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Add a real-time weather source in Real-Time hub

This article describes how to add a real-time weather event source in Fabric Real-Time hub.

The real-time weather connector allows you to ingest live weather data from a selected location into Eventstream. It provides real-time weather conditions such as precipitation, temperature, and wind for a specified set of coordinates. This data is updated every minute to ensure timely insights.

Weather data is powered by the Azure Maps Weather service. The cost of using Azure Maps is included in the connector's capacity consumption, so there's no need to set up a separate Azure Maps account or service within your Azure subscription. To learn more about Azure Maps, refer to What is Azure Maps?.

Prerequisites

  • A workspace with Fabric capacity or Fabric Trial workspace type.
  • Access to the workspace with Contributor or higher workspace roles.
  • If you don't have an eventstream, follow the guide to create an eventstream.

In addition, the following tenant switches must be enabled from the Admin portal:

Screenshot that shows weather tenant setting.

Data sources page

  1. Sign in to Microsoft Fabric.

  2. If you see Power BI at the bottom-left of the page, switch to the Fabric workload by selecting Power BI and then by selecting Fabric.

    Screenshot that shows how to switch to the Fabric workload.

  3. Select Real-Time on the left navigation bar.

    Screenshot that shows how to launch Connect to data source experience.

  4. The Streaming data page opens by default. Click on the Add data button to get to the Add data page.

    Screenshot that shows the Add data page in the Real-Time hub.

    You can also get to the Add data page directly by selecting the Add data option in the left navigation bar.

    Screenshot that shows the Connect data source button.

Select Real-time weather as data source type

On the Data sources page, search for Real-time weather, and select Connect on the Real-time weather tile.

Screenshot that shows the Data sources page with Connect on the Real-time weather tile.

Add a Real-time weather source

  1. Select a location on the map or search for a location to retrieve real-time weather data.

    Screenshot that shows selecting location in the Connection setting page.

  2. (Optional) Enter a Location name to identify this location’s weather data in your stream. This name appears in the data payload.

    Screenshot that shows entering an optional location name.

Stream or source details

  1. On the Connect page, follow one of these steps based on whether you're using Eventstream or Real-Time hub.

    • Eventstream:

      In the Source details pane to the right, follow these steps:

      1. For Source name, select the Pencil button to change the name.

      2. Notice that Eventstream name and Stream name are read-only.

    • Real-Time hub:

      In the Stream details section to the right, follow these steps:

      1. Select the Fabric workspace where you want to create the eventstream.

      2. For Eventstream name, select the Pencil button, and enter a name for the eventstream.

      3. The Stream name value is automatically generated for you by appending -stream to the name of the eventstream. This stream appears on the real-time hub's All data streams page when the wizard finishes.

  2. Select Next at the bottom of the Configure page.

Review and connect

On the Review + connect screen, review the summary, and select Add (Eventstream) or Connect (Real-Time hub).

Important

By using this connector, you acknowledge and agree that:

  • Your use of this connector is subject to the applicable Azure Maps Product Terms and may only be used within Microsoft Fabric only.
  • Weather data may not be downloaded, exported, or streamed outside of Fabric.

For more information, see Azure Maps Product Terms

View data stream details

  1. On the Review + connect page, if you select Open eventstream, the wizard opens the eventstream that it created for you with the selected weather source. To close the wizard, select Close at the bottom of the page.
  2. You should see the stream in the Recent streaming data section of the Real-Time hub home page. For detailed steps, see View details of data streams in Fabric Real-Time hub.

Weather data fields

The Weather connector retrieves a structured set of fields for each weather update. Here's a description of the key fields:

Name Type Description
dateTime string (date-time) Date and time of the current observation displayed in ISO 8601 format, for example, 2019-10-27T19:39:57-08:00.
description string Phrase description of the current weather condition. Displayed in specified language.
iconCode IconCode (int32) Numeric value representing an image that displays the iconPhrase.
hasPrecipitation boolean Indicates the presence or absence of precipitation. True indicates the presence of precipitation; false indicates the absence of precipitation.
temperature WeatherUnit Temperature being returned.
realFeelTemperature WeatherUnit RealFeel™ Temperature being returned.
realFeelTemperatureShade WeatherUnit RealFeel™ Temperature being returned. Describes what the temperature really feels like in the shade.
relativeHumidity integer (int32) Relative humidity is the amount of water vapor present in air expressed as a percentage of the amount needed for saturation at the same temperature.
dewPoint WeatherUnit The dewpoint temperature in specified unit. The dewpoint temperature is the temperature that the air must be cooled to in order to reach saturation.
wind WindDetails Wind details being returned including speed and direction.
windGust WindDetails Wind gust. Wind gust is a sudden, brief increase in speed of the wind.
uvIndex integer (int32) Measure of the strength of the ultraviolet radiation from the sun.
uvIndexDescription WeatherUnit Description of the strength of the ultraviolet radiation from the sun.
visibility WeatherUnit Visibility in specified unit. A measure of the distance at which an object or light can be clearly discerned.
obstructionsToVisibility string Cause of limited visibility.
cloudCover integer (int32) Percent representing cloud cover.
cloudCeiling WeatherUnit Cloud ceiling in specified unit. The ceiling is a measurement of the height of the base of the lowest clouds.
pressure WeatherUnit Atmospheric pressure in specified unit.
pressureTendency PressureTendency Atmospheric pressure change.
pastTwentyFourHourTemperatureDeparture WeatherUnit Departure from the temperature observed 24 hours ago in specified unit.
apparentTemperature WeatherUnit Perceived outdoor temperature caused by the combination of air temperature, relative humidity, and wind speed in specified unit.
windChillTemperature WeatherUnit Perceived air temperature on exposed skin due to wind.
wetBulbTemperature WeatherUnit Measures the temperature air can reach when water evaporates into it at constant pressure until it reaches saturation.
precipitationSummary PrecipitationSummary Summary of precipitation amounts over the past 24 hours.
temperatureSummary TemperatureSummary Summary of temperature fluctuations over the past 6, 12, and 24 hours.
daytime boolean Indicates the time of the day. True indicates 'day,' false indicates 'night.'

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