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isha88sheth
9 years agoNew Member
View shared dashboard in Desktop
I have shared my dashboard with a user in my organization, can that user still view the dashboard through PowerBI Desktop? Is there any possible way for that user to view the dashboard offline i.e. i...
isha88sheth
9 years agoNew Member
Anonymous thanks for a detailed clarification.
I understand that if the user has the PBIX, they can run on PowerBI Desktop. But in my case, I have shared the dashboard and report through the online tool (not PBIX) with the user.
This will give them access to the dashboard and report both.
Expecting the new feature announced at PASS will resolve this issue by either giving them the option to download the pbix.
Anonymous
9 years agoNot applicable
isha88sheth I can only guess here... but my intial assumption would be that an end user that is viewing a report from a shared dashboard will not be able to download the PBIX because they have no permission to edit it. This would be problematic because it gives them a level of access/control that they shouldn't have...