# Power Query Background Jobs API

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/power-query/power-query-background-jobs-api/  
**Provider:** Power Query — https://apis.io/providers/power-query/  
**Base URL:** https://learn.microsoft.com/powerquery-m/  
**Documentation:** https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/powerquery-m/

Power Query Background Jobs API is one of 7 APIs that [Power Query](https://apis.io/providers/power-query/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification. Tagged areas include Background Jobs. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, an API reference, authentication docs, and rate-limit docs.

The Background Jobs API from Power Query — 4 operation(s) for background jobs.

## Operations (4)

| Method | Path | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| POST | `/workspaces/{workspaceId}/dataflows/{dataflowId}/jobs/execute/schedules` | Create a new execute schedule for a dataflow. |
| POST | `/workspaces/{workspaceId}/dataflows/{dataflowId}/jobs/applyChanges/schedules` | Create a new apply changes schedule for a dataflow. |
| POST | `/workspaces/{workspaceId}/dataflows/{dataflowId}/jobs/execute/instances` | Run on-demand execute job instance |
| POST | `/workspaces/{workspaceId}/dataflows/{dataflowId}/jobs/applyChanges/instances` | Run on-demand apply changes job instance |

## Machine-readable artifacts (11)

- **OpenAPI** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/power-query/refs/heads/main/openapi/power-query-background-jobs-api-openapi.yml
- **Documentation** — https://blog.fabric.microsoft.com/en-US/blog/execute-power-query-programmatically-in-microsoft-fabric/
- **APIReference** — https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/fabric/data-factory/pipeline-rest-api
- **APIReference** — https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/fabric/dataflow/items
- **Examples** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/power-query/refs/heads/main/examples/fabric-dataflow/
- **Authentication** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/power-query/refs/heads/main/authentication/power-query-authentication.yml
- **OAuthScopes** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/power-query/refs/heads/main/scopes/power-query-scopes.yml
- **Conventions** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/power-query/refs/heads/main/conventions/power-query-conventions.yml
- **DataModel** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/power-query/refs/heads/main/data-model/power-query-data-model.yml
- **ErrorCatalog** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/power-query/refs/heads/main/errors/power-query-problem-types.yml
- **RateLimits** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/power-query/refs/heads/main/rate-limits/power-query-rate-limits.yml

## Other Power Query APIs (6)

- [Power Query M Formula Language](https://apis.io/apis/power-query/m-language/)
- [Power Query Connectors API](https://apis.io/apis/power-query/connectors-api/)
- [Power Query Dataflows API](https://apis.io/apis/power-query/dataflows-api/)
- [Power Query SDK](https://apis.io/apis/power-query/sdk/)
- [Power Query Items API](https://apis.io/apis/power-query/power-query-items-api/)
- [Power Query Query Execution API](https://apis.io/apis/power-query/power-query-query-execution-api/)

## Tags

Background Jobs

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Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/apis/power-query/power-query-background-jobs-api/). The API's provider profile, Kin Score and agent-readiness rating are at https://apis.io/providers/power-query/.