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Cannot save a Dynamic per-recipient subscription for a paginated report.
I'm trying to create a Dynamic per-recipient subscription for a paginated report, but I can't save the subscription.
When I click Save, I get the following error:
"Free users or groups can only subscribe to rdlreport backed by Premium capacity."
My setup
- Workspace is running on a Microsoft Fabric trial capacity
- I have a Power BI Premium Per User (PPU) license
- For testing, I'm only targeting one recipient
- The recipient has a confirmed Power BI Pro license
- The email address in the recipient semantic model matches their Microsoft 365 / Entra ID sign-in address exactly
The error appears during the save process, before the subscription is created or sent.
According to Microsoft's documentation, Microsoft Fabric trial capacity is listed as a supported capacity type for Dynamic per-recipient subscriptions on paginated reports. Based on that, I would expect this scenario to work.
Has anyone successfully used Dynamic per-recipient subscriptions for paginated reports on a Fabric trial capacity?
I'm wondering whether:
- Fabric trial capacities are not fully supported for this feature despite the documentation, or
- There's an additional licensing or capacity requirement that I'm missing.
Diagnostic information
- Activity ID: 71fad41c-ff66-4f49-bc65-dd95fef26e34
- Request ID: 53e5d4d8-573e-48b1-bc98-86795194eeee
- Correlation ID: 521bc9f5-f275-6f26-71fb-66d4f2d613aa
- Time: 2026-08-13 13:51:12 GMT+0200
- Service version: 13.0.28511.832
- Client version: 2608.1.30403-train
- Cluster: North Europe
Any ideas or confirmation from others using Fabric trial capacity would be appreciated.
Hi spehe,
Thanks for reaching out to the Microsoft Fabric Community forum. and thanks to ShivekMaharaj & tayloramy for sharing valuable insights.I reviewed Microsoft's documentation for Dynamic per-recipient subscriptions for paginated reports. Based on the documented prerequisites, your configuration appears to align with the requirements.
Most importantly, Microsoft explicitly lists Microsoft Fabric trial as a supported capacity for paginated reports with dynamic per-recipient subscriptions.
The documentation also requires:
• Build permission to a semantic model containing recipient email addresses and the parameter values.
• Contributor, Member, or Admin access to the workspace.
• Recipient data containing email addresses and the parameters assigned to each recipient.It further explains that the recipient semantic model is used to map recipients to their parameters, with email addresses being the key recipient data used for this mapping.
Given that Fabric trial is explicitly listed as a supported capacity, the reported error may require further investigation. I would first verify the remaining configuration details against the documented prerequisites before drawing any conclusion about the capacity or licensing requirement.
For more details, please refer to the below official Microsoft documentation:
Create a dynamic subscription for a paginated report - Power BI | Microsoft Learn
I hope this helps. Please feel free to reach out if you have any further questions.
Thank you.
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Hi spehe,
I think the key distinction here is between your PPU user license and the capacity assigned to the workspace.
Microsoft’s PPU FAQ states that subscriptions which provide different data views to different recipients require Premium capacity. So having PPU personally does not, by itself, satisfy the requirement for a dynamic per-recipient subscription.
The dynamic subscription documentation for paginated reports also treats the workspace capacity as a separate prerequisite.
Since your workspace is currently on Fabric Trial, I would test the same report in a workspace backed by a paid Fabric/Premium capacity if you have access to one. If it saves there, that would strongly point to the trial capacity being the limiting factor rather than the recipient address or report configuration.
Given that you are already getting the Premium-capacity-specific validation message during save, I would focus on the workspace capacity first.
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Hello Shivek and thank you for taking time for this. The main goal of my report is to see what configuration will work for this function before I report back to management about the costs. It is hard for me to understand Microsofts licensing model, but as far as I understand, the cost for a paid Fabric workspace will be hard to justify if I can't show a working model, and unfortunately I do not have any other paid Fabric/Premium capacity.
Hi spehe,
Thanks, and after seeing the workspace confirmation and the clarification from Community Support, I would revise my earlier suggestion about testing this on a paid capacity.
The feature-specific dynamic subscription documentation explicitly lists Microsoft Fabric trial as a supported capacity, so your current workspace should satisfy that prerequisite.
I therefore wouldn't purchase a paid capacity just to validate this scenario. Since the documented requirements appear to be met, I would follow the remaining validation steps Community Support mentioned and, if the same Premium-capacity error persists, have Microsoft investigate it using the Activity, Request and Correlation IDs you already captured.
Thanks for clarifying the setup.
Hi spehe,
Thanks for reaching out to the Microsoft Fabric Community forum. and thanks to ShivekMaharaj & tayloramy for sharing valuable insights.I reviewed Microsoft's documentation for Dynamic per-recipient subscriptions for paginated reports. Based on the documented prerequisites, your configuration appears to align with the requirements.
Most importantly, Microsoft explicitly lists Microsoft Fabric trial as a supported capacity for paginated reports with dynamic per-recipient subscriptions.
The documentation also requires:
• Build permission to a semantic model containing recipient email addresses and the parameter values.
• Contributor, Member, or Admin access to the workspace.
• Recipient data containing email addresses and the parameters assigned to each recipient.It further explains that the recipient semantic model is used to map recipients to their parameters, with email addresses being the key recipient data used for this mapping.
Given that Fabric trial is explicitly listed as a supported capacity, the reported error may require further investigation. I would first verify the remaining configuration details against the documented prerequisites before drawing any conclusion about the capacity or licensing requirement.
For more details, please refer to the below official Microsoft documentation:
Create a dynamic subscription for a paginated report - Power BI | Microsoft Learn
I hope this helps. Please feel free to reach out if you have any further questions.
Thank you.Hi spehe,
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Thank you.Hi spehe,
May I check if this issue has been resolved? If not, Please feel free to contact us if you have any further questions.
Thank youHi Taylor,
workspace type says 'Fabric Trial' and I have a PPU license.
