ACan no longer masquerade as a user without adding them to the workspace first.

[jschlereth2]

I have RLS setup in several Power BI reports.  In the past, I have been able to use the "Test as User" functionality in Power BI (online) where I can type in the user email and see what they would see. I can test this by adding the user to the Role itself in the Security setting and W/O adding them to the workspace or the dataset itself. For the past several years, this was great, I could test what a user would see what they should see BEFORE giving them access

Now it appears as if this functionality has been turned off? I get a pink status bar that says "This user does not have access to the dataset or report." Which is fine (because I haven't given them access yet to the workspace), but I'm trying to find out how I can still see what the user would see (as I've been able to do in the past). 

Am I missing something? How can I see what a user would see w/o adding them to the actual workspace/dataset first?

When I key in the same email address or username in the "View As" functionality in Desktop, the dashboard is not returning any results.

[lbendlin]

wonder if this is related to this recent "improvement"  Power BI September 2023 Feature Summary | Microsoft Power BI Blog | Microsoft Power BI

[jschlereth2]

Very likely. I was able to test out the specific role in Desktop (when I found out I had to not only key in the email but also check the role they had). But it would still be helpful to validate BEFORE access is granted. Thanks.

[lbendlin]

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