In Real-Time Intelligence in Fabric, which tool is used to trigger actions on streaming data, such as sending alerts when conditions are met?

• A. Trigger-based rule engine
• B. Activator
• C. EventRouter
• D. StreamPulse

Answer: (B)

In Real-Time Intelligence in Fabric, triggering actions on streaming data is handled by the Activator. It’s the component designed to listen to live data streams, evaluate defined conditions, and automatically initiate downstream actions when those conditions are met—such as sending alerts, invoking a webhook, or starting a workflow. This real-time, action-oriented capability is exactly what you need when you want immediate responses to events in the data stream. Other options focus more on rule evaluation, routing, or monitoring, rather than directly initiating actions in real time, so they don’t fit the described use case as well.