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Anonymous
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Error to using Power Automate in Power BI desktop

Hello, 

 

I try to use the Power Automate into Power BI to send a e-mail but doesn´t work, 

 

The error mensage is: The input body for trigger 'manual' of type 'Request' did not match its schema definition. Error details: 'Required properties are missing from object: entity.'.

 

Anybody can help me?

 

Thanks a lot.  

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Hello @Anonymous,

 

For Power Automate flows inside of Power BI, the flow can only be triggered by a button inside Power BI and data cannot be added to the email from in Power BI. https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/power-bi/create-reports/power-bi-automate-visual?tabs=powerbi-desktop

 

If your goal is to just send an email that has static text - I have a flow that does this: 

datadminaustin_0-1666729450246.png

 

The flow must be created from inside Power BI as stated in the link. Does this make sense?

 

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Anonymous
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@datadmin-austin 

 

Thanks a lot.

Anonymous
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Hello, @datadmin-austin 

 

I have this flow, at On Power Bi button clicked :

 

{
    "kind""ApiConnection",
    "splitOn""@triggerBody()['rows']",
    "inputs": {
        "schema": {
            "type""object",
            "properties": {
                "rows": {
                    "type""array",
                    "items": {
                        "type""object",
                        "properties": {
                            "entity": {
                                "type""object",
                                "properties": {
                                    "Power BI values": {
                                        "title""Tabela do Power BI",
                                        "type""array",
                                        "items": {
                                            "type""object",
                                            "properties": {
                                                "EMAIL": {
                                                    "title""Tabela do Power BI EMAIL",
                                                    "type""string"
                                                }
                                            },
                                            "required": []
                                        }
                                    }
                                },
                                "required": [
                                    "Power BI values"
                                ]
                            }
                        },
                        "required": [
                            "entity"
                        ]
                    }
                }
            },
            "required": [
                "rows"
            ]
        },
        "host": {
            "connection": {
                "name""@parameters('$connections')['shared_powerbi']['connectionId']"
            }
        },
        "operationId""PowerBiButtonClicked",
        "parameters": {
            "inputsPowerBiData""{}",
            "pbi_source""powerAutomate"
        },
        "headersSchema": {
            "x-ms-user-email-encoded": {
                "title""User email",
                "type""string",
                "format""byte",
                "x-ms-dynamically-added"false
            }
        }
    },
    "metadata": {
        "operationMetadataId""5111b358-6f68-43a0-8cac-28c622f1643a"
    }
}
 
this help us?
 
Thanks

Hello @Anonymous,

 

For Power Automate flows inside of Power BI, the flow can only be triggered by a button inside Power BI and data cannot be added to the email from in Power BI. https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/power-bi/create-reports/power-bi-automate-visual?tabs=powerbi-desktop

 

If your goal is to just send an email that has static text - I have a flow that does this: 

datadminaustin_0-1666729450246.png

 

The flow must be created from inside Power BI as stated in the link. Does this make sense?

 

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