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IcingOnTheCake
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Use "View as" when the datasource is an existing Dataset

Dear communitiy,
I've created a new report. As Datasource I've used an existing Dataset with role security.
Now I would like to test my report with the "View as" function.
But neither in Desktop, nor in Service I found a way to do so.

Any help is very much appreciated.

 

Thank you

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Greg_Deckler
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@IcingOnTheCake In Desktop

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If you are using a Live connection I do not believe you can use it, it will be greyed out. You need to test roles in the dataset, not a live connection to the dataset.



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Greg_Deckler
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@IcingOnTheCake In Desktop

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If you are using a Live connection I do not believe you can use it, it will be greyed out. You need to test roles in the dataset, not a live connection to the dataset.



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@IcingOnTheCake , In desktop you have option view as roles , you need to use that

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https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/power-bi/admin/service-admin-rls

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Thanks. I am aware of this function and I always use it. But it is inactive/greyed out, as soon as you use an existing dataset with RLS.

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