Report Viewing Problem for my teammates

[Anonymous]

I made a report with my pro account and when I share it with my team, they can't access it because it says they need a pro account too. Why do my teammates need to get pro licenses for only view the report? Is there any way to see the report without Pro licenses?

[AlexisOlson]

@timg is correct. Unless you want to publish to the entire world with no security (Publish to Web) or skip the Service entirely and just share .pbix files, any other sharing involves paying for some sort of license (Pro, Premium, Embedded, or Premium Per User).

[timg · Accepted solution]

Hi OurRohatOktay,

Yes, there are some different ways to share without a Pro licence, but these methods have their own drawbacks and in general the best way to share (on a small scale) will be through Pro licences:

• With a premium licence: With this licence you will be able to share with users without them needing a Pro licence, though the premium licence is quite costly.
• With PBI embedded: With PBI embedded you can share with users through a portal of your own design, though PBI embedded can also be quite costly (similar to PBI premium)
• With publish to web: this functionality is used to share a report with everyone online without them needing a licence, though this method also has zero security (everyone with an internet connection and the URL will be able to access the report)
• by sharing the PBIX file: You can share the PBIX file similar to how you would share an excel file, though with this method you would lack all the functionality you would have in PBI service (security, ease of use, automated rerfreshes etc. etc.)

Best regards,

Tim