Changing the Notification Language of Data Alerts Emails

[cw95]

I'm currently setting up alert notifications via the tiles in a dashboard and I'm wondering if there is a way to change the language of the email notifications a user receives when the alert is triggered.

Currently the emails are in English, but I need them in German. I set the language in the Power BI Service to German, and set my standard language in my Office365 account to German as well. I also tried setting the display language of my browser (Chrome) to German but the email notifications I receive are still in English.

Does anyone know of a way to do this, or has confirmation that this feature has not yet been implemented by the devs?

I found this forum post, but it's from 2016: Forum post

[Anonymous]

Hello,@Shravan133 ,thanks for your concern about this issue.

Your answer is excellent!
And I would like to share some additional solutions below.
Hi,@cw95 I am glad to help you.

It is very nice to see that you are using the Data Alert email notification feature in Power BI. In fact, your need is very common to modify the email sent by the system to your target language, so that it is more convenient for users to read the content of the email.
I found the official suggestion for this kind of requirement by browsing the official documentation
As @suggested, it is stated that the best way for Power BI to handle this type of subscription is to change the default language of the browser, so that the system sends emails in the current browser's default language.

Here is the official documentation I found, hope it helps.
URL:
Supported languages and countries/regions for Power BI - Power BI | Microsoft Learn
FAQs about Troubleshoot subscribing to dashboards and reports - Power BI | Microsoft Learn

[cw95]

Thank you for response!

Unfortunately this doesn't work, as changing the default language of my browser and the Power BI Service were the first things I tried. I mentioned that in my original post.

I also posted this question on other forums and it really seems as if changing the language of the email notifications is not possible at the moment (or at least doesn't work for translations into German).

[Shravan133]

s of now, Power BI does not support changing the language of email notifications for alerts directly through the Power BI service settings or the Office 365 account language settings. The email notifications for data alerts are generally sent in the default language configured by the Power BI service, which is often English.

Current Workarounds

Here are some possible workarounds to achieve this:

1. Translation Services:

   • Use a translation service to translate the email content from English to German automatically. This can be done through email routing rules and third-party translation APIs or services.

2. Custom Notification System:

   • Implement a custom notification system using Power Automate (formerly Microsoft Flow). You can create a flow that triggers based on the same criteria as your Power BI alerts and sends a customized email in German.

Setting Up a Custom Notification with Power Automate

You can set up Power Automate to monitor your data and send alerts in the desired language.

1. Create a Flow in Power Automate:
   • Go to Power Automate (https://flow.microsoft.com).
   • Create a new flow and choose the trigger based on your Power BI data. For instance, you might use a schedule trigger or a condition that checks your dataset.
2. Add Actions to Send Email:
   • Add actions to retrieve the data from Power BI using the Power BI connector.
   • Add conditions to check for the alert criteria.
   • Use the "Send an email" action to compose an email in German with the relevant data.

Example Flow Setup

1. Trigger:

   • Choose a trigger, such as "Recurrence" to check the data at regular intervals.

2. Action - Get Data:

   • Use the Power BI connector to get the data from your dataset.

3. Condition:

   • Set up conditions to check if the alert criteria are met (e.g., a specific value exceeds a threshold).

4. Action - Send Email:

   • Use the "Send an email (V2)" action.
   • Compose the email in German with the data from your dataset.

[cw95]

Thank you for your helpful reply!

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@Shravan133 wrote:

As of now, Power BI does not support changing the language of email notifications for alerts directly through the Power BI service settings or the Office 365 account language settings. The email notifications for data alerts are generally sent in the default language configured by the Power BI service, which is often English.

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Does that mean there is also no setting in the Power BI Admin Portal in order to set the default language of the Power BI service?

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@Shravan133 wrote:Translation Services:

• Use a translation service to translate the email content from English to German automatically. This can be done through email routing rules and third-party translation APIs or services.

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Do you perhaps have any recommendations for such a service or any resources on how to implement such email routing rules?