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cv77
Helper I
4 years ago
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Conditionally display text if row level security returns no data

Hi,    We publish multiple reports to a workspaces, and users may have different row level access across the reports.  For example, a user may have access to a certain subset of the data in report1...
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  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    4 years ago

    Hi cv77 ,

     

    There is no specific function, but the following solution can be used to solve it.

    It is to count your rows. If the user can't see the data, the count is empty, and no access permission is returned.

    You can create the following measure and put it into a card visual.

     

    Measure = IF(ISBLANK(MAX('username'[username])),"No access","Have access")

     

    Users with access can see the following

    Users without access can see the following

     

     

     

    Best Regards,

    Stephen Tao

     

    If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.

lbendlin's avatar
lbendlin
Super User
4 years ago

I am not aware of a more global approach - apart from using different reports for different audiences that avoid the issue in the first place.

cv77's avatar
cv77
Helper I
4 years ago

Thank you.   

  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    Not applicable
    4 years ago

    Hi cv77 ,

     

    There is no specific function, but the following solution can be used to solve it.

    It is to count your rows. If the user can't see the data, the count is empty, and no access permission is returned.

    You can create the following measure and put it into a card visual.

     

    Measure = IF(ISBLANK(MAX('username'[username])),"No access","Have access")

     

    Users with access can see the following

    Users without access can see the following

     

     

     

    Best Regards,

    Stephen Tao

     

    If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.

    • cv77's avatar
      cv77
      Helper I
      4 years ago

      Thank you Stephen.  I did end up doing something like this.  I appreciate your response.

    • marksn's avatar
      marksn
      Frequent Visitor
      3 years ago

      For some reason, I cannot seem to get this to work on the Power Bi Report Server. 😞

      It works fine on the Desktop app when I use the preview using, Modeling>View as.
      But as soon as the file gets uploaded, people with no acess only sees a big X if I put the measure on a Text box or the Loading icon on a Card, instead of the "No Access." text.

       


      Funny thing is, RLS seems to work just fine. Only people with Access are able to see the data.
      I just wanted to have a text that says "No Access" for users without access. And such measure seems to fail.

      Any advice?