Library management in Fabric environments
Microsoft Fabric environments provide flexible configurations for running your Spark jobs. Libraries provide reusable code that developers want to include in their work. Except for the built-in libraries that come with each Spark runtime, you can install public and custom libraries in your Fabric environments. And you can easily attach environments to your notebooks and Spark job definitions.
Note
Modifying the version of a specific package could potentially break other packages that depend on it. For instance, downgrading azure-storage-blob might cause problems with Pandas and various other libraries that rely on Pandas, including mssparkutils, fsspec_wrapper, and notebookutils.
You can view the list of preinstalled packages and their versions for each runtime here.
Public libraries
Public libraries are sourced from repositories such as PyPI and Conda, which Fabric currently supports.
Add a new public library
To add a new public library, select a source and specify the name and version of the library. Alternatively, you can upload a Conda environment specification .yml file to specify the public libraries. The content of the uploaded .yml file is extracted and appended to the list.
Note
The auto-completion feature for library names during adding is limited to the most popular libraries. If the library you want to install is not on that list, you don't receive an auto-completion prompt. Instead, search for the library directly in PyPI or Conda by entering its full name. If the library name is valid, you see the available versions. If the library name is not valid, you get a warning that the library doesn't exist.
Add public libraries in a batch
Environments support uploading the YAML file to manage multiple public libraries in a batch. The contents of the YAML are extracted and appended in the public library list.
Note
The custom conda channels in YAML file are currently not supported. Only the libraries from PyPI and conda are recognized.
Filter public libraries
Enter keywords in the search box on the Public Libraries page, to filter the list of public libraries and find the one you need.
Update public libraries
To update the version of an existing public library, navigate to your envronment and open the Public libraries or Custom libraries. Choose the required library, select the version drop-down, and update its version.
Delete public libraries
The trash option for each library appears when you hover over the corresponding row. Alternatively, you can delete multiple public libraries by selecting them and then selecting Delete on the ribbon.
View dependency
Each public library has various dependencies. The view dependency option appears when you hover over the corresponding row.
Export to yaml
Fabric provides the option to export the full public library list to a YAML file and download it to your local directory.
Custom libraries
Custom libraries refer to code built by you or your organization. Fabric supports custom library files in .whl, .jar, and .tar.gz formats.
Note
Fabric only supports .tar.gz files for R language. Use the .whl file format for Python language.
Upload the custom library
You can upload custom libraries from your local directory to the Fabric environment.
Delete the custom library
The trash option for each library appears when you hover the corresponding row. Alternatively, you can delete multiple custom libraries by selecting them and then selecting Delete on the ribbon.
Download all custom libraries
If clicked, custom libraries download one by one to your local default download directory.