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Error: flow run timed out because the starting action was not performed

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I am currently trying to create a flow in Power Automate, which is basically running after an alert is triggered.
I have a alerts dashboard in my Power BI website, and in that dashboard, I have a card visual which is pinned. So, on the card visual, I have used the manage alerts option, and then I have set an alert rule. And in that alert rule, when the card visual is having threshold below zero (the value is already zero), I am going to trigger the Power Automate flow.
And inside that Power Automate flow, I have chosen the action named "when a data-driven alert is triggered".

And in that action, I have chosen the relevant alert ID.
And in the second step, I am trying to send an email after running a specific query on my Power BI report.
But when I am trying to manually test it, I am getting an error which is saying "flow run timed out because the starting action was not performed". So, is there any way to go around this issue and still test my flow to check if it is working or not?
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    venturemavenwill Profile Picture
    1,198 Super User 2026 Season 1 on at
    Your probably created a flow with a trigger "PowerBI Button Clicked"
     
    In that case, you need to click on the trigger in PowerBI in order for the flow to start. 
     
    For automated flows, just clicking on manually testing the flow wouldn't start it. It simply waits for an event to happen which would trigger the flow. 
  • RG-05081829-0 Profile Picture
    3 on at
    This is my power automate flow. I did not use the trigger "PowerBI Button Clicked"
  • venturemavenwill Profile Picture
    1,198 Super User 2026 Season 1 on at
    Did you try to trigger an alert? I am afraid the Flow won't trigger unless you do. 

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