Merge pull request #2707 from MicrosoftDocs/main638907193385458531sync_temp

learn-build-service-prod[bot] · web-flow · commit f4fe2c95fb4e · 2025-08-13T22:02:30.000Z
For protected branch, push strategy should use PR and merge to target branch method to work around git push error
diff --git a/data-explorer/kusto/management/external-table-mapping-alter.md b/data-explorer/kusto/management/external-table-mapping-alter.md
@@ -11,6 +11,9 @@ ms.date: 08/11/2024
 
 Alters an existing external table mapping. For more information, see [Data mappings](mappings.md).
 
+> [!NOTE]
+> External table mappings apply only to reading data from external tables, not for exporting data.
+
 ## Syntax
 
 `.alter` `external` `table` *ExternalTableName* `mapping` *MappingName* *MappingInJsonFormat*
diff --git a/data-explorer/kusto/management/external-table-mapping-create.md b/data-explorer/kusto/management/external-table-mapping-create.md
@@ -11,6 +11,9 @@ ms.date: 08/11/2024
 
 Create a new external table data mapping. For more information, see [Data mappings](mappings.md).
 
+> [!NOTE]
+> External table mappings apply only to reading data from external tables, not for exporting data.
+
 ## Syntax
 
 `.create` `external` `table` *ExternalTableName* `mapping` *MappingName* *MappingInJsonFormat*
