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Krzysztof_Hyla
Helper II
Helper IISubscription for email group doesn't work
Hi, our IS department created for me an email distribution list, that I wanted to use as a target for my Power BI report subscription, but it doesn't work (I contains 140 users). Nobody from the grou...
Hi Krzysztof_Hyla,
to be able to use email subscriptions in Power BI, you need to take into account:
- The person creating the subscription needs to have edit permissions to the report/dashboard, so a Pro license is also required
- Users receiving the email must also have a Pro license, or the workspace must be in Premium capacity
- There is a tenant setting in the Power BI Admin Portal called Email Subscriptions which has to be enabled
- If there are external users in that distribution list, there is an additional setting in the Admin Portal called Invite external users to your organization, which also has to be enabled
Also be aware there are several considerations/limitations:
- Currently, email subscriptions for reports and dashboards using live connection datasets aren't supported when subscribing users other than yourself
- For Power BI apps, you can only create subscriptions for others if you are the owner of the app
HTH.
Krzysztof_HylaHelper II
Helper IIMy report is in Premium Capacity, but it's composed off of live connection datasets.
You wrote that it's not supported to subscribe other users than me (creator and app owner), but I was successfull with that.
It's just not working with email groups.
Is there any timeline to add this functionality? It seems strange that it's not working in this case.