Creating “Read” permissions on reports & datasets (Allowing to view datasets from remote apps)
I was recently doing some testing with regards to permissions on datasets in the Power BI Service, and I came across two things. First, was that I found I could create access to a dataset where the user’s permission was “Read” I subsequently found that when a user has read permissions to a dataset, they can access it even if…
How to show a different contact for each report/dashboard within a Power BI App
I recently got a request asking if it was possible to have a different contact person for each report or dashboard within a single Power BI App. The good news is yes, this can certainly be done, and I will show you below how I got it working. What typically happens when a Power BI App is created, is the…
Enabling External Power BI Users to easily view App Workspaces or Apps shared with them
Having the capability to connect external people (B2B) into your data within Power BI is a great feature and a huge advantage when comparing to other customers in my opinion. In this blog post I want to demonstrate how to easily allow external users to always find the data that they have access to in other organizations. I have been…
How to setup and get a Certified Dataset in #PowerBI
There is the new functionality in the Power BI Service where you can now get your data certified. In this blog post I am going to explain all the steps involved to getting a dataset certified. Some of the steps below will require a Power BI Admin to complete certain steps. As described in the documentation not all datasets will…
BI-RoundUp – Power BI (Desktop Release for August – New App Workspace Experience – Power BI World Tour) – Analysis Services (White Paper for AS Scalability)
Here is my weekly BI-RoundUp, and as I thought when I started putting this together yesterday that there would be a release of Power BI Desktop, which there is and not only that an updated App Workspace experience! Enjoy the read! Power BI – Desktop Release for August Well that was pretty quick to get another release of Power BI…
Walk through on sharing Power BI Content with Outlook.com (Hotmail, Live), Gmail.com by email
The sharing Power BI Content expanded further on 08 Mar 2018, where by you can now share content with email addresses such as Outlook.com or Gmail.com In this blog post I will walk through how this is done. I will demonstrate what it looks like for the user who receives the email, and ensure that they can log in and…