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Pro vs. Licensing question
You can take a look at this document. There is a list of Power BI Pro content as below. If the analytic team share Pro content with free users, free users will not be able to see these contents.
- Data from a DirectQuery dataset, such asSQL Server Analysis Services tabular data,Azure SQL Database, Azure SQL Data Warehouse, or Apache Spark for HDInsight.
- Data from adataset that refreshes more frequently than daily.
- Data from a dataset that connects to on-premises data using thePower BI Gateway - Personal or the On-premises Data Gateway.
- Data (including reports, dashboards or tiles) from a dataset that usesRow-level security (RLS).
- A dashboard or report that's installed from anorganizational content pack.
- A dashboard, report, or dataset that's contained in agroup workspace.
- A dashboard that contains data streamed at a rate above 10k rows/hour.
But if the analytic team only share the content which only contains following items, both pro and free users can see them.
- A dashboard or report connected to content packs for services (e.g. Dynamics CRM, Salesforce, and Google Analytics).
- A dashboard or report with data imported from files such as Excel spreadsheets, Power BI Desktop, and CSV.
- Tiles pinnedfrom a report in SQL Server Reporting Services.
Best Regards,
Herbert
Anonymous No row security. In case it wasn't caught I'm trying to view the report via the new sharepoint online web part. Not sure if that's just a pro only thing or not. The documentation online leads you to believe otherwise.
We're going to kill our gateway completely and be a fresh clean environment and see if it works.
I have voiced up the chain to my Microsoft reps this licensing model is a death nell if they want to stay competitive. =]
Creightonb Ah. In that case, yes, you need a Pro license. From both pages I've seen it's pretty clearly stated that it's a Pro feature.
Anonymous - yeah which I guess I read differently. So, we have a gateway updating a different dataset. So if you have a gateway at ALL you need everyone to have a Pro is what we're saying? I'm deleting the gateway we have setup now and verifying.
So regardless of the dataset and how you're preparing the data consumption if you have a gateway all consumers need Pro?
Creightonb In the case of the SharePoint web part - this feature alone is a Pro feature based on the explanation in the articles I linked. So, it doesn't matter if you removed the gateway or not. (I'm thinking).
I haven't tested out a "mixed" scenario where you have a Pro license and you are sharing free content. I would imagine it is possible, but if you are using a gateway to refresh data in any manner, that is also a Pro feature.
Anonymous yeah. I was overly excited and the documentation is correct but I had a fundamental misunderstanding of the licensing for Pro. Which now that I've wrapped my head around it I get it.
Shelfing Power BI until the licensing models change. It isn't cost effective/worth it to buy Pro for the entire firm. I would spend more (a lot more) on a handful of Pro licenses for the data producers/developers or even a cheaper license (not free) for all users that just consume a report randomly.
Thanks for your assistance. Moving on. =]