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gopowerbi
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8 years ago
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Content Packs vs Apps

Hello together,   So as I was doing some research about implementing Power BI in our company and embed it on Dynamics 365, I have come across one solution - that actually should be replaced as it i...
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    v-sihou-msft
    8 years ago

    gopowerbi

     

    In this scenario, since your IT Department only wants to offer the dataset, and they definitely don't want this dataset be destoryed, it's better to use Content Pack. You NON-IT users can download the content pack and get a copy of the dataset. They can create whatever reports/dashboards. And the changes they made will not impact the source dataset at all. 

     

    Regards,

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v-sihou-msft
Microsoft Employee
8 years ago

gopowerbi

 

In this scenario, since your IT Department only wants to offer the dataset, and they definitely don't want this dataset be destoryed, it's better to use Content Pack. You NON-IT users can download the content pack and get a copy of the dataset. They can create whatever reports/dashboards. And the changes they made will not impact the source dataset at all. 

 

Regards,

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jeppesal
Advocate II
8 years ago

Do you know when content packs are being removed as a sharing option?

 

MS has warned about this since Apps but there is still a huge gap between Apps and content packs :(

 

We need the following content pack features:

- Multiple apps per workspace.

- Users being able to create personal dashboards/reports from a shared and central dataset.