SQL Server Agent in Fabric Warehouse

Hi ritz ,

Thank you for reaching out to the Microsoft Community Forum.

 

No SQL Server Agent in Microsoft Fabric Warehouse. Instead, schedule work with Fabric’s built‑in Job Scheduler or Data Factory pipelines, and you can monitor/terminate queries with Query activity and DMV queries including KILL.

 

Please try below things to schedule “Agent-like” jobs in Fabric.

 

1. Job Scheduler:

In fabric --> Open the item (Data pipeline or Notebook)--> choose schedule, and configure a recurrence minute granularity is supported (every 30 minutes).

2. Data Factory pipelines:

Add a Stored procedure activity to call a Warehouse stored procedure. Pipelines can be scheduled via the Job Scheduler, providing an “Agent‑like” orchestrator for your T‑SQL tasks.

 

Please try below things to detect and terminate long‑running queries in a Warehouse.

1. Query activity for your Warehouse, it lets you see running/completed queries, identify long‑running and frequently run queries, and Cancel them directly.

Note: Workspace Admin role is required for access.

2. T‑SQL (DMVs), Use sys.dm_exec_requests, sys.dm_exec_sessions, and sys.dm_exec_connections to identify problematic requests, then issue KILL <session_id> (admin permissions) to terminate them.

 

Please refer below sample stored procedure (Warehouse) for auto‑cancelling long runners.

 

CREATE OR ALTER PROCEDURE dbo.Kill_Long_Running_Requests
@MaxMinutes INT = 20
AS
BEGIN
SET NOCOUNT ON;

;WITH long_running AS (
SELECT DISTINCT session_id
FROM sys.dm_exec_requests
WHERE status = 'running'
AND DATEDIFF(MINUTE, start_time, SYSUTCDATETIME()) >= @MaxMinutes
)
SELECT STRING_AGG('KILL ' + CAST(session_id AS NVARCHAR(10)) + ';', ' ')
WITHIN GROUP (ORDER BY session_id) AS KillCommand
INTO #K
FROM long_running;

DECLARE @sql NVARCHAR(MAX);
SELECT @sql = KillCommand FROM #K;

IF @sql IS NOT NULL AND LEN(@sql) > 0
EXEC(@sql);

END;

 

Note: Above code finds requests exceeding a threshold (20 minutes). Looks up the owning session and Issues KILL for those sessions.

 

I have tried the above code from my end , it is working. Please refer below snap.

 

 

Please try below steps to run a stored procedure every 30 minutes on Warehouses in Fabric .

1. Create a Data pipeline in the same workspace.
2. Add a Stored procedure activity --> point it to your Fabric Data Warehouse and select dbo.Kill_Long_Running_Requests.
3. In the pipeline -->Schedule, set Every 30 minutes .

 

 

 

Please refer below links.

Monitor Connections, Sessions, and Requests Using DMVs - Microsoft Fabric | Microsoft Learn

How to use the Stored procedure activity - Microsoft Fabric | Microsoft Learn

Job Scheduler in Microsoft Fabric - Microsoft Fabric | Microsoft Learn

Monitor Your Running and Completed Queries Using Query Activity - Microsoft Fabric | Microsoft Learn

 

I hope this information helps. Please do let us know if you have any further queries.

 

Regards,

Dinesh