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MrFahrenheit's avatar
MrFahrenheit
Helper I
7 years ago

Adding Users To Apps - What Is The Correct Way?

I created an app workspace and when I click "Update App" I'm prompted to add a description of the app and tell the service what content to show (I chose a dashboard) and then who to give access too. ...
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MrFahrenheit's avatar
MrFahrenheit
Helper I
7 years ago
So you are re-adding all the users every time you update the app?
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nirvana_moksh
Impactful Individual
7 years ago

MrFahrenheit- That is correct, when you add users to the workspace they have access to the reports and dashboards and they can acess them all (provided no RLS is there, or RLS is there and they have been added to it as well), but when you publish an app you again have to define who will have access to view the published content via the App.

  • MrFahrenheit's avatar
    MrFahrenheit
    Helper I
    7 years ago

    To me that seems like a "work-around". Power BI should "remember" who has access to the app when it's updated - Not have to add all the users again.

     

    Thanks for the replies so far.

    • nirvana_moksh's avatar
      nirvana_moksh
      Impactful Individual
      7 years ago

      MrFahrenheit - Well when you update the app with the "new users" it does remember, but it does not propagate workspace members to the App access, that has to to be done separately and once it is done with the selected users they are 'remembered' 

      • Anonymous's avatar
        Anonymous
        Not applicable
        4 years ago

        nirvana_moksh I have embedded the app in Sharepoint.
        I have followed both steps (adding new end-user to workspace and to the app update) but the new end-user is still unable to see the embedded app. Do I have to re-embed the app after updating it with new end-users?
        Thanks in advance