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Aljaz's avatar
Aljaz
New Member
9 years ago

Single Data Item Alerts

Hi, is it possible to set up an alert for each individual item in a big dataset?   Example: We have a set of items (10.000+) and we measure the availability of them, when I pull that info in power ...
Greg_Deckler's avatar
Greg_Deckler
Community Champion
9 years ago

I think the answer is that, yes, theoretically you could do that. I also think that, no, you should not do that. Power BI is not the right tool for that. You need to look at something like a System Center Operations Manager or similar product that is essentially designed for that specific purpose more or less.

Aljaz's avatar
Aljaz
New Member
9 years ago

Well I know that Power BI is a reporting tool and what i'm asking is more of system monitoring tool, but I though there might be a way of doing this in Power BI as well.

Do you know an alternative solution with Power BI?

  • v-sihou-msft's avatar
    v-sihou-msft
    Microsoft Employee
    9 years ago

    Aljaz

     

    As mentioned in documentation, data alert is only availabe in guage, KPI and card visuals, which can only work for aggregated data. You can't have it work for each data entry. You may submit a feature request on idea.

     

    Regards,