Nikola Ilic answers a question:
After my article on Fabric Warehouse CU metering, which caused a lot of people reaching out and mentioning that it helped them understand the topic better, I decided to cover SQL database in Fabric from a similar angle too.
Imagine opening an internal application, updating a few records, and closing it two minutes later. You check consumption afterward and see that compute continued accruing.
Before blaming the application, it helps to understand what keeps the database online, and what Fabric actually measures.
Read on for that answer.