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Advanced row level security

Hi, I'm trying to write a proof of concept Power BI file to demonstrate row level security. But we have somewhat sophisticated requirements.

 

First off, users can belong to one of 4 possible roles:

"Head honcho" - can see all data always

"Department manager" - can see data for a list of departments they manage

"Manager" - can see data for a list of providers (doctors / nurses)

"Provider" - can see data only for themselves

 

Also, the roles a user are in and the additional "lists" then need (lists of providers, lists of deparments) need to be stored in a database table, and NOT administered through the Power BI Service front end. We've got over 15000 providers in our health system, I can't be going in to the reports each time and manually setting up users in a role for security purposes. This all has to be driven off of a database table.

 

Does anyone know of good articles or training docs on how to do this?

 

Thanks,

Scott

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HI, @Anonymous 

Please refer to these articles

https://radacad.com/dynamic-row-level-security-with-power-bi-made-simple

http://angryanalyticsblog.azurewebsites.net/index.php/2016/12/27/dynamic-rls-via-hierarchy-in-power-bi/

http://www.sensdat.com/publications/power-bi-row-level-security-pattern/

 

Best Regards,

Lin

Community Support Team _ Lin
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