PL-300 Manage and secure Power BI Practice Question
Exhibit
"scheduledRefresh": {
"enabled": true,
"startTime": "2026-03-01T06:00:00Z",
"days": ["Monday", "Wednesday", "Friday"],
"notifyOption": "MailOnFailure"
}Refer to the exhibit. A Power BI dataset has the scheduled refresh configuration shown in the JSON. The refresh fails on Monday, March 2, 2026. Who will be notified?
Answer choices
Why each option matters
Answer the question above first, then reveal the full breakdown to understand why each option is right or wrong.
Correct answer & explanation
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The dataset owner.
The correct option is B, the dataset owner, because Power BI scheduled refresh failure notifications are sent by default to the owner of the dataset (the user who configured/owns the refresh), not to broader groups. In the exhibit's scheduled refresh configuration, no additional notification recipients are specified, so only the dataset owner receives the failure alert for the March 2, 2026 refresh. Workspace admins are not automatically notified of refresh failures unless they are the dataset owner or explicitly added as recipients. The Power BI tenant admin and all users with dataset access are also not default recipients of scheduled refresh failure emails.
Answer analysis
Option-by-option breakdown
For each option: why learners choose it and why it is or isn't the right answer here.
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All workspace admins.
Why it's wrong here
All workspace admins are not notified by the MailOnFailure setting, which is scoped to the dataset owner rather than the workspace's role-based membership. Workspace admins would only receive a refresh failure email if an explicit workspace admin notification checkbox were enabled separately in the dataset's refresh configuration. Since the exhibit only shows the MailOnFailure flag, the intended recipient is solely the dataset owner, and the workspace admin role does not inherit this notification.
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The dataset owner.
Why this is correct
The dataset owner is the correct recipient because MailOnFailure is a dataset-level property that triggers an email to the owner's Power BI account when a scheduled refresh fails. This notification is tied to the individual who originally created or has explicit ownership of the dataset, not to any broader group or role. Even when other users edit the dataset, the owner remains the fixed point of contact for the dataset's operational alerts, such as refresh failures.
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The Power BI tenant admin.
Why it's wrong here
A Power BI tenant admin does not receive refresh-failure emails from individual datasets because MailOnFailure only sends to the dataset owner's email address. Tenant admins can monitor refresh health through the admin portal or audit logs, but that requires proactive viewing and is not an automatic notification sent to the admin's inbox. To alert a tenant admin, one would have to explicitly add their email address as an additional contact in the dataset's email notification list, which is not indicated by the exhibit.
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All users with access to the dataset.
Why it's wrong here
Users with access to the dataset do not receive refresh-failure notifications, since MailOnFailure is not tied to dataset permissions such as Read or Build. Having access to view reports or build on top of the dataset does not enroll a user in the dataset's operational email notifications. Only the dataset owner and any explicitly configured additional contacts (such as workspace admins or specific emails) are in the recipient list, so users with access but no owner role are not included.
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