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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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54cac90a 343c-4556-b3bc-48b16e669f90 on 06 Jul 2020 00:13:43

RE: Stop Dataset refresh

Should have this basic feature of cancel dataset refresh we losing Job data load of many hours task because of this..Kindly add this feature.

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5fc81a84 200e-4c57-990b-7536e6e2f6bd on 06 Jul 2020 00:13:34

RE: Stop Dataset refresh

Stop Power BI from refreshing.

It's wasting too much time and productivity.

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f851b2f4 8acf-469c-9677-5ea6f6ab9aa5 on 06 Jul 2020 00:13:34

RE: Stop Dataset refresh

I need this option as well. We lose HOURS at my job trying to refresh our data. It locks everything and makes us unproductive. PLEASE add this basic feature.

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ac993865 aeee-4a4d-bc37-25dd32e917d2 on 06 Jul 2020 00:13:24

RE: Stop Dataset refresh

Losing hours of time at work everytime something goes wrong with a refresh on Power BI Service. The refresh normally works in 5mins so if we could at least set some sort of threshold here instead of letting it fully run....

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5af290a4 6f5e-4545-8682-a1598c40663d on 06 Jul 2020 00:13:24

RE: Stop Dataset refresh

This we need immediate option. This is the basic feature that should be made available

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68e5cf79 02d9-46ab-8f67-dc16f6cf8170 on 06 Jul 2020 00:13:14

RE: Stop Dataset refresh

Agree, same issue here. Such a basic feature, again not available for Power BI.

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181e8ba0 b530-4f1c-9385-26214e30cc79 on 06 Jul 2020 00:13:03

RE: Stop Dataset refresh

I agree. There needs to be a way to Cancel a Refresh, especially when it was discovered that there is suddenly a random issue because of an internal service error.
After bringing up Power BI Desktop and confirming that all data and the report are working without issue, I attempted to perform an On-Demand Refresh that also hung and has been in process for the past hour and based on other comments I suspect will remain this way for about 3 hours before failing. We need the ability to cancel a Refresh, especially if it is On Demand, to prevent this from running for 3 hours.

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0ca176e9 328e-4ffb-9929-4fbd31ae424f on 06 Jul 2020 00:12:48

RE: Stop Dataset refresh

I really like Power BI in general, but this is probably the biggest weakness of the product. And if a dataset is based on dataflows, then there is no way of cancelling the query from the original source database.

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894b151a c867-4deb-a16e-69c981cdd046 on 06 Jul 2020 00:12:13

RE: Stop Dataset refresh

We must be able to cancel an action, and also configure a timeout ... it's a basic need.

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993819e7 4cb5-4379-b19d-e57d409f9076 on 06 Jul 2020 00:11:34

RE: Stop Dataset refresh

Please make a data refresh stop feature, especially for Report/Dashboard owners. I can't update my RLS settings or publish report changes while refreshes are happening. And the many users with access to the report keep hitting refresh over and over and over manually, so I don't get a chance to make updates!