How to kill a power bi refresh that has been running since long time?

[Shireesha]

We have this issue since morning where some refresh of the power bi are hung up since long (usually they take 2-3 minutes to complete the refresh). We are unsure on how to cancel the current refresh and trigger a new one. Can you please let us know. 

[v-cazheng-msft]

Hi @Shireesha ,

Currently, there isn’t an option to directly cancel the refresh in process. There is a place called Power BI Ideas where the product group collects needs and suggestions from users and takes them into consideration when designing or improving this product. You may vote for this idea in Power BI Ideas and add your comments with details there. Thanks in advance! Link of similar idea: https://ideas.powerbi.com/ideas/idea/?ideaid=5f18dc2e-26f6-466b-ad7f-259b4264219e

For now, you could try the Cancel Refresh REST API. It could cancel the specified asynchronous refresh operation for the specified dataset. For more details, you could refer to these official documents.

Datasets - Cancel Refresh - REST API (Power BI Power BI REST APIs) | Microsoft Docs

Datasets - Cancel Refresh In Group - REST API (Power BI Power BI REST APIs) | Microsoft Docs

Also, provided a REST API that can cancel dataflow transaction.

Dataflows - Cancel Dataflow Transaction - REST API (Power BI Power BI REST APIs) | Microsoft Docs

Best Regards,

Community Support Team _ Caiyun