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Row Level Security - conflicting roles
I have a situation where there is directly conflicting roles in a Power BI report - the same user as part of both of these roles.
Take the following data:
User 1 is part of the following 2 roles:
Role 1: [Department] = "IT"
Role 2: [Team] <> "Database"
Based on role 1, the user should only see rows 1-3 above, and according to role 2 the user should see rows 2-4.
When I tested as the user; they could see rows 1-3, i.e. Role 1. Role 2 is being ignored.
My purpose here is entirely to test conflicts in RLS; it appears that Role 1 has taken precedence over Role 2. Can anybody confirm if this is expected behaviour? If anything I would have expected the roles to merge to either show all data, or just show rows 2 & 3.
Is there any logic as to which role takes precedence: Role 1 was created first and is last alphabetically, is one of these factors what made it take precedence in this case?
I know grand rule is to create better roles that don't conflict - but for when users make mistakes and create conflicting roles, it would be useful to know how Power BI handles this to help identify conflicts easier.
Anonymous
Based on my test, the user will have a consolidated view of both roles.
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- v-chuncz-msft
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Anonymous
Based on my test, the user will have a consolidated view of both roles.