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prathyoo
Advocate II
3 years ago

How do I cancel a dataflow gen2 refresh?

My dataflow gen2 refresh has been going on for the last two hours. How can I cancel the refresh?   Regards
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ScottPowell
Regular Visitor
3 years ago

I don't think currently there is a way to cancel. I'd create an idea in the Ideas area - definitely needed.

Scott

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prathyoo
Advocate II
3 years ago

I have found a solution using the power bi api and power automate -

 

 

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    jwelch
    Microsoft Employee
    3 years ago

    prathyoo I don't believe that is actually cancelling the dataflow. Cancelling is not a supported operation for Gen2 Dataflows yet - it's still in the works. 

    I'm pretty sure that is only changing metadata, and shouldn't be used like that as there will likely be unintended consequences.