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    Need the ability to stop or pause a data refresh from Power BI online scheduler.

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    Shannon Younghans on 16 Jan 2016 00:28:11

    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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    434ffc4a ae40-45cc-bc0a-404c3deba324 on 05 Jul 2020 23:25:12

    RE: Need the ability to stop or pause a data refresh from Power BI online scheduler.

    It would be very useful have this feature, please make this possible. Thanks in advance.

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    2475891c 15df-43a7-a2c1-70c733ee6261 on 05 Jul 2020 23:24:37

    RE: Need the ability to stop or pause a data refresh from Power BI online scheduler.

    '+1

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    d4e3791d 2610-424c-a6ec-c25f781bdfcb on 05 Jul 2020 23:22:41

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    Please add this feature asap! Thanks in advance.

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    283a8c46 7bab-465c-9129-71d21b68f19d on 05 Jul 2020 23:22:36

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    This is a big request as its a very basic feature. Right now one of my reports its been running a scheduled refresh for 1.5 hours. Can't upload anything now into the service, can't fix any issues - nothing. It has to be a way of killing the process. This report is not connected to any data gateway as its reading from SPO

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    80371150 2eb5-48c3-b59b-dcfd61a6e650 on 05 Jul 2020 23:22:30

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    This is such a basic feature that is needed.

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    aba29c65 20ec-4384-8216-63ff3de3d7b8 on 05 Jul 2020 23:19:56

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    I'm having the same issue right now.
    I started a manual refresh 45 minutes ago to test changes, and it is still running while the scheduled refresh, set to start 15 minutes ago, is also trying to run. Now they both say they are in progress and I am unable to stop either one.
    Having the ability to stop any currently running refresh would be a huge improvement.

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    2542de55 2bd6-42b2-8bca-1e4522abebc9 on 05 Jul 2020 23:19:55

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    any solution to this issue?

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    49f0febe 9ba0-4d2c-b9e8-7efe5f85f68b on 05 Jul 2020 23:19:21

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    My usual refresh on a dataset takes ~5 mins. When one is running way long, I cannot stop the refresh from continuing.

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    8664324a c78a-48c7-9e31-844adb00f5c6 on 05 Jul 2020 23:17:16

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    Hi Team, any chance this could be implemented?

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    19a60fbc 942d-41a9-84bf-baa44de03eb9 on 05 Jul 2020 23:08:58

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    Not ideal, but I was able to work around this limitation by restarting the on premises gateway service on the server where it is installed. Stopping the service killed an endless data refresh for me. If you have access and you are okay to kill any other open gateway connections, this could be a workaround until the "kill refresh" feature is built into Power BI online.