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Anonymous
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3 years ago
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User text input to email

Hi,

 

I need help on something, here is what I'm trying to do :

 

  • I want the users to be able to input text in the published report
  • And when they press the button (automate I guess?) it send an email with the current report values selection + the user input text

I feel there is no way to do it, can you enlight me?

 

Thanks for your help!

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  • selimovd's avatar
    selimovd
    3 years ago

    Hey Anonymous ,

     

    you can use a PowerApp for the input and then you can also send the data with a button in the PowerApp.

    If you just want to send the values, then you can use a PowerAutomate button.

     

    Both (PowerApp and PowerAutomate) are available as visuals within PowerBI.

     

    If you need any help please let me know.
    If I answered your question I would be happy if you could mark my post as a solution ✔️ and give it a thumbs up 👍

    Best regards
    Denis

    Blog: WhatTheFact.bi
    Follow me: twitter.com/DenSelimovic

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  • selimovd's avatar
    selimovd
    Most Valuable Professional
    3 years ago

    Hey Anonymous ,

     

    you can use a PowerApp for the input and then you can also send the data with a button in the PowerApp.

    If you just want to send the values, then you can use a PowerAutomate button.

     

    Both (PowerApp and PowerAutomate) are available as visuals within PowerBI.

     

    If you need any help please let me know.
    If I answered your question I would be happy if you could mark my post as a solution ✔️ and give it a thumbs up 👍

    Best regards
    Denis

    Blog: WhatTheFact.bi
    Follow me: twitter.com/DenSelimovic

    • hadase's avatar
      hadase
      Frequent Visitor
      4 months ago

      Hello,

      I have the same issue,

      I have a dashboard in Power BI service and I added to it a button that when you click on it,

      It activates a Power Automate process:

      -get the email of the user clicking on the button

      -send him an email

      I want to add a place that he can add comments, after clicking the button,

      and adss the comments in the email that It sends him.

      Is there a way I can do it without Power App?

       

      Thank you, 

      Hadas

  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    Not applicable
    3 years ago

    Thanks for the quick reply! Do you know if I can do that using the Power Apps standard version? I try something similar to what you said and I got a message that I was using premium features... And I couldn't identifiy what features it was exactly, maybe the link to power bi is premium?

    • selimovd's avatar
      selimovd
      Most Valuable Professional
      3 years ago

      Hey Anonymous ,

       

      premium is the data source that is used. If you use a relational data source like SQL Server his requires a premium license in PowerApps.

      If you only use an Excel or a Sharepoint list, then you are good to go with the free license.

       

      Hope that helped.

       

      Best regards
      Denis