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Sirui Sun on 18 Jan 2017 05:36:46

Extend the email subscription feature, currently in public preview, to enable subscribing *others* to email snapshots of reports.

More information about the existing email subscriptions feature can be found here: https://powerbi.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/introducing-email-subscriptions-in-power-bi-stay-informed-when-it-matters/preview/

Administrator on 05 Jun 2018 07:08:27

Hi all, We released this feature today for Power BI - check out the blogpost discussing how to take advantage of this new functionality - https://powerbi.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/subscribe-others-to-email-subscriptions-in-power-bi/

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444e5667 f09e-4636-afda-c4a66dc28f60 on 05 Jul 2020 22:58:07

RE: Subscribe *others* to emails of reports

'Hi, for those still concerned, i workaround this missing feature by simply subscribing myself to the report and then, in outlook, setting up a "redirect" rules that will do the job to send an exact copy of my subscription to a defined group of people.

this worked fine. and is server-side, so even if outlook is off, it works.

but there is some drawbacks:
- no trigger different from mine
- ...

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185ec423 8306-40c8-af2f-7e3fa3737e37 on 05 Jul 2020 22:57:51

RE: Subscribe *others* to emails of reports

This is very basic requirement for, to make use of created reports. All executives would like to see reports in mail. I should be able to subscribe them.

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46dd2484 02eb-40e2-b913-337aee7b1db9 on 05 Jul 2020 22:57:13

RE: Subscribe *others* to emails of reports

This is a very basic functionality available in almost all other BI tools. Please add this ASAP so we can buy Power BI premium.
Thanks

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5698fb82 02b7-4852-bf7f-cbff20f5131d on 05 Jul 2020 22:56:19

RE: Subscribe *others* to emails of reports

Is there anyway we can get a notice or time line of when this feature will be implemented

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55e90c01 fb03-45e7-a78a-5df3a9bf4fae on 05 Jul 2020 22:55:58

RE: Subscribe *others* to emails of reports

Ee need SSRS can Run power bi
Ee buy sql2016 standart And didnot work

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55e90c01 fb03-45e7-a78a-5df3a9bf4fae on 05 Jul 2020 22:55:44

RE: Subscribe *others* to emails of reports

Muy necesaria. Se está implementado? Cuando estará disponible?

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7d1228ab 8832-41cc-bac0-8a24664e87ac on 05 Jul 2020 22:55:38

RE: Subscribe *others* to emails of reports

Can't wait until this feature is available, we have customers asking for it. We'll need to use SSRS for now

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96e34198 f6ee-4731-bb6f-6247cc1c7664 on 05 Jul 2020 22:55:18

RE: Subscribe *others* to emails of reports

The ability to set up a subscription is very necessary since a lot of the leadership prefer and email over having to pull the report themselves.

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66c1f3ff ad29-4e44-beeb-94d673b25a08 on 05 Jul 2020 22:54:52

RE: Subscribe *others* to emails of reports

This needs to happen ASAP. As everyone is saying, this needs to be a priority. As the owner of the report I should be able to subscribe users who the report is shared out to.

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32bdb1ef 6aec-4c81-b734-fdef1fbadc14 on 05 Jul 2020 22:54:37

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Would be great if we can also build an email template to be sent away, and choose on the dashboard and/or which reports to be included