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Blocking and Waiting in Power BI Import Mode Refreshes

Chris Webb has some ‘splainin to do:

Following on from my previous post showing how you can visualise the job graph for a Power BI Import mode semantic model refresh, I this post I will look at how you can interpret what the job graph tells you – specifically, explaining the concepts of blocking and waiting. As always, simple examples are the best way of doing this.

Click through for the explanation using a job graph.