Share a Pro dashboard with a standard user

[dfraser2]

Right now, If I use PowerBI desktop to create a dataset, report and dashboard. I am not able to share it with a standard user. This effectively means that we have to either licence everyone as a pro (very expensive for 4k people), or not use the pro features at all (which isn't what we want). Pro users should be able to build and schedule the PowerBI, and then be able to share with any company user using AD security groups. Without these options the tool may not be a viable option...

[fbcideas_migusr]

This is a must have, not being able to share a live connection report with standard users is a huge road block. It will force me to do kludgey things to get around the licensing model...ultimately cause more work for admins and report builders who will build things in PowerBI Desktop and just republish them manually every so often. Please reconsider this request, it will kill your product use if you do not think about this issue.

[agaljour]

We are having the same issue. The standard Power BI license doesn't allow multiple people to edit the report / board, but you can share the board with whoever. The Power BI Pro license allows other users to edit the reports / boards, but everyone would need a license just to view the board even if they aren't going to edit it. This is sooo dumb. I can't win either way.

[fredrik_vestin1]

Haydn, this request is _not_ about fixing a bug that prevent Pro users from sharing non-pro content with free users.

[henko2]

Lost another oppertunity cause of the lack of existing Pro-viewing license

[clechner77]

Yep, we're out too. No way are we paying for "viewing" rights basically. What a horrible platform. And thanks MIcrosoft for removing the previous PowerBI for Office 365 option which was far more flexible. Is now a bad time to mention that sharing a report to Sharepoint Online should be BUILT IN too? Sigh.... so frustrating and I'm a huge Microsoft fan.

[yoshihiro]

Yes, I want to share Pro Contents with No-Pro users.

[Brian7]

I also agree. Why would I want to purchase a Power BI Pro license for a user that will only view the dashboard. We are also a large organization and it is not a viable option at this price point.

[pbiideas1]

Hello Haydn - Couldn't agree more with the comments below. The real issue limiting access to dashboard based on data sources. It shouldn't matter how the data arrives and is delivered to the dashboard. When I use Adobe Acrobat to create a PDF and send it to a colleague, he can use a free PDF reader to view it. Adobe doesn't require an Acrobat license or software to view the PDF. This is the same thing. Free users should be able to digest data regardless of how it got there.

[bryants1]

I have to say they entire pricing model implies that everyone is a "power" user, when in the real world that is not the case. The 1% will produce content for the 99% to view.

[fbcideas_migusr]

If this has been declined, I will be taking this to the highest level of the Microsoft organization I have access. It is absurd to force Pro licensing for users who will only be viewing reports. I've invested a lot of time and energy into your products and this is a show stopper...you have made the folks who have put their careers into these products now have to explain to their management why they picked a solution that is so poorly licensed.