Known issue - Dataflow Gen2 ownership takeover fails
In the Settings of a Dataflow Gen2 dataflow, you can select the Take over button to assign ownership of the dataflow to yourself. When trying to perform the takeover, you might receive an error message, and the takeover fails.
Status: Fixed: August 6, 2024
Product Experience: Data Factory
Symptoms
When trying to takeover the ownership of a Dataflow Gen2 dataflow, you receive an error similar to: Taking ownership failed.
Solutions and workarounds
To work around the issue, you have two options:
- If the owner can access the dataflow, export the dataflow as a Power Query template and import a new one
- If the owner can't access the dataflow:
- Export the .json of the dataflow
- Extract the mashup script from within the dataflow
- Recreate a new dataflow from it