--- title: "What Is a Data Agent?" url: https://daily.dev/posts/what-is-a-data-agent--w8lgq8jjb source_url: https://towardsdatascience.com/what-is-a-data-agent type: article source: "Towards Data Science" published: 2026-05-26T16:35:00.924Z updated: 2026-05-26T16:35:25.517Z tags: ["bi", "microsoft-fabric", "azure-openai"] reading_time: 5 upvotes: 0 comments: 0 language: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # What Is a Data Agent? **[Towards Data Science](https://daily.dev/sources/tds)** · 5 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A data agent is described as 'a report you can talk to' — an analytical agent that translates natural language questions into SQL, DAX, or KQL queries against governed data sources in Microsoft Fabric. The post explains how data agents reduce the need for traditional dashboards by enabling Q&A-style interactions with curated datasets, and how they can be embedded in tools like M365 Copilot to bring self-service insights closer to business users. It also distinguishes between a data agent (which grounds responses in data) and a broader AI agent (which acts and orchestrates workflows), showing how a Fabric data agent can serve as a specialized tool within a larger agentic workflow. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Goodbye Dashboards: Agents Deliver Answers, Not Just Reports](https://daily.dev/posts/goodbye-dashboards-agents-deliver-answers-not-just-reports-fc4gduzs6) · The New Stack · 3 upvotes · 0 comments - [Develop smarter AI agents with data fabrics](https://daily.dev/posts/develop-smarter-ai-agents-with-data-fabrics-kwhkqcitg) · InfoWorld · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#bi](https://daily.dev/tags/bi), [#microsoft-fabric](https://daily.dev/tags/microsoft-fabric), [#azure-openai](https://daily.dev/tags/azure-openai) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/what-is-a-data-agent--w8lgq8jjb)