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Connection to SSAS through Gateway using local user account. Is it possible?
I need a sandbox environment for testing some features of Power BI using an SSAS database, and connecting to it from PBI Service through On Premises Gateway. I have the SSAS database on my notebook,...
What I meant was is that you can pass the Power BI email address through to your SSAS cube
GilbertQ, I think that if I don't configure user mapping, I'm actually passing the Power BI email address to my SSAS cube, but the problem is that there is no way I can enable that address to have access to the cube as a regular user. SSAS role membership configuration won't accept that.
I have just seen a video from "Guy in a cube" on youtube that says that you need a domain... so, sadly, I think that the answer to my question is "it is impossible to do this", which is a real inconvenience for me...
The video is this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ownIGbcRAAU
He says that at 4:20 approx...
Thanks
- Ok that makes sense.
If you can upgrade to SSAS 2017 there is an option to add an external user