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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

Sokon Using Flow would be a work around if you just want to email yourself. But it extends the functionality of an alert by allowing you to email to other users, groups, etc. You are not able to do that in PowerBI, and in those cases I wouldn't consider it a work around.

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Sokon
Advocate V
9 years ago

Anonymous Yes, you are absolutely right! Flow offers more possibilities and works fine the way you describe it.

However, this thread started orginally with the exact description of the issue and refers to the build-in function. That's why I added the link to the issue post.