An eventstream filters the event hub feed to Chelsea and lands it in a lakehouse

DP-700 By islever Editorial Last updated

Short answer

B An eventstream ingests the event hub feed, filters Neighbourhood == Chelsea, and stores the retained events in a lakehouse destination.

Question

You have an Azure event hub. Each event contains the following fields: BikepointID - Street - Neighbourhood - Latitude - Longitude - No_Bikes - No_Empty_Docks - You need to ingest the events. The solution must only retain events that have a Neighbourhood value of Chelsea, and then store the retained events in a Fabric lakehouse. What should you use?
  1. a KQL queryset
  2. an eventstream Correct Answer
  3. a streaming dataset
  4. Apache Spark Structured Streaming

Key Takeaways

Eventstream natively supports event hub sources, filter transformations, and a lakehouse destination, covering the entire filter-and-store flow without custom code.

An eventstream can ingest from the Azure event hub, apply a Filter transformation that keeps only events with Neighbourhood equal to Chelsea, and write the retained events to a Fabric lakehouse destination.

Common mistake: Choosing Spark Structured Streaming because eventstreams are assumed to target only KQL databases; eventstream also supports a lakehouse destination, and Spark would need custom code for the same flow.

Expert Analysis

Why the Answer Is Correct

An eventstream connects directly to an Azure event hub as a source, offers a Filter operator to retain only events where Neighbourhood equals Chelsea, and supports a Fabric lakehouse as a destination. This covers ingest, filter, and store in one no-code item, matching the requirement exactly.

Why the Other Options Are Wrong

Option A (a KQL queryset) only queries existing data; it does not ingest anything. Option C (a streaming dataset) is a Power BI in-memory construct for real-time visuals, not lakehouse storage. Option D (Apache Spark Structured Streaming) could implement the flow in code, but it takes more development effort than the built-in eventstream and is not required.

Community Comment Notes

The vote favors B (79 vs 21). 4371883 (3 likes) notes eventstream supports transformation activities such as filter and links the event hub source documentation, and MultiCloudIronMan (2 likes) lists ingest, filter, and lakehouse storage as native eventstream capabilities. amli123's dissent assumes eventstream only targets KQL databases, but the lakehouse destination is supported.

Official Reference

Community Votes

B
79%
D
21%

79% of anonymous learners picked answer B. Votes are pick records left by other test-takers — they are not the verified answer.

Discussion 4 contributions

Compiled from public community threads and reader submissions, lightly edited for clarity. Handles and vote tallies are shown as recorded, and comments reflect the views of individual contributors.

From public community threads 4

  1. GHill1982 👍 6 Answered B
    Eventstream would be most suitable for this.
  2. amli123 👍 3 Answered D
    The questions says to store the data in a Fabric lakehouse -> correct answer should be a apache spark structured streaming. Using an eventstream stored the data in KQL database, with optional availability in OneLake, but the questions doesnt state anything about KQL databases, so structured streaming should be the correct answer.
  3. 4371883 👍 3 Answered B
    Eventstream is the way to go here. It allows for transformation activities such as filter. https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/fabric/real-time-intelligence/event-streams/add-source-azure-event-hubs?pivots=enhanced-capabilities
  4. MultiCloudIronMan 👍 2 Answered B
    An eventstream is designed to handle this type of real-time data processing. It provides the necessary capabilities to: Ingest data from sources like Azure Event Hubs. Filter and transform the data in real-time. Store the processed data directly into a destination like a Fabric lakehouse.

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