Forum Discussion
Sharing Reports
Anonymous Erm - I would have proposed to publish the report to his own PBI account, create a PBI group, then either a) create content pack and import report into group or b) upload PowerBI file into group.
Did you exclude that on purpose or did I miss sth here? :o
// Was he referring to the desktop app only?
Assuming you understand this: A Dashboard tile when clicked will send the user to your report, where they can see all the pages.
Here are all your options:
1) Send them the PBIX file
2) Read Only Option - push the report to the Service, Pin a visual to a dashboard, and share the dashboard with your colleague.
3) Read/make personal copy - Push the report to the Service, Create a Content Pack with only your report, give your colleague access to the Content Pack, and have him connect to the content pack.
There is no direct capability to share a report in the same "Read Only" way as when viewed via the shared dashboard mechanism.
Thanks. I guess I will pin the visuals...
But I still don't understand why aren't reports made sharable like dashboards? I don't get the reasoning. It makes the desktop app useless for most business uses basically.
It is ridiculous how hard it is to share a report.
Apps are becoming a pain... it is crazy that a user who has access to the app cannot pin tiles to their OWN dashboard from the shared reports. I see no logical reason (even business-wise) why this recommendation from the board has not been adopted.
From the beginning of Power Bi I have shared dashboards with pinned tiles from each of the reports so that users can then navigate to the report. Ultimately, I did this only because it would end up with the end user having the reports populated down the left side menu of reports.
This however, now is not the case.
I have a main user who can no longer view reports and there has been a change in the service to where I can no longer share as I used to (probably because of the apps).
Apps are not the end all solution.
Please just let us share reports with users (they already have PowerBi licenses....).
To share, you and the receiving user now must have a Pro license for this to work. Alternatively, your organization can lease a premium node and share with any users, even ones with no Power BI.
Jon
To share, you and the receiving user now must have a Pro license for this to work. Alternatively, your organization can lease a premium node and share with any users, even ones with no Power BI.
Jon
thedon16 Speaking to the Desktop - It might be helpful to think of Power BI in the context of an evolving product. What we see today is more than likely not the end goal. The Desktop is a powerful tool, and if you take a look at the long term plans with SQL 2016 and the roadmap, you can see how MS is leveraging the tool more. I think as the months go by, we'll see more and more capabilities that bring the picture into focus.
