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tmhalila
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Resolver II

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Hello Team,

Any advice here for the best practice on organizing reports in folders and managing access for a published report in Power BI Report Server.

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josef78
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There no officical best practice how organize reports in folders. You can organize reports in folders as you want (e.g. by company organization/teams or by purpose).

But good practice by me is:

-not setup(break) permission on report level, but always on folder level.
-in case large number of granted users (e.g. >20) user domain groups instead individual permissions
-for consumer use role "Browse", for developers use Publisher/ReportBuilder, and for admin/owner use Content Manager role

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josef78
Memorable Member
Memorable Member

There no officical best practice how organize reports in folders. You can organize reports in folders as you want (e.g. by company organization/teams or by purpose).

But good practice by me is:

-not setup(break) permission on report level, but always on folder level.
-in case large number of granted users (e.g. >20) user domain groups instead individual permissions
-for consumer use role "Browse", for developers use Publisher/ReportBuilder, and for admin/owner use Content Manager role

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