An end-to-end Microsoft Fabric demo built around a smart manufacturing scenario. This repository contains everything you need to stand up a live Fabric demo — from streaming data generation to real-time dashboards, Power BI reports, and an AI agent.
A virtual aerospace factory receives customer orders and processes them through a 5-station production line. The factory streams real-time telemetry (temperature, vibration, pressure, cycle times), assembly milestones, and production KPIs into Microsoft Fabric via Eventstream. Anomalies are injected at an 8% rate to create realistic alerting and investigation scenarios.
SmartFactorySimulator (C#)
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Eventstream (Custom App Source)
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├─→ Eventhouse / KQL Database (Real-Time Analytics)
├─→ Real-Time Dashboard
├─→ Power BI Report
├─→ AI Agent (Fabric Agent Builder)
└─→ Data Activator (Alerting)
| Path | Description |
|---|---|
| SmartFactorySimulator/ | C# data seeder that generates streaming factory telemetry and sends it to Fabric Eventstream |
| HowToSetup.md | Step-by-step guide to provision the full Fabric environment (Eventhouse, Eventstream, dashboards, Power BI, Agent) |
Follow the How To Setup Guide to create your workspace, Eventhouse, tables, Eventstream, dashboards, and agent. The guide covers 13 steps from workspace creation through Data Activator alerts.
cd SmartFactorySimulator
cp appsettings.example.json appsettings.json
# Edit appsettings.json with your Eventstream connection string and entity path
dotnet build
dotnet run -- 5 # Run 5 parallel factory sessionsSee the Smart Factory Simulator README for full usage, configuration options, and event schemas.
Once data is flowing, you have a complete demo environment:
- Real-Time Dashboard — Live machine status, anomaly timeline, OEE trend
- Power BI Report — OEE gauge, throughput by station, scrap rate trend, assembly funnel
- AI Agent — Conversational control tower for order status, anomalies, and supply chain risk
- Data Activator — Automated alerts on vibration spikes
- .NET 9.0 SDK or later
- Microsoft Fabric workspace (with capacity or trial)
- A Fabric Eventstream with Custom App source configured
| Fabric Capability | How It's Used |
|---|---|
| Eventstream | Ingests streaming events from the simulator via Event Hubs protocol |
| Eventhouse (KQL Database) | Stores and routes events using update policies; powers real-time queries |
| Real-Time Dashboard | Live tiles for machine status, anomalies, OEE, supply risk, event counts |
| Power BI | Performance management report with OEE gauge, cycle time analysis, scrap trends |
| Agent Builder | AI-powered control tower assistant that queries KQL to answer questions about orders, anomalies, and risk |
| Data Activator | Automated alerting on anomaly conditions (vibration > threshold) |
Important: Never commit
appsettings.jsonto version control. It contains your Event Hub connection strings and should remain local only. The.gitignoreis configured to exclude it automatically.
This project is licensed under the MIT License. See LICENSE for details.