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Send Refresh Failure Notifications to Distribution List

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Kate on 11 Jun 2019 22:35:27

It would be helpful to be able to set up a distribution list of those to send refresh failure notifications to. Currently, only the owner receives an email, but we have several administrators that require notification when certain reports fail.

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8ad88a35 257e-4d7c-a810-5c4fa16027f8 on 05 Jul 2020 23:54:01

RE: Send Refresh Failure Notifications to Distribution List

You can use MS Flow to check the last run of a powerbi refresh

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c413114e 328e-4f5f-9272-01556efc4dba on 05 Jul 2020 23:53:03

RE: Send Refresh Failure Notifications to Distribution List

This irtem may be a duplicate as I noticed that this feature is already available.

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ffc95a18 077c-4f05-875f-9b46c01a75f0 on 05 Jul 2020 23:52:19

RE: Send Refresh Failure Notifications to Distribution List

This is a no brainer for an enterprise solution

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55361196 63f8-488c-9e15-4d6dc422fc79 on 05 Jul 2020 23:51:47

RE: Send Refresh Failure Notifications to Distribution List

Yes, the notification should be sent to all admins and/or to a specific group

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e2ae7705 2520-4949-90d4-a9be947ed0e7 on 05 Jul 2020 23:51:23

RE: Send Refresh Failure Notifications to Distribution List

I agree, this would be a useful option, by the way, thank you to those who share the tip about using outlook rules, in the meantime that help me fix the problem.

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189499af a2c7-4896-af36-a0daa73d733f on 05 Jul 2020 23:50:30

RE: Send Refresh Failure Notifications to Distribution List

this is the simplest thing to do. Should be done asap

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ae84e8c6 29af-46c8-8436-74b7c8f3c96c on 05 Jul 2020 23:48:56

RE: Send Refresh Failure Notifications to Distribution List

When scheduled refreshes fail, the notification emails should have a Retry button so we can quickly determine if the issue is transient.

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51af57f3 78fe-476d-aebf-cdb52004f81a on 05 Jul 2020 23:48:51

RE: Send Refresh Failure Notifications to Distribution List

This would be great! So I won't have to check on every dataset if there were errors when refreshing every day!

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a3309361 99be-ea11-a812-000d3a8ddfb2 on 05 Jul 2020 23:47:22

RE: Send Refresh Failure Notifications to Distribution List

Looks like the new workspace experience will solve for this with the concept on "Contact List" The new contact list feature, available in workspace settings or under advanced when creating a workspace, allows you to specify which users receive notification about issues occurring in the workspace. By default, any user or group with the Admin role in the workspace is notified, but you can customize the list. Just be aware that users or groups listed in the contact list will be shown in UI experiences in the future to help users get help related to the workspace. This feature is especially useful if you want to track through a group alias issues occurring in various workspaces so you can work with the workspace Admins to address users’ needs in a timely manner.

Reference: https://powerbi.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/announcing-new-workspace-experience-general-availability-ga/

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c4c8408a 007d-4f78-ada2-48e79bd5a2d9 on 05 Jul 2020 23:47:04

RE: Send Refresh Failure Notifications to Distribution List

This is great idea. If we can receive notification mail to system administrator group address, it would be better.