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External Client App Share
Hi,
I was tasked to setup an environment to share client dashboarding developed internally with clients via internal Power BI services. So, using Fabric DW and publish to an app is what we looking to do, but our clients are external and some might not even have azure.
1. Previously we had to create a workspace per client and use the Azure B2B but that exposed a workspace per client and external client seeing the entire data source files etc and not an App. Is there no better and simpler way for clients to connect and use App not workspace?
2. Can i have one app for all clients based on RBL for client on app?
3. But seamlessly, i know i cant embed the reports in the product as i would need Power BI i think team license. but is there no way the app once permission pops into the client's service as an app
Please Help, this will be a game changer for our organization
Hi icassiem,
If you want external users to view reports, there are three options:
1: make the reports public to the general internet, that way anyone and everyone can access them. Probably not ideal.2: invite them as B2B guests in your tenant and share the report with them like you would with internal users
3: Develop a web app and embed the reports using Power BI Embedded.
Power BI Embedded Analytics | Microsoft Azure
Power BI embedded analytics overview - Power BI | Microsoft Learn
You can probably create this app as a Fabric App if that's supported in your region
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Hi icassiem,
What you want is app-owns-data embedding. Keep one semantic model with RLS and embed the reports into your own portal: clients log into your app, not Power BI, so they never see a workspace, never need Azure or a license, and each client sees only their own rows via RLS. That covers points 1 and 2, one app, one model, RLS does the per-client isolation. On point 3, there's no clean way to push it into a client's own Power BI service without licenses and tenant access (the B2B mess you're leaving), so embedding into your product is the seamless route.
That embedding, token handling, and per-client isolation is exactly what we've built at DataTako (you can check out datatako.com), so you don't have to stand up the capacity and token infra yourself. Happy to show how it fits your Fabric DW setup.
Paco
Helping data analytics leaders distribute their reportstayloramy thank you very much
I am trying to develop an app, that regardless of the visualizer the dashboards are available to clients. Because the B2B requires users to have Pro license from Fabric published App, i am investigating "Azure Static Web Apps SSO" chatgpt help :) but i have no clue, because there's no finance too and we can't purchase license for users etc
thoughts please, anyone have experience in this. the other option was power pages but that's at a cost $200, i barely got fabric F4 approved :), my small fabric F4 is limiting to open for clients etc. i thought Power BI/fabric had option to create wep page to embed almost the full dashboard interactively still? Any examples or links to help please
FOr full dashboard interactivity, you need to explore Power BI Embedded. There is a cost, but that is the way to do it.
Hi icassiem,
If you want external users to view reports, there are three options:
1: make the reports public to the general internet, that way anyone and everyone can access them. Probably not ideal.2: invite them as B2B guests in your tenant and share the report with them like you would with internal users
3: Develop a web app and embed the reports using Power BI Embedded.
Power BI Embedded Analytics | Microsoft Azure
Power BI embedded analytics overview - Power BI | Microsoft Learn
You can probably create this app as a Fabric App if that's supported in your region
Also, if the client does not have Power BI, could they access the published app via free Power BI services/link etc?
or does the user need to be added to azure for b2b then the app is still an embedded app into client services, and the once off work is mostly my side on my azure, but in azure is that extra costs etc?
still hoping there's a more modern seamless way
