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Hi there,

 

I've been trying to set up a flow that will send an email to a distribution list when a Power BI alert is triggered. I've been using the template called 'Send an e-mail to any audience when a Power BI data alert is triggered'. When I try to create the flow I get the error 'PowerBINotAuthorizedException'. 

 

Microsoft Flow is able to read my alerts from Power BI (ie the alert names are appearing in a drop down) so it's clearly connecting to it. Once the flow is set up and I click on it, there's an error message to fix the trigger. When I click on it, it outputs the below detailed error message:

 

{
"statusCode"401,
"headers": {
"Pragma""no-cache",
"Retry-After""600",
"Strict-Transport-Security""max-age=31536000; includeSubDomains",
"X-Frame-Options""deny",
"X-Content-Type-Options""nosniff",
"RequestId""71d3b2f8-f444-433e-b2ab-352c5c194a56",
"Access-Control-Expose-Headers""RequestId",
"Timing-Allow-Origin""*",
"x-ms-apihub-cached-response""false",
"Cache-Control""no-store, must-revalidate, no-cache",
"Date""Wed, 11 Sep 2019 04:58:29 GMT",
"Content-Length""220",
"Content-Type""application/json"
},
"body": {
"error": {
"code""PowerBINotAuthorizedException",
"pbi.error": {
"code""PowerBINotAuthorizedException",
"parameters": {},
"details": [],
"exceptionCulprit"1
}
}
}
}
 
I originally posted this with links to screenshots but for whatever reason it was marked as spam. I suspect it's due to the links. I'm reposting again without the screenshots, so hopefully there's enough info to help troubleshoot! Thank you so much in advance for your help.
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  • v-alzhan-msft Profile Picture
    Microsoft Employee on at

    Hi @freswood ,

     

    Could you please share a screenshot of the configuration of your flow and the error message?

     

    Best regards,

    Alice       

     

    Community Support Team _ Alice Zhang
    If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.

  • freswood Profile Picture
    19 on at

    Hi Alice,

     

    Thanks so much for your reply! Below are some screenshots, but please let me know if I've missed anything. Thank you so much for your help!

    Flow1.PNGFlow2.PNGFlow3.PNG

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  • angw19 Profile Picture
    6 on at

    I'm having the same issue. Existing flows are fine, but all new flows are giving the unauthorized error. Any updates?

  • sam_revak Profile Picture
    20 on at

    I ran into the same issue today. Between the error message and taking a peek at the code I took a long shot and tried sharing the report with myself. This fixed the issue in my case (or Microsoft just resolved things at the same time). 

     

    That may work as a temporary workaround until the bug gets resolved and it's a pretty easy thing to test. 

     

    Also maybe worth noting, my dashboard is in an old workspace, not a new workspace. Not sure if that maybe makes a difference?

  • angw19 Profile Picture
    6 on at

    Sharing the report and dashboard with myself solved the issue. Bizarre, but happy to have a workaround until it's really fixed!

     

    Thank you for posting your findings!

  • freswood Profile Picture
    19 on at

    Hi @sam_revak, how do you share the report with yourself? Below is a screenshot of what it looks like when I click on 'Share' before making any changes. I'm already the owner, so when I search for myself in the search box and click on my name, it doesn't seem to do anything. Apologies if this is a silly question - I'm brand new to Flow.

     

    Flow Share.PNG

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    sam_revak Profile Picture
    20 on at

    @freswood Share the dashboard with yourself in Power BI:

    share dashboard.pngThen everything should work within Flow. This is assuming you have the access to share the dashboard within Power BI. 

  • freswood Profile Picture
    19 on at

    That worked! Thank you so much!

  • Community Power Platform Member Profile Picture
    Microsoft Employee on at

    I ran into the exact same error today. Shared the dashboard with myself but still getting the PowerBINotAuthorizedException error.

     

    Tried deleting and recreating the Flow, dashboard tile, and Power BI alert, re-sharing, same error

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