Fabric adds email alerts for failed data refreshes
Microsoft Fabric now automatically sends email notifications when scheduled jobs fail. This feature is generally available for automated tasks like Dataflows Gen2, which act as cloud-based Power Query steps for your reports. The emails include specific error details and a direct link to the Fabric Monitoring Hub to investigate the issue. You can configure these alerts for individual users or entire groups based on the specific schedule of the item. The system only flags scheduled runs. Manual data refreshes that fail will not trigger an email alert.
Previously, a broken data connection or a failed Power Query step would fail silently in the background. You usually found out about the problem when a manager opened a dashboard, noticed the numbers looked exactly the same as yesterday, and sent an angry message asking why the report was broken. Now, the system taps you on the shoulder the moment a scheduled refresh collapses. This gives you a critical head start to fix the broken query or reconnect the source file before anyone else logs in to check the morning numbers.
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Do not turn this on for every single dataflow or you will train yourself to ignore the emails. Pick the one critical dataflow that feeds your leadership dashboard and route those specific failure alerts to a dedicated inbox folder.
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