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AbhishekRama
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Issue Re-branching to Existing Workspace in Fabric – "Unable to complete action" Error

We’re encountering an issue while working with workspace branching in Fabric and would appreciate any insights. 

 

Setup: 

  • We have a production workspace named 1-prod and a development workspace named 1-dev. 
  • 1-prod is integrated with git and 1-dev is not 
  • When we branch out into 1-dev from 1-prod we need to specify the branch name, then it will automatically be integrated with git 

Iteration 1: 

  • We branched from 1-prod to 1-dev. 
  • Selected "Override existing objects in workspace". 
  • Used branch name: developiteration1. 
  • At this point, 1-dev was empty, and all objects from 1-prod were successfully moved. 

Iteration 2: 

  • We attempted to branch again from 1-prod to 1-dev. 
  • Selected the same "Override existing objects in workspace" option. 
  • Used a new branch name: developiteration2. 

Issue: We received the following error message: 

"Unable to complete action. There was an error while attempting to complete this action. Please try again later or contact support if the issue persists." 

 

Attached screenshot below

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From our investigation, the issue appears to be isolated with the Warehouse SQL Endpoint. We are getting this error even though we specifically select to overwrite the objects in the target workspace when branching out. 

Looking for advice on this issue 

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AbhishekRama
New Member

Hi @v-pagayam-msft 

Thanks for your input on this.
I actually forgot to mention in my original post that we did try manually deleting the warehouse, and that workaround does work.

However, we’re hoping to avoid manual deletion if possible. 

Would you happen to know of any alternative approaches or best practices that could help us resolve this without having to manually delete the warehouse each time?

 

Appreciate your help and any guidance you can share!

v-pagayam-msft
Community Support
Community Support

Hi @AbhishekRama ,
Thank you for reaching out to us on Microsoft Fabric Coomunity Forum!

As a workaround, we recommend manually deleting the Warehouse SQL Endpoint from the target workspace (1-dev) before initiating the new branch operation. Once deleted, you may retry the branching process from 1-prod to 1-dev using a new branch name with the override option. Please note that SQL Endpoints in Fabric are tightly coupled with the workspace and may not support multiple overwrites through Git operations at this time, though Microsoft is working to enhance Git integration across all artifact types.
Please refer the below document for more information:Get started with Git integration - Microsoft Fabric | Microsoft Learn

Hope this helps.If so,give us kudos and consider accepting it as solution.
Thank you.

Regards,
Pallavi.

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