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PowerbiQue
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Row level security not working from excel

I have created a SSAS tabular model.

Implemented rowlevel security using DAX, created roles as required. Used USERNAME()/UserPrincipalName() to filter data for row level security.

 

It works as expected when connecting to from PowerBI.

Row level security not working from excel when conencting to Tabular Model. when I connect to Analysis services tabular model using excel it brings up all the data.

 

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VijayP
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Unfortunately Excel doesn't support RLS




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VijayP
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in excel it will not work !




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how about connecting to dataset from Excel, will that work?

VijayP
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you mean you want use RLS in Excel? question is unclear




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I have implemented rowlevel security on SSAS Tabular model (Azure instance).
When I access the dataset from PowerBI it is working as ewxpected.

When I access the Tabular model from Excel, Rowlevel securiy is not working

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