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bobby97
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Same Visualizations, Different Data, For Every User

I'm not sure if this post is in the right place (as it is a question about Power BI in general I think).

 

Is it possible to have one set of visualizations on a web app that every user is able to use/see, but the actual data that populates them will be specific to the user? i.e. same graphs, different data, for everyone. Thanks.

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parry2k
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Are you talking about internal or external users?

 

We have SSAS and roles on the cube, when user access these graph, it shows different data depends on their roles/permission on the cube.

 

Also check out RLS (Row Level Security) https://powerbi.microsoft.com/en-us/documentation/powerbi-admin-rls/



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External users. So I build the web app that hosts the Power BI visualizations/graphs (through Embedded or maybe something else?), and then import the data by user. The data would then be used to populate the visualizations/graphs.

 

Thanks for the response. I'm not familiar with SSAS, but would that allow external users to be invovled?

@bobby97

 

You don't have to get a SSAS data source. I assume you already have a UserInfo table.

 

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You just need to create a role and add row level filter based on USERNAME().

 

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Then add those users in Row Level Security.

 

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Regards,

Thanks for clarifying that you are using embedded, I worked briefly on it and worked great. Here is LINK for more information on RLS in Embedded.

 

Curious, what is your data source? 



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