“Manage Alert” option appears inconsistently.

[apurvatiwari508]

Hi,

I have a Power BI report published in a Pro-licensed workspace, and a card visual has been pinned to a dashboard within the same workspace.
When I click on the card visual on the dashboard, the “Manage alerts” option does not appear initially. However, if I click on the visual and then navigate back, the option starts appearing.

Note: RLS has been applied in the report.

Please suggest.

[v-pnaroju-msft]

Hi apurvatiwari508,

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[v-pnaroju-msft]

Thankyou, @grazitti_sapna and @MohdZaid_for your response.

Hi apurvatiwari508,

We appreciate your inquiry through the Microsoft Fabric Community Forum.

We would like to inquire whether have you got the chance to check the solutions provided by @grazitti_sapna and @MohdZaid_ to resolve the issue. We hope the information provided helps to clear the query. Should you have any further queries, kindly feel free to contact the Microsoft Fabric community.

Thank you.

[MohdZaid_]

Hey @apurvatiwari508 , 

The Manage alert option usually disappers beacuse of how Power BI handles permissions especially when RLS (Row Level Security) is involved.

Power BI only shows the alert option when - 

• The tile is a dashboard card/KPI that sipports alerts.
• The user has the right permissions (Viewer + no RLS limitations or Build permission).
• The tile loads data sucessfully.

With RLS, Power BI sometimes does not immediately recognize whether a user is allowed to set alerts. That's why the option suddenly apperas after clicking the tile and coming bank the service re-evaluates your permissions.

What usually fixes it - 

• Give the user "Build" permission on the dataset.
• Sometimes the original tile does not register as alert enabled. Re-pinning refreshes that.
• Alerts only work on simple numeric cards no text, no multi row cards, no fancy dynamic formatting.

I hope this helps you get things running smoothly in Power BI !!!

if it solved your issue, feel free to mark it as the solution so others can benefit too.

Thanks for being part of the community.

[grazitti_sapna · Accepted solution]

Hi @apurvatiwari508 

As per my experience, here are a few things that might be causing this:

• Alerts only work on single visual tiles like cards, KPIs or gauges. If you’re using the new card visual or a multi-measure card the alert option might not appear reliably yet.
• The data behind the visual needs to be numeric and refreshed. If your data is filtered out by RLS or is static/not updating, the alert option might not show at first.
• Permissions can also play a role. Make sure you have the right access in the workspace and that you’re assigned the correct security groups.
• Sometimes the UI just needs a little nudge a quick navigation away and back to the dashboard refreshes the interface and the option shows up.

Please check these points and let us know if it helps.

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