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devJC
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1 year ago
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AD group access issue for embedded reports

We have an app embedding PBI reports that are published to an App space in powerBI. Users are granted access using AD group that has been added to the App audience in PBI. When new users access ...
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    Anonymous
    1 year ago

    Hello devJC 

    Thank you for your patience and for the detailed analysis you’ve provided. Based on your findings and our investigation, we can confirm that Power BI caches AD group memberships for embedded users, and this cache is only refreshed when users manually log in to the Power BI service.

     

    Since Power BI does not provide an automatic refresh mechanism for AD group permissions in embedded scenarios, we recommend the following approaches:

     

    Manually Remove and Re-Add the AD Group to the App Audience. This is a workaround that can be tested manually first. Removing and re-adding the AD group forces Power BI to re-evaluate group membership. If successful, proceed with automating the process using the Power BI REST API or Power Automation.

     

    If you need any further assistance, feel free to reach out.

     

    Thank you.

     

     

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GilbertQ
Super User
1 year ago

Hi devJC 

 

Could I please ask for more clarification in terms of how you are embedding the reports? Are you embedding the reports in sharepoint, or are you using power bi embedded?

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devJC
Frequent Visitor
1 year ago

We are embedding using the powerbi-client-react library in React (typescript).
The embedding works as expected except for new/removed users.