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uberdube
Advocate IV
6 years ago

Entities permissions in Dataflows

Hi,   Just wondering if anyone knows if there's a way to only select (or set permissons on) particular entities to be made available inside a dataflow (when creating a new datasource with 'Get Data...
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Anonymous
Not applicable
6 years ago

Hi uberdube ,

 

In my opinion, uncheck "Enable Load" will cut off the link between Linked entities and your calculated enties. Which means your calculated enties will not be refreshed if Linked entities are refreshed.

Currently, Linked entities can't be hidden if they are enable load, you can submit your idea to microsoft if you want: https://ideas.powerbi.com.

For more information about Linked entities, please check below document:

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/power-bi/service-dataflows-linked-entities

 

Best Regards,

Jay

Community Support Team _ Jay Wang

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crocus
Advocate II
6 years ago

If the Linked Entity and Calculated Entity are in the same dataflow then the data refresh still occurs. Unchecking "Enable Load" will only hide it from outside the dataflow, so another dataflow cannot use it say.

 

I have been using this method for data that shouldn't be seen by users, ie. summarizing it in another Entity and unchecking "Enable Load" in the Linked Entity.