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Alert whenever data changes

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PBI on 02 Mar 2017 02:22:10

The current when data value is above or below a threshold.
I would like 'alerts' to provide option to send 'alerts' when the data change. The goal is to anchor the 'alerts' to a reporting date and send notification when reporting date changes.
The current 'alerts' does not allow for a custom message hence using the threshold would generate a fairly obscure message.

Administrator on 03 Nov 2023 19:47:17

Hi all. Thanks for your feedback and comments! We've recently released Data Activator which lets you set up alerts across a variety of data sources, including Power BI reports, and includes the ability to alert whenever data changes to/from a value, or just whenever it changes at all.

You can find out more at https://aka.ms/dataActivatorBlog. It's currently in Public Preview, available to anyone with access to Fabric (details on how to get started are in the blog). We are actively monitoring the Ideas forum for feedback, so please submit Ideas tagged with Data Activator. We're particularly interested in what alert conditions you need, like changes in value up/down or by a percentage.

You can also find out more on our Community forum at https://aka.ms/dataActivatorCommunity

I'm leaving this idea as Planned while we work to get Data Activator to a 'General Availability' stage, at which point I'll close it.

Thank you!

Comments (10)

on 03 Nov 2023 21:57:20

RE: Alert whenever data changes

Once the dataset refreshes, even if there is a new data , and the data alert trigger value is above threshold but it is same as the previous value , the alert does not get triggered. There should be a way where we can allow the alert to be triggered even if the value is same.

on 03 Nov 2023 21:49:27

RE: Alert whenever data changes

Hi everyone,

At the moment, alerts are based on conditions and thresholds.

It would be very useful to have an alert that sends a notification when the data value changes.

This could be applied to:

1. Flag Extreme events
2. Know when status has changed
3. Trigger alerts where we just need to know whether a value decreased or increased

If you can consider this enhancement, that would be great!

Thanks,
Julian

Katherine Tomlinson on 24 Oct 2022 19:14:27

RE: Alert whenever data changes

Today is the 3rd time I have been requested to provide functionality of reporting "successful data refreshes" from a scheduled process. Please prioritize.