Stop Dataflow from Refreshing/Recalculating while Developing

[adamlob]

Is there anyway to stop a Dataflow from refreshing/recalculating while developing?

Even when in schema view and/or limiting the query to 1 row of data some times takes too long between writing lines of code.

Would be nice if there was a way to turn off refresh until save/validation or similar. 

[v-veshwara-msft]

Hi @adamlob ,

We wanted to kindly follow up regarding your query. If you need any further assistance, please reach out.
Thank you.

[v-veshwara-msft]

Hi @adamlob ,

Thanks for reaching out to Microsoft Fabric Community.

Just wanted to check if the response provided by @ati_puri was helpful. If further assistance is needed, please reach out.
Thank you.

[ati_puri · Accepted solution]

Hi @adamlob ,

Did you try preview-only steps feature of DataFlow Gen2. This will execute only authoring and exclude runtime refresh.

Here is the Microsoft link to use this feature.

Preview only step in Dataflow Gen2 - Microsoft Fabric | Microsoft Learn

Let me know if this works.

Thanks

Ati Puri