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nsj2113
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USERNAME() function DAX

Hi,

 

I am trying to use Row Level Security for my Power Bi model and for that I am using username() function to get the filters. The thing is that I have two filters to pass and thus would like my username() function to be able to take 2 values. Is there any way of doing it ?

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chrisu
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Not quite sure if this is what you're looking for, but I do something similar using LOOKUPVALUE.  Basically I find where USERNAME() matches the Email in the Users table and then filter the Programs table where either the returned Program 1 or Program 2 match.  The filters on the Programs table then flow to all the other tables in my model.  

 

Programs

Program

 

Users

User 1     Email     Program 1     Program 2

 

My RLS set up in the Programs table is: 

 

[Program] = LOOKUPVALUE(Users[Program 1], [Email], USERNAME()) || [Program] = LOOKUPVALUE(Users[Program 2], [Email], USERNAME())

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chrisu
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Responsive Resident

Not quite sure if this is what you're looking for, but I do something similar using LOOKUPVALUE.  Basically I find where USERNAME() matches the Email in the Users table and then filter the Programs table where either the returned Program 1 or Program 2 match.  The filters on the Programs table then flow to all the other tables in my model.  

 

Programs

Program

 

Users

User 1     Email     Program 1     Program 2

 

My RLS set up in the Programs table is: 

 

[Program] = LOOKUPVALUE(Users[Program 1], [Email], USERNAME()) || [Program] = LOOKUPVALUE(Users[Program 2], [Email], USERNAME())

bises
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This solution works perfectly but I was confused on the second part "The filters on the Programs table then flow to all the other tables in my model"

 

I am trying to filter other tables with no user info in them but has relation to programs. And I try to filter other table based on the programs table I am not able to filter that. 

bises
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This solution works perfectly but I was confused on the second part "The filters on the Programs table then flow to all the other tables in my model"

 

I am trying to filter other tables with no user info in them but has relation to programs. And I try to filter other table based on the programs table I am not able to filter that. 

Thanks that worked perfectly. 

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