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AD group access issue for embedded reports
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.
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.
Hi Anonymous
May I ask for your help?
I have a very similar setup and problem: an embedded Power BI report (not using the Power BI app) and users in a group; the group is given permissions to the entire Power BI workspace.
The difference is that users have been added to the group weeks ago, but they never logged into the Power BI workspace or never tried to access this embedded report.
Now they are trying to do so and get an Unauthorised error.
I tried to manually remove and re-add the group to the workspace, but this changed nothing.
However, when the user logs into the Power BI workspace, they become able to see the embedded report.
If I give direct permission to a specific user from my group to the whole Power BI workspace, and immediately remove it, the user also becomes able to see the embedded report, and they still can see it after local cache cleanup and after a few hours.
Would you be able to suggest any idea on how to make all my current users in the group able to see the report? And also all future group members.
Thank you!