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Hi Everyone,
I recently embedd a Power BI report into a web app. Data are gathered from a SQL Server database.
When a user logs into the web app, I'd like for the queries to update based on that user's ID. So, something like the statement below where the "userid" value dynamically changes.
select * from table where userid = 1234
My initial thought was to use row level security, but since we have hundreds of users, setting up the individual role for each user seems like an inefficient process. I don't want to add the userid as a filter since a user could clear the filter and then see other user's information.
Passing the userid as part of a URL parameter would be ideal but that doesn't seem like it is possible according the link below.
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/power-bi/service-url-filters
Has anyone come across this requirement before? Any thoughts or suggested solutions would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks!
Michael
Was there ever a good resolution to this issue? I am curious about doing a similar thing. The links provided about the API were not clear to me.
Any more information?
Have you checked the Power BI Embeded Query parameter API?
If the UserId could be defined as a Query Parameter, then you could take use of the API to update it.
Check the API refernece:
Regards,
Michael
Hi Michael,
I recently asked a question about Query Parameters API and not had a reply yet
When Setting Parameters I am encountering an issue, it may also help Michael above with his query parameters if he has a problem.
http://community.powerbi.com/t5/Developer/Query-Parameters-API/m-p/391898#M11635
Thanks
Alexander
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