I need to force a SPICE refresh to fail (to test downstream processes)

I have alerts set up through PagerDuty to notify of failed dataset refreshes. I need to test the setup, and am seeking a way to force a SPICE dataset to fail a refresh. Preferably the dataset would not be required to be large in order to minimize SPICE usage.

Any ideas on how to accomplish this?

Hi @ssquicksight and welcome to the Quick Sight community!
I’ve included some documentation below that explores ways a SPICE refresh could fail, as well as error codes you may encounter.
I would suggest using this information to test for failure.

In terms of a way to check with a smaller dataset; there’s an error code ‘number_parse_failure’, which occurs if you have a value in a numeric field that’s not a number. You could try adjusting a value in a numeric field early in your dataset.

Hi @ssquicksight,

Following up here as it’s been awhile since we last heard from you; did you have any additional questions regarding your initial post?

If we do not hear back within the next 3 business days, I’ll close out this topic.

Thank you

Hi @ssquicksight,

Since we have not heard back, I’ll go ahead and close out this topic. However, if you have any additional questions, feel free to create a new post in the community.

Thank you!