Publishing to PowerBI Pro - Done! But only those with Pro can see it? Seriously?

[ereddy]

Hi everyone,

I'm using PowerBI to create reporting dashboards and was hoping to publish it to our intranet Sharepoint site.  I managed to create the report, publish it to the PowerBI 'My Workspace' - and then share it.

Now, here's the kicker....only those with assigned PowerBI Pro licenses can see the dashboard. W.T.H. How are we to expand the use of PowerBI if Microsoft is going to require EVERYONE to have a Pro license? Very very disappointing. How are dynamic reports and dashboards useful if I need to shell out more $$$ everytime we want to do something innovative? So, unfortunately, this is a DEAD report and I'm now going to delete it unless there is an easier/simpler way to share a dynamic PowerBI report other than to convert it to PowerPoint.

[v-lili6-msft]

Hi @ereddy 

for normal, if you want to share a private report to others, you and others both need the Pro license.
If you have purchased Premium and add your content to Premium, then when you share the content, the receiver could be free user,

but Premium is more expensive.
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/power-bi/service-free-vs-pro
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/power-bi/service-premium

Another way, you could publish report to web, then anyone could access it.

But When you use Publish to web, the report or visual you publish can be viewed by anyone on the Internet. There is no authentication used when viewing these reports. Only use Publish to web with reports and data that the anyone on the Internet (unauthenticated members of the public) should be able to see. This includes detail level data that is aggregated in your reports. Before publishing this report, ensure you have the right to share the data and visualizations publicly. Do not publish confidential or proprietary information. If in doubt, check your organization's policies before publishing.

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/power-bi/service-publish-to-web

by the way, here is document about different ways that share the power bi report.

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/power-bi/collaborate-share/service-share-dashboards

Regards,

Lin

[ereddy]

@v-lili6-msft  - yeah, good tip on publishing for web. Even though it's internal, having it embedded into our sharepoint site works perfectly. Had to change the settings to allow publishing of external web links, and then when I embedded it - everyone could see the report.  😁 

Thanks Lin - it worked.