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Cannot disable Explore preview option in reports
Hello
In published reports, the "Explore" feature is visible, allowing report users to view details from the semantic data model. We would like to disable this feature.
We have already disabled the preview feature in the Power BI Admin portal tenant settings. Additionally, report users only have a read access to the semantic models or access through app's audience permissions.
Are there any other settings that could affect this behavior?
Hi pjuvalainen ,
Try to Republish the semantic model after disabling Explore in the tenant settings. Explore may still show up for users with Read access if the dataset was published before the tenant setting was disabled.
Hello
That solved my issue, thank you very much!
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Hi pjuvalainen ,
Try to Republish the semantic model after disabling Explore in the tenant settings. Explore may still show up for users with Read access if the dataset was published before the tenant setting was disabled.
Hello
That solved my issue, thank you very much!
Hi pjuvalainen,
Glad to see your issue has been resolved!
Feel free to continue engaging with the Microsoft Fabric Community Forum for any future queries or discussions.Thank you.
i also have the same issue , unable to disable this option in the report. Note i have Power Bi Pro license which is control by organization Admin. so i am unable to go in tenat setting option from admin portal . so pls let me know how to disable it
Hi Learner_01_1,
Because your Power BI environment is managed by your organization and you don’t have access to tenant settings, you can’t disable the Explore feature yourself. This option is controlled by your Power BI Admin, so you’ll need to ask them to turn off the “Explore from semantic model (preview)” in the tenant settings. After that, make sure to republish the semantic model, since changes to tenant settings won’t affect datasets published previously. Also, check that users only have read or app access and not build permissions, as this can impact their ability to interact with the data.
Thank you.
Hi pjuvalainen / BhavinVyas3003,
We are encountering a similar issue. We've created an app in Power BI Service and added a few reports to it. Access to the reports has been configured using audience lists, and everything is working smoothly from that perspective.
However, we've noticed that users in the audience group are still able to view the semantic model, even though we have not granted them any additional permissions beyond what’s configured through the app.
We would like to try the suggested approach of disabling the "Explore" option in the tenant settings to prevent this. Could you please guide us through the steps to do this?
Thank you!
