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Please help - Refresh of dataflow connected to Web API takes forever

Hi all,

 

I am trying to refresh a Power Bi dataflow connected to Web API containing one single query (no transformations, only expanding a few lists and records) but it takes forever so after 1 hour I canceled the refresh. When I connect to the endpoint with my browser or Postman, the data are loaded immediately, but the dataflow clearly has an issue with it. Even when I reduce the import to 1000 rows the refresh will not complete. What is causing this, any ideas?

The data provider says he ensures cache information is available on-demand - not sure what this means for Power BI, but it looks like it can't access this cache. Any thoughts?

  • Postman likely only fetches a small subset.

     

    You can check the network trace when you run the query on the dataflow editor. See if you spot any 429s or other delay tactics.

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  • Postman likely only fetches a small subset.

     

    You can check the network trace when you run the query on the dataflow editor. See if you spot any 429s or other delay tactics.