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a-kachua
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9 years ago
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Consolidating PBI Desktop files, Creating/Sharing more than 1 dashboard

Hi,   My colleague and I use the same data source to create different dashboards. Currently, we maintain separate Power BI desktop files and then publish to share with different sets of users. Sinc...
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    prateekraina
    9 years ago

    Exactly !!

    You will have to repeat the process of deletion every time you publish. 
    Also, it is risky if you look at data security point of view.

    Suppose User 1 is currently viewing his report and you publish the report at that time, if he refreshes, he will be able to see the other 10 tabs and wonder :D Meanwhile,  you will hurry to open the report in Power BI online and delete pages one by one.
    So practically not good idea.


    If you still want to try this then make sure you un-pin your report from the user dashboards > Publish your file > Delete the tabs and then pin again so that atleast User data is not compromised.

     

    Thanks!

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prateekraina
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9 years ago

Exactly !!

You will have to repeat the process of deletion every time you publish. 
Also, it is risky if you look at data security point of view.

Suppose User 1 is currently viewing his report and you publish the report at that time, if he refreshes, he will be able to see the other 10 tabs and wonder :D Meanwhile,  you will hurry to open the report in Power BI online and delete pages one by one.
So practically not good idea.


If you still want to try this then make sure you un-pin your report from the user dashboards > Publish your file > Delete the tabs and then pin again so that atleast User data is not compromised.

 

Thanks!

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a-kachua
Regular Visitor
9 years ago

Yeah, that's what I thought so too. Thanks for looking into my queries, Prateekraina!