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Custom Visual - get current user and report/page id
Microsoft, can you please let me know if there is an internal api or any other way how we can get the currently log in user and the report id/page from the custom Visual iframe? I have been digging i...
This feature is still on the backlog as there's a security concern regarding sharing user id and report id.
Ignat Vilesov,
Software Engineer
Microsoft Power BI Custom Visuals
Mr Vilesov, could you please explain those security concerns, so that we (the developers) can argue about that with our bosses why we can't have this feature in Power BI (but all other BI platforms have this)?