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chetan8080
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Set data alerts option missing

hello all! 
may be i am missing something to find it, but I am not finding the "set alerts" option in my power bi report published in a premiuim content space, I used to find it couple of days ago, but not now.

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Anonymous
Not applicable

Hi, @chetan8080 

Thank you very much for your reply! Based on the information you provide, there really is no problem with your report and it is not related to the workspace. This may be due to your administrator turning off the feature and making it unusable. Here are some workarounds:

1. Your tenant administrator may have turned off Fabric-related features. Since Data Activator is part of Fabric, you may not be able to see this feature.

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Turn on:

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2. Use dashboards: You can try pinning visuals into one dashboard and then setting up alerts for them. This method does not rely on Data Activator and may help you solve the problem.

Tutorial for setting data alerts on Power BI service dashboards. - Power BI | Microsoft Learn

If you have any questions or need further help during the operation, please feel free to let me know! Hope you find these suggestions helpful!

 

 

Best Regards

Jianpeng Li

If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.

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Anonymous
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Thank you Expiscornovus and MKM 

Hi, @chetan8080 

If your report does not contain visuals supported by Data Activator, the button will disappear automatically. Based on the screenshot information you provided, you are using the Workspace app and your license is Premium, which means that you can use the alert feature of the report.

Here is a brief description of the testing process:

1.Make sure your report contains visuals supported by Data Activator.

Data Activator limitations - Microsoft Fabric | Microsoft Learn

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Make sure you are using a Premium license, which enables the relevant features.

Get started using Data Activator - Microsoft Fabric | Microsoft Learn

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Set an alert in the report and see if the button is displayed normally. Here is my test:

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Best Regards

Jianpeng Li

If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.

Thank you for replying @Anonymous 
I am trying to set alerts for matrix visual

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I was able to do it couple of days ago, the option disappeared for me, I still hold Pro license

Anonymous
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Hi, @chetan8080 

Thank you very much for your reply! Next, follow these steps to troubleshoot the issue:

1. Try creating a new simple report and publishing it to your current workspace. This report can just contain a simple matrix to see if the function is working.

2. If you have other workspaces, you can try publishing the report to other workspaces and see if the feature works.
3. If you report a reproduction of the problem, please describe it to me, and I will try to reproduce it and provide a solution.
With these steps, we can better locate the problem. If you encounter any difficulties along the way, please feel free to let me know and I will be happy to help!

 

Best Regards

Jianpeng Li

If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.

Sure @Anonymous  let me do all the steps and get back to you with the observations. again thank you for supporting

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Hi @Anonymous , i tried publishing a new simpler report , does not still show the "set alerts" option, i tried other workspaces also.

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in my profile i can see this about free trial, what does this mean actually?

 



Anonymous
Not applicable

Hi, @chetan8080 

Thank you very much for your reply! Based on the information you provide, there really is no problem with your report and it is not related to the workspace. This may be due to your administrator turning off the feature and making it unusable. Here are some workarounds:

1. Your tenant administrator may have turned off Fabric-related features. Since Data Activator is part of Fabric, you may not be able to see this feature.

vjianpengmsft_0-1731984113096.png

vjianpengmsft_1-1731984140825.png

Turn on:

vjianpengmsft_3-1731984240642.png

 

vjianpengmsft_2-1731984188724.png

2. Use dashboards: You can try pinning visuals into one dashboard and then setting up alerts for them. This method does not rely on Data Activator and may help you solve the problem.

Tutorial for setting data alerts on Power BI service dashboards. - Power BI | Microsoft Learn

If you have any questions or need further help during the operation, please feel free to let me know! Hope you find these suggestions helpful!

 

 

Best Regards

Jianpeng Li

If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.

Anonymous
Not applicable

Dear @chetan8080 :-

 

Please check level of access that you are in pro /premium access the report  then refer this 

 

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Thanks for the response, I hold pro license, I was able to set alerts couple of days ago, for some reason the option to set alerts disappeared, I used to set alerts for matrix visual. which is not possible now. need help 

Expiscornovus
Super User
Super User

Hi @chetan8080,

 

Have you double checked the settings menu and check if you can see the alerts/manage them over there?

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/power-bi/create-reports/service-set-data-alerts#power-bi-settings-...

 

 

Edit: Ignore my first suggestion (the above link).

 

Can you try My Workspace > My Power BI Alerts instead?

 

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