Data alerts

Data-driven alerts are email notifications and one of the top capabilities exclusive to dashboards in the Power BI service. For many users and business scenarios, data-driven alerts are a high-value complement, or even a substitute, to dashboards and reports as they help to avoid frequently accessing Power BI to search for actionable information.

For example, rather than opening Power BI in the browser or on a phone every morning and looking for red colors or certain KPI symbols, users could view certain dashboards or reports less frequently and only respond to data-driven alert notifications sent via email.

With a standard card, KPI, or gauge visual pinned to a dashboard, a data-driven alert can be configured either in the Power BI service or via the Power BI mobile app. In Figure 13.27, the ellipses (…) of a KPI visual are clicked, exposing the Manage alerts option:

Figure 13.27: Manage alerts in Power BI service

Choosing Manage alerts...