriate function. Enter the Action name and Action description. The agent uses this information to decide which action is appropriate when conditions are met.

   

2. The agent setup pane shows the completed action. Select Edit to reconfigure the action.

   

Power Automate action

Choose Power Automate to create a new flow in Power Automate and link this agent to it.

Configure a Power Automate action

1. Select Power Automate action, and enter the Action name and Action description. The agent uses this information to decide which action is appropriate when conditions are met.

   

2. Select the workspace and Activator item to save the Power Automate connection. The agent uses this item only for saving the connection details. Then, select Copy to copy the connection string, and select Open flow builder to create a flow that gets triggered by the action.

   

3. In the Flow builder, paste the connection string in the Connection string field and select Save.

   

4. To use the values passed through the parameters to the flow, access them through dynamic content as described in Trigger custom actions (Power Automate flows).

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