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vrossouw
Helper III
9 years ago
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Not receiving email on Alert

Hi I have ticked the box , to receive emails on the Alert function.  But I don't receive any alerts.  I guess the reason is that my email address is not the same as the PowerBI username.  How can we...
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  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    9 years ago

    vrossouw You could just use Microsoft Flow Just sign in -> My Flows -> Create from Blank -> Search "Power" -> select power bi "on trigger event" - Choose the Alert -> New Step -> Outlook (or some mail provider -> Choose action -> set up the email -> Create Flow

     

    This will also allow you to send to multiple people. You should just be able to log in to Flow with the same creds. 

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Anonymous
Not applicable
9 years ago

vrossouw You could just use Microsoft Flow Just sign in -> My Flows -> Create from Blank -> Search "Power" -> select power bi "on trigger event" - Choose the Alert -> New Step -> Outlook (or some mail provider -> Choose action -> set up the email -> Create Flow

 

This will also allow you to send to multiple people. You should just be able to log in to Flow with the same creds. 

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vrossouw
Helper III
9 years ago

 Anonymous  Hi, thank you very much.   I am busy testing this... 

  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    Not applicable
    9 years ago

    Hey just refresh the data set on the gateway...wait for sometime..you will get the email. It worked for me.