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Anonymous
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HOW TO EXCLUDE USER FROM RLS

samiply I need to exclude the Super End user from RLS Rols,

in order to disply all data to him.

IF UPPER(USERNAME()) <> "ALEX@MICROSOFT.COM" THEN
[Emp_ID] = USERNAME()
END IF;

ALSO TRIED:

IF UPPER(USERNAME()) ="ALEX@MICROSOFT.COM",[Emp_ID] = USERNAME(),TRUE)

 

but I am grtting below error

any advice ?

EXCLUDE FROM RLS.PNG

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Icey
Community Support
Community Support

Hi @Anonymous ,

You can refer to this article.

My test results are as follows:

1. Two tables:

HOW TO EXCLUDE USER FROM RLS.PNG

'Is Super End User' is a measure crested like so:

Is Super End User =
IF ( MAX ( Sales[SalesPerson] ) = "A", 1, 0 )

2. Manage Roles:

IF (
    MAXX ( FILTER ( 'Email', 'Email'[Email] = USERNAME () ), [Is Super End User] ) = 0,
    Email[Email] = USERNAME (),
    1 = 1
)

HOW TO EXCLUDE USER FROM RLS 2.png

3. Result for SalesPerson A,

HOW TO EXCLUDE USER FROM RLS _ result for A.png

Result for SalesPerson C,

HOW TO EXCLUDE USER FROM RLS _ result for c.png

Best Regards,

Icey Zhang

 

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Anonymous
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Thanks for the great explination, @Icey 

BUT , the USER is not included on data ....

this user : ALEX@MICROSOFT.COM 
Doesn`t have any records in AGTREF_DIM_RLS table

kindly advice

 

Icey
Community Support
Community Support

Hi @Anonymous ,

1. You can create another two tables - 'User' and 'Access' or just one table. 

HOW TO EXCLUDE USER FROM RLS - follow .png

2. Create relationships among them.

3. Manage Roles:

IF (
    MAXX (
        FILTER ( 'User', 'User'[Email] = USERNAME () ),
        RELATED ( 'Access'[Access] )
    ) = "Personal Data",
    User[Email] = USERNAME (),
    "ALL Data" = "All Data"
)

4. Publish to Power BI Service and Manage security on the model.

5. The result for User C:

HOW TO EXCLUDE USER FROM RLS - follow C.png

The result for User 😧

HOW TO EXCLUDE USER FROM RLS - follow D.png

Best Regards,

Icey

 

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

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