William Crayger

@LucidWill

Helping you navigate the evolving world of analytics

Joined April 2024

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Ex corporate consultant of 12 years turned Soloprenuer. Having a blast every day and sharing little bits of info along the way.

Specialized in data and analytics with a focus on the Microsoft tech stack (Azure, Fabric, Power BI

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Augmenting in-house analytics teams, architecture strategy, metadata orchestration patterns, educating teams within the realm of analytics and Microsoft Fabric.

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WCWilliam Craygerblog.lucidbi.coNov 6, 2025 · 2 min read

Cross Workspace Fabric Notebook Execution

Have you ever tried to run a Fabric notebook in a different workspace using notebookutils? I have, and it didn’t work out so well. Thankfully, persistence wins, and now I get to share the secret sauce with all you lovely people. The Setup You’re goin...

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WCWilliam Craygerblog.lucidbi.coAug 27, 2025 · 6 min read

Variable Libraries, The Fabric Unsung Hero

In case you missed it, the Variable Library team over on the Fabric PG quietly snuck out some pretty big updates relatively recently that are actually quite massive. Before we dive into, it’s important to understand why these updates are so huge. Dep...

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WCWilliam Craygerblog.lucidbi.coNov 26, 2024 · 3 min read

Data Profiling with Spark and YData

Data analytics often begins with profiling your data. Data profiling is simply the act of examining the raw source data to understand things like the structure and quality of the data. As an engineer, understanding things such as the distribution of ...

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WCWilliam Craygerblog.lucidbi.coOct 21, 2024 · 5 min read

Using Custom Python Libraries Without Fabric Environment

Fabric Environment artifacts, where to begin… If you’re not familiar, the environment artifact, in part, is intended to mimic the functionality of the Synapse Workspace by allowing you to do things like install packages for easy reusability across yo...

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WCWilliam Craygerblog.lucidbi.coJun 9, 2024 · 3 min read

There's No Shortcut to Proper Planning

About a month ago, while working on the first iteration of the Fabric capacity monitoring report, I stumbled across a bit of an invisible fence. I posted a quick teaser with a screenshot on LinkedIn to see if anyone else could spot it: https://www.li...

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Cross Workspace Fabric Notebook Execution

Variable Libraries, The Fabric Unsung Hero

Data Profiling with Spark and YData

Using Custom Python Libraries Without Fabric Environment

There's No Shortcut to Proper Planning

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William Crayger

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William Crayger's blogs

Recently published

Cross Workspace Fabric Notebook Execution

Variable Libraries, The Fabric Unsung Hero

Data Profiling with Spark and YData

Using Custom Python Libraries Without Fabric Environment

There's No Shortcut to Proper Planning