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    Provide dataflow refresh details

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    Michael Colbert on 25 May 2022 13:57:48

    When a dataflow runs long or has an error, you have to manually go to the dataflow settings, refresh history and download the CSV for more information. For appropriate refresh monitoring and trending, can we have a method that will retrieve the details of this CSV using the refresh requestId.


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    Gerhard Brueckl on 31 Oct 2023 14:33:41

    RE: Provide dataflow refresh details

    please also expose this information via APIs so it can be viewed by other tools as well and not just in the Power BI web UI

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    Imke Feldmann on 31 Oct 2023 14:06:36

    RE: Provide dataflow refresh details

    Fully agree!For me, it's important to get the number of rows refrehsed for each (even successful) dataflow refresh.This allows me to monitor for changes that might require automatic alerts.

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    Gregory Lilly on 07 Jun 2023 20:59:48

    RE: Provide dataflow refresh details

    Agreed, we have an automated process that scrapes metadata vis REST API calls for both Datasets and Dataflows refresh history. It's frustrating that the Dataset refresh history includes the Failure Reason when a Dataset fails, but Dataflow API call for Transaction History does not include the Error reason. This would be hugely beneficial and make the REST API an actual useful tool for notifications etc...