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Confusing Wording - Remove Access to Semantic Model
When you remove access to semantic models without removing access to related items users can still see those items(Reports/Dashboards) but without data. the message is asking if you also wnat to limit access to its related reports.
Appreciate that. To clarify though, these users do not have "direct access" to the reports. Direct access is granted by going to the workspace > hover over report click three dots > manage permissions > direct access tab. No one is assigned direct access to the reports that use semantic models. Access only comes from the App.
An App and an audience in the app may have reports from multiple semantic models. So it confuses me, why are these checkboxes there and what do they do if I check them vs when I do not. If you check it they can't just remove you from the App I would hope at least.
Idk, confusing af. I give up and move on. Will revisit this if I ever figure it out. I just removed a bunch of access without clicking a single checkbox so we'll see if anyone yells at me.
The issue is mostly caused by the different behavior between granting access and revoking access. much like in SharePoint, the act of granting access is a cascading event that has no audit record. When you give access to the app that then cascades down to the semantic model and the report (based on the audience settings). But when you then go and remove access to a child element (like a report) that will not cascade back up.
