[role="xpack"]
[testenv="platinum"]
[[stop-dfanalytics]]
=== Stop {dfanalytics-jobs} API

[subs="attributes"]
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<titleabbrev>Stop {dfanalytics-jobs}</titleabbrev>
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Stops one or more {dfanalytics-jobs}.

experimental[]

[[ml-stop-dfanalytics-request]]
==== {api-request-title}

`POST _ml/data_frame/analytics/<data_frame_analytics_id>/_stop` +

`POST _ml/data_frame/analytics/<data_frame_analytics_id>,<data_frame_analytics_id>/_stop` +

`POST _ml/data_frame/analytics/_all/_stop`

[[ml-stop-dfanalytics-prereq]]
==== {api-prereq-title}

If the {es} {security-features} are enabled, you must have the following built-in roles or equivalent privileges:

* `machine_learning_admin`
* `kibana_admin` (UI only)
  
For more information, see <<security-privileges>> and <<built-in-roles>>.


[[ml-stop-dfanalytics-desc]]
==== {api-description-title}

A {dfanalytics-job} can be started and stopped multiple times throughout its 
lifecycle.

You can stop multiple {dfanalytics-jobs} in a single API request by using a 
comma-separated list of {dfanalytics-jobs} or a wildcard expression. You can 
stop all {dfanalytics-job} by using _all or by specifying * as the 
<data_frame_analytics_id>.

[[ml-stop-dfanalytics-path-params]]
==== {api-path-parms-title}

`<data_frame_analytics_id>`::
(Required, string)
include::{docdir}/ml/ml-shared.asciidoc[tag=job-id-data-frame-analytics-define]
  
[[ml-stop-dfanalytics-query-params]]
==== {api-query-parms-title}  
  
`allow_no_match`::
(Optional, boolean) 
include::{docdir}/ml/ml-shared.asciidoc[tag=allow-no-match]


`force`::
  (Optional, boolean) If true, the {dfanalytics-job} is stopped forcefully.
  
`timeout`::
(Optional, <<time-units,time units>>) 
include::{docdir}/ml/ml-shared.asciidoc[tag=timeout-stop]


[[ml-stop-dfanalytics-example]]
==== {api-examples-title}

The following example stops the `loganalytics` {dfanalytics-job}:

[source,console]
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POST _ml/data_frame/analytics/loganalytics/_stop
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// TEST[skip:TBD]

When the {dfanalytics-job} stops, you receive the following results:

[source,console-result]
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{
  "stopped" : true
}
----