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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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    Claus Thorning Madsen 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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    Ratna Sharma 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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    Andrew Dale 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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    Ruth Lubik 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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    Kevin Hoffman 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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    Kelly Peckham 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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    Power BI User 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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    sarah 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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    Eric Day on 05 Jul 2020 22:56:41

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

    Definitely need this.....

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    damien.dent on 05 Jul 2020 22:55:45

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

    Come on Microsoft this request was presented 18 months ago.. Its not difficult and would be greatly appreciated to all those that Build and Support BI only 10% of the week.