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Gokul_PBI
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8 months ago
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Creating multiple Audiences in PowerBI App

Hi Everyone,   We have multiple groups that will be using the Power BI App we created (e.g., Finance, Admin (PBI), Report Consumers, etc.). I noticed that there is an option to create multiple aud...
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  • MasonMA's avatar
    MasonMA
    8 months ago

    For typical report users, we should not add them to the workspace and usually should not share the semantic model directly. Sharing the semantic model will allow them to build new reports, which most report consumers should not do. 

     

     

    Only if some of your users are BI developers or users who build their own reports, you would need to grant them Build permission on the semantic model. 

     

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Gokul_PBI
Regular Visitor
8 months ago

Question 1:
Will users be able to see the underlying data if I only share the app without sharing the semantic model?

Question 2:
If I have Row-Level Security (RLS), how will that work if I only share the app without sharing the semantic model?

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tayloramy
Super User
8 months ago

Hi Gokul_PBI 

1: read access is granted as part of the app. You can also grant reshare and build permissions under the advanced tab when editing an audience. 
2: Apps respect RLS unless the app is using a service principal as an effective identity, in which case everyone sees what the service principal can see. 

 

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