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danielpaduck
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Row Level Security - Works In Desktop But Not Tenant

Hi,


I am doing a simple test of RLS. Essentially, my test is that when a user logs into view the report they just see their hours. Thus, in the desktop I view as myself and I have:

 

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My roles are the following:

 

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It is the same for EM and LD. Thus, Email = UserPrincipalName(). 

 

 

In the Tenant, I added myself to the user role:

 

danielpaduck_2-1704819999088.png

 

 

But when I view the report, I have all the data:

 

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Not sure how to fix this since it does work for other users.  

 

Thank!

 

 

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Greg_Deckler
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@danielpaduck RLS does not work for anyone with a workspace role such as Owner, Member or Contributor. It only works if you are a Viewer role.



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danielpaduck
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Does RLS not work if you are the admin for entire tenant? 

Greg_Deckler
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@danielpaduck RLS does not work for anyone with a workspace role such as Owner, Member or Contributor. It only works if you are a Viewer role.



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Hi, I made myself a Viewer in the workspace and still seeing the same results. Thus, the Card visuals show total amounts:

 

danielpaduck_0-1704845842070.png

But for other employees/users, the RLS is working as expected. 

 

 

That is what I though, too. But I put a member into a Viewer role and he still had the same results.  But I will have him test again.  Thanks

 

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