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Subscribe to email snapshots of reports in *specific filter/slicer states*

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Sirui Sun on 18 Jan 2017 05:41:11

Extend the email subscriptions feature, currently in public preview, to include support for email snapshots of reports in specific filter/slicer states.

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

Administrator on 31 Mar 2018 12:28:59

Hey everyone - we're working on enabling this feature soon. Stay tuned for updates.

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bc2e3fe0 36fb-4b8d-8f6b-1aebbc7f45d8 on 05 Jul 2020 23:29:56

RE: Subscribe to email snapshots of reports in *specific filter/slicer states*

We have solved this. Our solution runs on any browser based report (e.g., Power BI Service) and generates multi-page pdf or pptx reports with user-defined slicers applied to each page.

The entire report (pdf / pptx) can be attached to an html mail and sent to a mailing list of end-users. The contact mail IDs are mapped to the selected report slicers, ensuring that users only see their own reports / data.

Report generation and mail campaigns can be scheduled or executed on demand. We've done three campaigns in the past couple of months, and it works just fine with several hundred reports, each sent to multiple contacts.

Contact kiran@vegasolutions.in for details.

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dbd9b92d 8010-4a1d-af1e-1610685e655c on 05 Jul 2020 23:29:44

RE: Subscribe to email snapshots of reports in *specific filter/slicer states*

I urgently need this for my daily sales report. Working with the "personalized" filter feature (keeping the filter status as the user has left the report for the next visit), I would assume that similar to pin a report visual based on the current filter status on a dashboard, this would also work for the e-mail subscription (always use the exact filter status of the point in time the e-mail subscription has been done). This would also allow to e.g. describe several times to the same report with different filter status (e.g. once for BU 1, and once for BU 2)...

Eagerly looking forward for this feature!

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a3309361 99be-ea11-a812-000d3a8ddfb2 on 05 Jul 2020 23:29:43

RE: Subscribe to email snapshots of reports in *specific filter/slicer states*

this is so basic it should be there already!!

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a3309361 99be-ea11-a812-000d3a8ddfb2 on 05 Jul 2020 23:29:23

RE: Subscribe to email snapshots of reports in *specific filter/slicer states*

Hello,
This is a must
Veery frustrating that users cant subsribe to their selection of filters

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aae06031 ca96-471b-95d7-d0a263cdc925 on 05 Jul 2020 23:27:35

RE: Subscribe to email snapshots of reports in *specific filter/slicer states*

Hi, do you have any update on this feature?

Thanks.

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7b8b04c2 1c81-4c9d-84c6-370233c45f98 on 05 Jul 2020 23:26:45

RE: Subscribe to email snapshots of reports in *specific filter/slicer states*

Any update on this feature?

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aa1a7e53 6fba-488b-9d47-c4c7fd67b4b6 on 05 Jul 2020 23:23:42

RE: Subscribe to email snapshots of reports in *specific filter/slicer states*

Any news ?

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a3309361 99be-ea11-a812-000d3a8ddfb2 on 05 Jul 2020 23:22:02

RE: Subscribe to email snapshots of reports in *specific filter/slicer states*

Hello any update about this?

Thx

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bcdb1097 6957-46ed-9d06-b0c10b6c9989 on 05 Jul 2020 23:21:50

RE: Subscribe to email snapshots of reports in *specific filter/slicer states*

Subscriptions to a view is a feature that our users enjoy in Tableau. It will be great to have similar functionality in Power BI. We are looking forward to it.

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a3309361 99be-ea11-a812-000d3a8ddfb2 on 05 Jul 2020 23:21:49

RE: Subscribe to email snapshots of reports in *specific filter/slicer states*

This is a must!