Connect to PBI DataFlow in Guest/B2B Tenant

[ToddChitt]

Hello:

As a Consultant, I am a guest in several client's Azure AD as a Guest User, using B2B. One client has Data Flows configured.

When I open Power BI Desktop and log in with the credentials, and try to connect to/Get Data from that Dataflow, I don't see that Client's Dataflows. I only see Dataflow that have been created inside my native Tenant.

Is there a work-around, or something special I need to do?

Thanks in advance.

[v-luwang-msft · Accepted solution]

Hi @ToddChitt

As far as I am aware you cannot access datasets outside of your own tenant.
You can only work in one tenant at a time.The easiest way is for you to have an account inside the single tenant. This will allow you to configure and work as expected.

refer:

https://community.powerbi.com/t5/Service/Connect-to-dataflow-in-guest-tenant/m-p/944834 

Best Regards,
Lucien

[Supercat · Accepted solution]

The function updated this month may could help

Power BI September 2022 Feature Summary | Microsoft Power BI Blog | Microsoft Power BI

[ToddChitt]

@Supercat Thanks for this! I think it is exactly what we need. Makes sense that the sharing need to be initiated from someone native to the tenant that hosts the data.

[v-luwang-msft · Accepted solution]

Hi @ToddChitt

As far as I am aware you cannot access datasets outside of your own tenant.
You can only work in one tenant at a time.The easiest way is for you to have an account inside the single tenant. This will allow you to configure and work as expected.

refer:

https://community.powerbi.com/t5/Service/Connect-to-dataflow-in-guest-tenant/m-p/944834 

Best Regards,
Lucien

[ToddChitt]

Not the answer I was hoping for, but thank you anyway. Dissappoined that MS has not gotten this figured out (yet).