diff --git a/superset/commands/report/execute.py b/superset/commands/report/execute.py
index 637898a7a0..52c566f99d 100644
--- a/superset/commands/report/execute.py
+++ b/superset/commands/report/execute.py
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ from uuid import UUID
 
 import pandas as pd
 from celery.exceptions import SoftTimeLimitExceeded
+from flask import current_app
 
 from superset import app, db, security_manager
 from superset.commands.base import BaseCommand
@@ -44,6 +45,7 @@ from superset.commands.report.exceptions import (
     ReportScheduleUnexpectedError,
     ReportScheduleWorkingTimeoutError,
 )
+from superset.commands.report.utils import remove_post_processed
 from superset.common.chart_data import ChartDataResultFormat, ChartDataResultType
 from superset.daos.report import (
     REPORT_SCHEDULE_ERROR_NOTIFICATION_MARKER,
@@ -251,6 +253,8 @@ class BaseReportState:
 
     def _get_csv_data(self) -> bytes:
         url = self._get_url(result_format=ChartDataResultFormat.CSV)
+        if not current_app.config["CSV_INDEX"]:
+            url = remove_post_processed(url)
         _, username = get_executor(
             executor_types=app.config["ALERT_REPORTS_EXECUTE_AS"],
             model=self._report_schedule,
diff --git a/superset/commands/report/utils.py b/superset/commands/report/utils.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..cff4134271
--- /dev/null
+++ b/superset/commands/report/utils.py
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+# or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+# distributed with this work for additional information
+# regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+# to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+# "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+# with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+# software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+# "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+# KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+# specific language governing permissions and limitations
+# under the License.
+
+
+def remove_post_processed(url: str) -> str:
+    """Remove the type=post_processed parameter from the URL query string.
+
+    Args:
+        url (str): The URL to process.
+    Returns:
+        str: The URL with the type=post_processed parameter removed."""
+    if "?" not in url:
+        return url
+    base_url, query_string = url.split("?", 1)
+    params = query_string.split("&")
+    filtered_params = [param for param in params if param != "type=post_processed"]
+    filtered_query_string = "&".join(filtered_params)
+    filtered_url = f"{base_url}?{filtered_query_string}"
+    return filtered_url
diff --git a/superset/config.py b/superset/config.py
index 8256ca0dc0..2732359cb9 100644
--- a/superset/config.py
+++ b/superset/config.py
@@ -826,6 +826,9 @@ CSV_UPLOAD_MAX_SIZE = None
 # note: index option should not be overridden
 CSV_EXPORT = {"encoding": "utf-8"}
 
+# Include the CSV index when sending reports
+CSV_INDEX = True
+
 # Excel Options: key/value pairs that will be passed as argument to DataFrame.to_excel
 # method.
 # note: index option should not be overridden
diff --git a/tests/unit_tests/commands/report/test_report_utils.py b/tests/unit_tests/commands/report/test_report_utils.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1313af047c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/unit_tests/commands/report/test_report_utils.py
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+# or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+# distributed with this work for additional information
+# regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+# to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+# "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+# with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+# software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+# "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+# KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+# specific language governing permissions and limitations
+# under the License.
+
+from superset.commands.report.utils import remove_post_processed
+
+
+def test_remove_post_processed():
+    url = "https://superset.com/?param1=value1&type=post_processed&param2=value2"
+    expected = "https://superset.com/?param1=value1&param2=value2"
+    assert remove_post_processed(url) == expected
+
+
+def test_retain_other_parameters():
+    url = "https://superset.com/?param1=value1&param2=value2"
+    expected = "https://superset.com/?param1=value1&param2=value2"
+    assert remove_post_processed(url) == expected
+
+
+def test_no_post_processed_present():
+    url = "https://superset.com/?param1=value1&param2=value2"
+    expected = "https://superset.com/?param1=value1&param2=value2"
+    assert remove_post_processed(url) == expected
+
+
+def test_empty_query_string():
+    url = "https://superset.com/?"
+    expected = "https://superset.com/?"
+    assert remove_post_processed(url) == expected
+
+
+def test_no_query_string():
+    url = "https://superset.com"
+    expected = "https://superset.com"
+    assert remove_post_processed(url) == expected