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Anonymous
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6 years ago
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Restrict Model and Data Pane options

I'm surfacing the web trying to find how to hide this options in Power BI desktop, but I only find information about RLS.

How and where can I configure a permission to users to hide this options?

 

 

Thanks in advance

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  • DataChant's avatar
    DataChant
    6 years ago

    Hi Anonymous,

     

    You cannot hide these views in Power BI Desktop. The fact you are asking about it suggests that you are currently sharing Power BI report files (.pbix) with your end-users, and they open it with Power BI Desktop. Since you don't want them to edit the reports, you would better follow the way Microsoft designed this platform. For sharing reports, you would need to use the PowerBI.com service and enjoy the rich set of collaboration features that are available on the service. When you do so, your report consumers will only see the report view, and will not have the other two icons displayed.

    Currently, even for report editors, you cannot see these views when you load the report from the service in your browser.

     

    Hope it helps,

    Gil

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  • DataChant's avatar
    DataChant
    Most Valuable Professional
    6 years ago

    Hi Anonymous,

     

    You cannot hide these views in Power BI Desktop. The fact you are asking about it suggests that you are currently sharing Power BI report files (.pbix) with your end-users, and they open it with Power BI Desktop. Since you don't want them to edit the reports, you would better follow the way Microsoft designed this platform. For sharing reports, you would need to use the PowerBI.com service and enjoy the rich set of collaboration features that are available on the service. When you do so, your report consumers will only see the report view, and will not have the other two icons displayed.

    Currently, even for report editors, you cannot see these views when you load the report from the service in your browser.

     

    Hope it helps,

    Gil

  • v-eachen-msft's avatar
    v-eachen-msft
    Community Support
    6 years ago

    Hi Anonymous ,

     

    RLS is for data, but your requirements are in terms of platform functionality. Unfortunately, Power BI doesn;t support it currently. 

    You can come up a new idea about that and add your comments there to improve Power BI and make this feature coming sooner.

    https://ideas.powerbi.com/forums/265200-power-bi-ideas

    If you just want to hide them, you could use DirectQuery or LiveConnection mode.