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Nishan029
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5 months ago
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Power Bi Dashbord sharing issue.

Why is it that when a user with a Power BI Pro license shares a dashboard or report, users with a Free (Microsoft Fabric Free) license are unable to access or view the content unless they are also as...
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  • hnguy71's avatar
    hnguy71
    5 months ago

    Hi Nishan029 

     

    A Fabric user is someone that has access to a Fabric workspace. This is a more modern workspace that has all the bells and whistles of the Power BI Premium (legacy) workspace and much more. The legacy workspace is already being phased out (Jan 1 2025) and most newer capacities are Fabric by default.

     

    Similarly, if a report is hosted on a Fabric Premium workspace, then the user can consume any reports that is shared with him/her.

     

    As stated in your screenshot "Extra capabilities when workspace is in Premium capacity". The workspace must have a diamond icon for any free users to be able to consume reports being shared to them.

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krishnakanth240
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5 months ago

Hi Nishan029 

 

Free users can not access reports shared from a Pro workspace and both users need Pro/PPU. So, alternative is to use Premium/Fabric capacity then free users can view.