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CarlMeads
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10 years ago
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Does my data consumer need a PowerBI Pro license?

Hi, can I publish dashboards somewhere centrally for users to consume without them having the pro licence? What experience will someone have if they tried to access a dashboard that took content from...
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    v-micsh-msft
    10 years ago

    Hi CarlMeads,

    As shared by Eno1978, a Dashboard in a group workspace should belong to the Power BI pro content, and a free user Account is not allowed to access such data source.

    The following is my first test result when sharing a dashboard in a group workspace:

    But after some time, when I click the shared link in Mail from the free Power BI account, the shared dashboard shows out without any error popping out.  I will keep monitor this behavior.

    Dashboard within a content pack is not available to share, neither the original  nor the copied version.

    There is no share option available at the top-right corner on the original Content Pack dashboard, and the following is the copy (sharing this using the group admin account):

     

     

    Regards

     

     

     

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Anonymous
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10 years ago

CarlMeads Group workspace is a Pro feature. My assumption is that your end users would need a Pro license since you are using this. (haven't tested this particular scenerio though)

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CarlMeads
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10 years ago

That  was also my assumption, however I have tested it and my end user who had no pro licence was able to view the dashboard.

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    Anonymous
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    10 years ago

    CarlMeads Further fact checking outlines that this scenerio should "not" work. Either your "Free" user has a Pro trial, or something is currently broken in the Service. I personally wouldn't assume that this continues to work based on this link outlining specifically that this falls under "Pro" and would require a license for all users. (second to last bullet in first paragraph of bullets.)

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    v-micsh-msft
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    10 years ago

    Hi CarlMeads,

    As shared by Eno1978, a Dashboard in a group workspace should belong to the Power BI pro content, and a free user Account is not allowed to access such data source.

    The following is my first test result when sharing a dashboard in a group workspace:

    But after some time, when I click the shared link in Mail from the free Power BI account, the shared dashboard shows out without any error popping out.  I will keep monitor this behavior.

    Dashboard within a content pack is not available to share, neither the original  nor the copied version.

    There is no share option available at the top-right corner on the original Content Pack dashboard, and the following is the copy (sharing this using the group admin account):

     

     

    Regards