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Anonymous
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2 years ago
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Hierarchical row level security Dax using Pathcontains

Hi everyone,   I need to create a new role in Manage Roles to set up a row level security according to our hierarchy. I tried to use Pathcontains in the dax but still can't get the code working cor...
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    Anonymous
    2 years ago

    Thank you, the data comes as forward slash so I converted it to the Pipe symbol, the the following DAX works!
    VAR EmployeeName = LOOKUPVALUE(Employee[Employee Name], Employee[Email], USERPRINCIPALNAME())
    RETURN
    PATHCONTAINS(Employee[Hierarchy], EmployeeName)

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lbendlin
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2 years ago

Use the Pipe symbol, not the forward slash. Use the email address in the hierarchy, not the name.

 

Then all you need is 

PATHCONTAINS(Employee[Hierarchy],USERPRINCIPALNAME() )
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Anonymous
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Thank you, the data comes as forward slash so I converted it to the Pipe symbol, the the following DAX works!
VAR EmployeeName = LOOKUPVALUE(Employee[Employee Name], Employee[Email], USERPRINCIPALNAME())
RETURN
PATHCONTAINS(Employee[Hierarchy], EmployeeName)