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Hello
I am using a csv file as data source and would like to mask few columns. Could you please help me with the steps.
Regards
Mounica
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Hi @Anonymous ,
If you will publish the report to Service, I think you could hide the columns after creating visuals. However, in this way, the columns just hide in report view. We can still view the data in data view.
Report view in Desktop
Data view in Desktop
In Service
If you don't want someone to view your data, you could try to set Row-Level security(RLS).
If the ways can't help you, maybe you need to vote up the idea to get the feature fixed.
Best Regards,
Xue Ding
If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.
Hi @Anonymous ,
If you will publish the report to Service, I think you could hide the columns after creating visuals. However, in this way, the columns just hide in report view. We can still view the data in data view.
Report view in Desktop
Data view in Desktop
In Service
If you don't want someone to view your data, you could try to set Row-Level security(RLS).
If the ways can't help you, maybe you need to vote up the idea to get the feature fixed.
Best Regards,
Xue Ding
If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.
@Tahreem24 Removing columns will remove the visualisations I created on those columns. I just want to mask the data but not remove them.
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