Which statement correctly describes the relationship between Data Factory and Dataflows Gen2 in Fabric?

• A. Data Factory provides the environment to create and transform Dataflows Gen2.
• B. Dataflows Gen2 runs independently of any workflow.
• C. Data Factory is only for real-time ingestion.
• D. Dataflows Gen2 can only run inside Power BI.

Answer: (A)

In Fabric, Data Factory acts as the environment where you author and run Dataflows Gen2. These dataflows are the transformation logic you design to shape and enrich data, and they are executed within the Data Factory orchestration framework. You build a dataflow once, then run it as part of pipelines, scheduling or triggering the workflow to move and transform data across sources and destinations. This alignment means the statement about Data Factory providing the environment to create and transform Dataflows Gen2 is the best fit, because it captures both the authoring space and the execution/automation role that Data Factory plays for Dataflows Gen2.

Dataflows Gen2 aren’t standalone, independent of workflows, and the platform isn’t limited to real-time ingestion or to Power BI—these components are designed to integrate within Fabric’s broader data integration and analytics ecosystem, supporting various ingestion, transformation, and consumption paths.