topic Dataflow Gen 2 / Refresh Error in Data Engineering

Dataflow Gen 2 / Refresh Error

CRadziwill — Wed, 20 Aug 2025 11:24:41 GMT

Hello everyone,

I am currently experiencing an issue with Dataflow Gen 2 where I am the only one who can manually refresh the dataflow if I am the owner. I have attempted to circumvent this via the connections using a service principal and/or a technical user. However, I always get an error message when I try to refresh the dataflow if I am NOT the owner. What could be the reason for this?

Re: Dataflow Gen 2 / Refresh Error

ChielFaber — Wed, 20 Aug 2025 11:39:20 GMT

Do you have scripts that aren't being written to a destination that have enable staging activated?

If so, try deactivating them if possible.

Check out: https://community.fabric.microsoft.com/t5/Dataflow/My-DataFlow-Gen-2-Fails-with-Unknown-Evaluation-Error-999999/m-p/4740611

Hope this is helpfull

Re: Dataflow Gen 2 / Refresh Error

CRadziwill — Wed, 20 Aug 2025 12:32:40 GMT

Hi ChielFaber,

Thank you for your quick response, that solved the problem. Thank you very much!
But when I add a destination, I get another error message about credentials. So that only solves the case without a destination.

Only the owner can refresh the page, other users cannot do so unless they are owners?

Or do I have to make special settings for it? Can you help me with that?

Thanks so much

Re: Dataflow Gen 2 / Refresh Error

ChielFaber — Wed, 20 Aug 2025 12:56:02 GMT

Strange problem. Does the owner of the dataflow also owns the destination? Try setting both owners to be the same. When writing to the destination do you use personal credentials?

In my environment when a colleague refreshed one of my dataflows (without first opening the dataflow) the refresh goes through with no problem.

Re: Dataflow Gen 2 / Refresh Error

CRadziwill — Wed, 20 Aug 2025 14:07:09 GMT

I had already tried that without success. I'm slowly running out of options, as I tried my luck with personal credentials, technical user credentials and service principals, but always failed. It is already the case throughout our entire organization that if a user is not the owner of the dataflow, they cannot refresh it manually either.

Thanks for your support and time 🤗

Re: Dataflow Gen 2 / Refresh Error

v-nmadadi-msft — Mon, 25 Aug 2025 15:43:51 GMT

Hi @CRadziwill ,
Please consider reaching out to Microsoft Support. You can provide them with all the troubleshooting steps you've already taken, which will help them understand the issue better and provide a resolution. They might be able to identify something specific about your admin account setup or provide a solution that isn't immediately obvious.

Below is the link to create Microsoft Support ticket:
How to create a Fabric and Power BI Support ticket - Power BI | Microsoft Learn

Thank you

Re: Dataflow Gen 2 / Refresh Error

v-nmadadi-msft — Fri, 29 Aug 2025 01:40:30 GMT

Hi @CRadziwill ,
Could you please confirm if the issue has been resolved after raising a support case? If a solution has been found, it would be greatly appreciated if you could share your insights with the community. This would be helpful for other members who may encounter similar issues.

Thank you for your understanding and assistance.