[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}.

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[[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}

* You must have `machine_learning_admin` built-in role to use this API. 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) Identifier for the {dfanalytics-job}. This identifier can
  contain lowercase alphanumeric characters (a-z and 0-9), hyphens, and
  underscores. It must start and end with alphanumeric characters.
  
[[ml-stop-dfanalytics-query-params]]
==== {api-query-parms-title}  
  
`allow_no_match`::
  (Optional, boolean) If `false` and the `data_frame_analytics_id` does not
  match any {dfanalytics-job} an error will be returned. The default value is
  `true`.

`force`::
  (Optional, boolean) If true, the {dfanalytics-job} is stopped forcefully.
  
`timeout`::
  (Optional, time) Controls the amount of time to wait until the
  {dfanalytics-job} stops. The default value is 20 seconds.


[[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
}
----