Chaitanya A (ChaitanyaAIML-lab) · Sep 26, 2026 · Sep 26, 2026
@@ -42,7 +42,9 @@ The Dataverse SDK for Python lets Python developers access, manage, and manipula
 pip install PowerPlatform-Dataverse-Client
 ```
 
-The `pandas` library is installed automatically and powers the `client.dataframe` namespace. The async client requires an optional extra: `pip install "PowerPlatform-Dataverse-Client[async]"`.
+The core SDK installs with minimal dependencies. Optional extras:
+- DataFrame integration: `pip install "PowerPlatform-Dataverse-Client[dataframe]"`
+- Async client: `pip install "PowerPlatform-Dataverse-Client[async]"`
 
 ### Authenticate
 

@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ dependencies = [
     "azure-identity>=1.17.0",
     "azure-core>=1.30.2",
     "requests>=2.32.0",
-    "pandas>=2.0.0",
 ]
 
 [project.urls]
@@ -46,6 +45,9 @@ dataverse-migrate = "PowerPlatform.Dataverse.migration.migrate_v0_to_v1:main"
 async = [
     "aiohttp>=3.9",
 ]
+dataframe = [
+    "pandas>=2.0.0",
+]
 dev = [
     "pytest>=7.0.0",
     "pytest-cov>=4.0.0",
@@ -55,6 +57,7 @@ dev = [
     "mypy>=1.0.0",
     "ruff>=0.1.0",
     "libcst>=1.0.0",
+    "pandas>=2.0.0",
 ]
 migration = ["libcst>=1.0.0"]
 

@@ -126,9 +126,20 @@ def __init__(
         self.query = AsyncQueryOperations(self)
         self.tables = AsyncTableOperations(self)
         self.files = AsyncFileOperations(self)
-        self.dataframe = AsyncDataFrameOperations(self)
+        self._dataframe: Optional[AsyncDataFrameOperations] = None
         self.batch = AsyncBatchOperations(self)
 
+    @property
+    def dataframe(self) -> AsyncDataFrameOperations:
+        """pandas DataFrame wrappers for record CRUD operations."""
+        if self._dataframe is None:
+            self._dataframe = AsyncDataFrameOperations(self)
+        return self._dataframe
+
+    @dataframe.setter
+    def dataframe(self, value: AsyncDataFrameOperations) -> None:
+        self._dataframe = value
+
     def _get_odata(self) -> _AsyncODataClient:
         """
         Get or create the internal async OData client instance.

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 from __future__ import annotations
 
-from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any, List
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any, List, Optional
 
 from ...data._batch_base import _ChangeSet
 from ...operations.batch import (
@@ -103,7 +103,18 @@ def __init__(self, client: "AsyncDataverseClient") -> None:
         self.records = BatchRecordOperations(self)
         self.tables = BatchTableOperations(self)
         self.query = BatchQueryOperations(self)
-        self.dataframe = BatchDataFrameOperations(self)
+        self._dataframe: Optional[BatchDataFrameOperations] = None
+
+    @property
+    def dataframe(self) -> BatchDataFrameOperations:
+        """pandas DataFrame wrappers for batch operations."""
+        if self._dataframe is None:
+            self._dataframe = BatchDataFrameOperations(self)
+        return self._dataframe
+
+    @dataframe.setter
+    def dataframe(self, value: BatchDataFrameOperations) -> None:
+        self._dataframe = value
 
     def changeset(self) -> AsyncChangeSet:
         """

@@ -7,11 +7,8 @@
 
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any, Dict, List, Optional
 
-import pandas as pd
-
-from ...utils._pandas import dataframe_to_records
-
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
+    import pandas as pd
     from ..async_client import AsyncDataverseClient
 
 
@@ -51,6 +48,13 @@ class AsyncDataFrameOperations:
     """
 
     def __init__(self, client: "AsyncDataverseClient") -> None:
+        try:
+            import pandas as pd  # noqa: F401
+        except ImportError as exc:
+            raise ImportError(
+                "pandas is required to use DataFrame features. "
+                "Install it with: pip install 'PowerPlatform-Dataverse-Client[dataframe]'"
+            ) from exc
         self._client = client
 
     # --------------------------------------------------------------------- sql
@@ -90,6 +94,8 @@ async def sql(self, sql: str) -> pd.DataFrame:
                     "GROUP BY a.name"
                 )
         """
+        import pandas as pd
+
         rows = await self._client.query.sql(sql)
         if not rows:
             return pd.DataFrame()
@@ -132,6 +138,9 @@ async def create(
                 ])
                 df["accountid"] = await client.dataframe.create("account", df)
         """
+        import pandas as pd
+        from ...utils._pandas import dataframe_to_records
+
         if not isinstance(records, pd.DataFrame):
             raise TypeError("records must be a pandas DataFrame")
 
@@ -218,6 +227,9 @@ async def update(
                 df = pd.DataFrame([{"accountid": "guid-1", "websiteurl": None}])
                 await client.dataframe.update("account", df, id_column="accountid", clear_nulls=True)
         """
+        import pandas as pd
+        from ...utils._pandas import dataframe_to_records
+
         if not isinstance(changes, pd.DataFrame):
             raise TypeError("changes must be a pandas DataFrame")
         if changes.empty:
@@ -289,6 +301,8 @@ async def delete(
                 ids = pd.Series(["guid-1", "guid-2", "guid-3"])
                 await client.dataframe.delete("account", ids)
         """
+        import pandas as pd
+
         if not isinstance(ids, pd.Series):
             raise TypeError("ids must be a pandas Series")
 

@@ -170,9 +170,20 @@ def __init__(
         self.query = QueryOperations(self)
         self.tables = TableOperations(self)
         self.files = FileOperations(self)
-        self.dataframe = DataFrameOperations(self)
+        self._dataframe: Optional[DataFrameOperations] = None
         self.batch = BatchOperations(self)
 
+    @property
+    def dataframe(self) -> DataFrameOperations:
+        """pandas DataFrame wrappers for record CRUD operations."""
+        if self._dataframe is None:
+            self._dataframe = DataFrameOperations(self)
+        return self._dataframe
+
+    @dataframe.setter
+    def dataframe(self, value: DataFrameOperations) -> None:
+        self._dataframe = value
+
     def _get_odata(self) -> _ODataClient:
         """
         Get or create the internal OData client instance.

@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@
 
 import sys
 import warnings
-from typing import Any, Iterator, List, Optional, TypedDict, Union
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any, Iterator, List, Optional, TypedDict, Union
 
 # typing.Self (PEP 673, Python 3.11+) makes fluent methods return the concrete
 # subclass type. TypeVar fallback for Python 3.10 uses the same name so docs render identically.
@@ -62,7 +62,8 @@
 
     Self = TypeVar("Self", bound="_QueryBuilderBase")  # type: ignore[assignment]
 
-import pandas as pd
+if TYPE_CHECKING:
+    import pandas as pd
 
 from . import filters
 from .record import QueryResult, Record
@@ -666,6 +667,14 @@ def to_dataframe(self) -> pd.DataFrame:
             DeprecationWarning,
             stacklevel=2,
         )
+        try:
+            import pandas as pd
+        except ImportError as exc:
+            raise ImportError(
+                "pandas is required for to_dataframe(). "
+                "Install it with: pip install 'PowerPlatform-Dataverse-Client[dataframe]'"
+            ) from exc
+
         if self._query_ops is None:
             raise RuntimeError(
                 "Cannot execute: query was not created via client.query.builder(). "

@@ -162,7 +162,10 @@ def to_dataframe(self) -> Any:
         try:
             import pandas as pd
         except ImportError as exc:
-            raise ImportError("pandas is required for to_dataframe(). " "Install it with: pip install pandas") from exc
+            raise ImportError(
+                "pandas is required for to_dataframe(). "
+                "Install it with: pip install 'PowerPlatform-Dataverse-Client[dataframe]'"
+            ) from exc
 
         if not self.records:
             return pd.DataFrame()

@@ -8,7 +8,8 @@
 import warnings
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any, Dict, List, Optional, Protocol, Union
 
-import pandas as pd
+if TYPE_CHECKING:
+    import pandas as pd
 
 from ..core.errors import ValidationError
 from ..core._error_codes import VALIDATION_SQL_EMPTY
@@ -798,6 +799,13 @@ class BatchDataFrameOperations:
     """
 
     def __init__(self, batch: "_BatchContext") -> None:
+        try:
+            import pandas as pd  # noqa: F401
+        except ImportError as exc:
+            raise ImportError(
+                "pandas is required to use DataFrame features. "
+                "Install it with: pip install 'PowerPlatform-Dataverse-Client[dataframe]'"
+            ) from exc
         self._batch = batch
 
     def create(self, table: str, records: pd.DataFrame) -> None:
@@ -819,6 +827,8 @@ def create(self, table: str, records: pd.DataFrame) -> None:
             df = pd.DataFrame([{"name": "Contoso"}, {"name": "Fabrikam"}])
             batch.dataframe.create("account", df)
         """
+        import pandas as pd
+
         if not isinstance(records, pd.DataFrame):
             raise TypeError("records must be a pandas DataFrame")
         if records.empty:
@@ -870,6 +880,8 @@ def update(
             ])
             batch.dataframe.update("account", df, id_column="accountid")
         """
+        import pandas as pd
+
         if not isinstance(changes, pd.DataFrame):
             raise TypeError("changes must be a pandas DataFrame")
         if changes.empty:
@@ -927,6 +939,8 @@ def delete(
             ids_series = pd.Series(["guid-1", "guid-2", "guid-3"])
             batch.dataframe.delete("account", ids_series)
         """
+        import pandas as pd
+
         if not isinstance(ids, pd.Series):
             raise TypeError("ids must be a pandas Series")
         raw_list = ids.tolist()
@@ -981,7 +995,18 @@ def __init__(self, client: "DataverseClient") -> None:
         self.records = BatchRecordOperations(self)
         self.tables = BatchTableOperations(self)
         self.query = BatchQueryOperations(self)
-        self.dataframe = BatchDataFrameOperations(self)
+        self._dataframe: Optional[BatchDataFrameOperations] = None
+
+    @property
+    def dataframe(self) -> BatchDataFrameOperations:
+        """pandas DataFrame wrappers for batch operations."""
+        if self._dataframe is None:
+            self._dataframe = BatchDataFrameOperations(self)
+        return self._dataframe
+
+    @dataframe.setter
+    def dataframe(self, value: BatchDataFrameOperations) -> None:
+        self._dataframe = value
 
     def changeset(self) -> ChangeSet:
         """

@@ -8,11 +8,8 @@
 import warnings
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any, Dict, List, Optional
 
-import pandas as pd
-
-from ..utils._pandas import dataframe_to_records
-
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
+    import pandas as pd
     from ..client import DataverseClient
 
 
@@ -50,6 +47,13 @@ class DataFrameOperations:
     """
 
     def __init__(self, client: DataverseClient) -> None:
+        try:
+            import pandas as pd  # noqa: F401
+        except ImportError as exc:
+            raise ImportError(
+                "pandas is required to use DataFrame features. "
+                "Install it with: pip install 'PowerPlatform-Dataverse-Client[dataframe]'"
+            ) from exc
         self._client = client
 
     # --------------------------------------------------------------------- sql
@@ -89,6 +93,8 @@ def sql(self, sql: str) -> pd.DataFrame:
                     "GROUP BY a.name"
                 )
         """
+        import pandas as pd
+
         rows = self._client.query.sql(sql)
         if not rows:
             return pd.DataFrame()
@@ -165,6 +171,8 @@ def get(
 
                 df = client.dataframe.get("account", select=["name"], top=100)
         """
+        import pandas as pd
+
         warnings.warn(
             "'dataframe.get()' is deprecated; use "
             "client.query.builder(table).where(...).execute().to_dataframe() instead.",
@@ -247,6 +255,9 @@ def create(
                 ])
                 df["accountid"] = client.dataframe.create("account", df)
         """
+        import pandas as pd
+        from ..utils._pandas import dataframe_to_records
+
         if not isinstance(records, pd.DataFrame):
             raise TypeError("records must be a pandas DataFrame")
 
@@ -333,8 +344,12 @@ def update(
                 df = pd.DataFrame([{"accountid": "guid-1", "websiteurl": None}])
                 client.dataframe.update("account", df, id_column="accountid", clear_nulls=True)
         """
+        import pandas as pd
+        from ..utils._pandas import dataframe_to_records
+
         if not isinstance(changes, pd.DataFrame):
             raise TypeError("changes must be a pandas DataFrame")
+
         if changes.empty:
             raise ValueError("changes must be a non-empty DataFrame")
         if id_column not in changes.columns:
@@ -403,6 +418,8 @@ def delete(
                 ids = pd.Series(["guid-1", "guid-2", "guid-3"])
                 client.dataframe.delete("account", ids)
         """
+        import pandas as pd
+
         if not isinstance(ids, pd.Series):
             raise TypeError("ids must be a pandas Series")