Configure actions for Activator rules

When you create a rule in Fabric Activator, you can configure actions to take when the rule condition is met. Actions can include sending notifications, such as emails or Teams messages, or triggering workflows, such as starting a Power Automate flow.

The following section provides details about the actions you can configure for your Activator rules in the Actions section.

Action section

In the Action section, select one of the following actions:

Email

To configure the alert to send an email when the condition is met, follow these steps:

1. For Select action, select Send email.

2. For To, enter the email address of the receiver or use the drop-down list to select a property whose value is an email address.

3. For Subject, enter a subject for the email.

4. For Headline, enter a headline for the email.

5. For Notes, enter notes for the emails.

   Note

   When entering subject, headline, or notes, you can refer to properties in the data by typing @ or by selecting the button next to the text boxes. For example, @BikepointID.

6. For Context, select values from the drop-down list that you want to include in the context.

   

Teams message

To configure the alert to send a Teams message to an individual or a group chat or a channel when the condition is met, follow these steps:

1. For Select action, select Teams -> Message to individuals or Group chat message, or Channel post.

2. Follow one of these steps depending on the option you selected in the previous step:

   • If you selected the Message to individuals option, enter email addresses of receivers or use the drop-down list to select a property whose value is an email address. When the condition is met, a Teams message is sent to specified individuals.
   • If you selected the Group chat message option, select a group chat from the drop-down list. When the condition is met, a message is posted to the group chat.
   • If you selected the Channel post option, select a team and a channel. When the condition is met, a message is posted in the channel.

3. For Headline, enter a headline for the Teams message.

4. For Notes, enter notes for the Teams message.

   Note

   When entering headline or notes, you can refer to properties in the data by typing @ or by selecting the button next to the text boxes. For example, @BikepointID.

5. For Context, select values from the drop-down list that you want to include in the context.

   

Run Fabric activities

An Activator rule can run a Fabric activity defined in one of the following Fabric item types:

• Dataflow
• Pipeline
• Spark job
• Notebook
• Function

To configure your rule to launch a Fabric activity, follow these steps:

1. For Select action, select the appropriate Fabric item type within the "Run Fabric Activities" section

   

2. On Select Fabric item to run, select the Fabric item from the list.

3. For the Pipeline, Dataflow, Notebook, and Spark job types, select Add parameter and specify the name of the parameter for the Fabric item and a value for it. You can add more than one parameter.

   

   If you selected Run function option, follow these steps:

   1. For Function, select a function from the list.

   2. For parameters to the function, specify values for each of the parameters defined for the function as shown in the following example:

      

      You can use properties from the data by typing @ or by selecting the button next to the text boxes. For example, @BikepointID.

Custom action

To configure the alert to call a custom action when the condition is met, follow these steps:

1. For Select action, select Create custom action.

   

2. As mentioned in the Action section, create the rule first, and then complete the custom action setup by following steps from Trigger custom actions (Power Automate flows).

   

3. After you create the custom action, in the Definition pane of the rule, select the custom action from the Action drop-down list.

   

Related content

To learn how to create rules, see Create a rule in Activator.