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    Stop Dataset refresh

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    vamsi krishna madineni on 10 Jul 2018 12:21:12

    Please provide option to stop refreshing dataset after refreshing manually...

    If there are any performance issues in database this would lock down the table...

    I even observed that reports doesnt get published until the refresh is done...

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    Maria Kudla on 07 Jan 2022 15:07:22

    RE: Stop Dataset refresh

    Currently waiting for a 5 min refresh which has been stuck for over 1 hour. Can't publish either. Pls make this a priority.

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    Po-Wei Huang on 22 Dec 2021 11:39:03

    RE: Stop Dataset refresh

    We have a feature released recently called Async refresh.
    It is REST API based and it offers Delete verb for cancel refresh.
    It’s in public preview now and feel free to give it a try if you could hook up
    to rest API.
    I’m one of the engineer working on it in 2021. Hope my work could help on this issue.
    Also, there might be room to improve since it’s a preview feature.
    Please give us feedback through support if you meet any problem.
    Thank you. Appreciate the patience and help.

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    Steph Coffey on 13 Dec 2021 19:08:56

    RE: Stop Dataset refresh

    This is very much needed for multiple reasons outside of a Premium capacity. At least allow Power BI Admins or dataset owners to stop the refresh if something is awry.

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    on 09 Dec 2021 21:22:49

    RE: Stop Dataset refresh

    If there are many reports running at the time and one report seems like a resource hog, you would want to pause or stop a refresh so that another report can finish.

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    Vinay M. on 07 Dec 2021 18:26:07

    RE: Stop Dataset refresh

    Yes, please add a Cancel Dataset Refresh option just like it already exists for Dataflows.

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    JESUS GONZALEZ on 01 Nov 2021 19:56:51

    RE: Stop Dataset refresh

    It's 2021 and I cannot believe this is not in place yet.

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    Venumadhavi Suri on 23 Sep 2021 15:55:46

    RE: Stop Dataset refresh

    Please provide the ability to cancel ongoing refresh.

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    Greg Long on 08 Sep 2021 03:58:17

    RE: Stop Dataset refresh

    The functionality to cancel a dataset refresh in the Power BI Service is a must have feature and is standard on other competitor BI products I've worked on.  This should also apply to dataflow refreshes as well.  There are some workarounds but they are ugly and have wider implications.  I also understand that there is a solution with XLMA endpoints which is Premium only.  This affects all types of users whether they are developers, administrators or power users.  It's nearly been 3 year since this was originally asked...

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    Jason Spradlin on 01 Sep 2021 18:13:10

    RE: Stop Dataset refresh

    I, too am upvoting this. I have a dataset in a premium capacity that has been stuck on "refreshing" for many hours now. The sources within are multiple Excel files on a network share, and are only about 17mb of data combined.

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    Sam Richards on 20 Aug 2021 14:15:01

    RE: Stop Dataset refresh

    How has this been a thing for 2years and yet I can cancel a dataflow refresh 

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