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    Catherine Williams on 03 May 2016 03:56:41

    When scheduling a dataset refresh there should be an option to send the failure to someone other than the person that created the scheduled refresh, eg the support email box.

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    125faae9 ae33-47dc-9b14-26400c7845eb on 05 Jul 2020 23:38:15

    RE: Scheduled Refresh failure notification should go to service/admin account

    this should have been there on day 1

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    edb707a8 095f-4e9a-b447-fe71e9b33fce on 05 Jul 2020 23:29:24

    RE: Scheduled Refresh failure notification should go to service/admin account

    Better yet - make it a atom or RSS feed you can subscribe to!

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    81059302 ade4-4e9b-8fa9-ce5f50f1479a on 05 Jul 2020 23:28:15

    RE: Scheduled Refresh failure notification should go to service/admin account

    Really needed this Feature

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    9762edaf 6de8-48ff-b2d0-ae14e3235479 on 05 Jul 2020 23:18:17

    RE: Scheduled Refresh failure notification should go to service/admin account

    see also https://ideas.powerbi.com/forums/265200-power-bi-ideas/suggestions/20587153-'alerts'-for-success-failure-of-data-refresh

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    c7fff54d 0c9d-46e0-bc15-89901e6c0f6d on 05 Jul 2020 23:13:43

    RE: Scheduled Refresh failure notification should go to service/admin account

    I did find a temporary workaround that might be an option for some of you. I created a rule in Outlook that states when Microsoft Power BI sends an email that contains "Refresh Failed" to forward the email. In our case, I am forwarding to a distribution group that contains those application analyst staff maintain the Power BI content.

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    5b132bcd ea42-4ef6-b8e5-40672ef23e8a on 05 Jul 2020 23:08:43

    RE: Scheduled Refresh failure notification should go to service/admin account

    Necessary for every company I have ever worked for. Multiple administrators need to know.

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    6f892f8f 1911-4c65-90e0-3f6a53fe8f19 on 05 Jul 2020 23:03:01

    RE: Scheduled Refresh failure notification should go to service/admin account

    We need this as an admin feature... tracking of all datasets and all failures - whether they are live or imported, on demand vs scheduled, etc. This is how PowerPivot in SharePoint works. Why can't they do it with PBI?? We don't have a SQL backend to connect to, but we do have gateway logs and O365 logs... neither seem to provide good information on failures. And even if they did it would be difficult to create 'alerts's off that data.

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    8e30181f a84e-4f50-96f8-448d35bd6d93 on 05 Jul 2020 22:59:12

    RE: Scheduled Refresh failure notification should go to service/admin account

    Yes this needs to happen asap! My clients had issues while I was away as no one else knew the refreshes were failing.

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    1b87ca34 f081-412e-b455-20eaf79148aa on 05 Jul 2020 22:57:58

    RE: Scheduled Refresh failure notification should go to service/admin account

    voted. really need this feature.

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    eab3d33f 5bfb-46f8-b176-03d3cedeefc3 on 05 Jul 2020 22:56:41

    RE: Scheduled Refresh failure notification should go to service/admin account

    Definitely need this.....