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Anonymous
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5 years ago

Honour Row-Level Security with XMLA Endpoints

 

Is it currently possible to honour row-level security with the XMLA endpoint, we're pulling data to present to end users but the cubes require the effective username to be supplied, trying the ChangeEffectiveUser(.. call returns the following error

 

"value of the 'EffectiveUserName' XML for Analysis property is not valid."

 

The documents here implies that it's not possible to provide the effectiveUser.. 

 

"Operations that require Analysis Services server admin permissions (rather than database admin) such as server-level traces and user impersonation using the EffectiveUserName connection-string property are not supported in Power BI Premium at this time."

 

Is this true? If so is it likely to change soon?

Cheers,
Ears.

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  • GilbertQ's avatar
    GilbertQ
    Super User
    5 years ago

    Hi Anonymous 

     

    I would then suggest to be able to pass through the UPN to to PBI Premium to allow the RLS to function.

    • Anonymous's avatar
      Anonymous
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      5 years ago

      We've tried passing the UPN by using "ChangeEffectiveUser" but we're getting the error (mentioned in my first post)

       

      Value of the 'EffectiveUserName' XML for Analysis property is not valid.

       

      It does mention in the link provided that it isnt' support ".. in Power BI Premium at this time"

       

      Is this the case?

       

      Cheers,

      Ears

  • GilbertQ's avatar
    GilbertQ
    Super User
    5 years ago

    Hi Anonymous 

     

    I would test connecting directly to make sure it works and is configured as expected.

  • GilbertQ's avatar
    GilbertQ
    Super User
    5 years ago

    Hi Anonymous 

     

    What are you trying to do with the XMLA end point?

     

    You would need to log into the XMLA end point, and as long as you are in a defined role with the correct permissions you should be able to query the cube.

    • Anonymous's avatar
      Anonymous
      Not applicable
      5 years ago

      Hi GilbertQ 

      Cheers for your response.

       

      We're calling the XMLA Endpoint in Power Bi Premium with a service principal from an AppService in Azure - It's a intranet application we have the users UPN in context of each call we just return data to the front-end web application.  (that's all working correctly)

       

      We have a seperate system that manages the RLS , but for it to function we need to include the UPN in the request , when we try including the user UPN  we got the, perviously mentioned, error! 

      Looking at the documentation it seems that we should be able to use the EffectiveUserName element.

       

      I'm reading conflicting information; it should work if we grant the principal server rights, or; it's not supported in PBI Premium - 

      Any ideas?

       

      Cheers,Ears.

  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    Not applicable
    5 years ago

    Hi GilbertQ ,

    Did you have any more thoughts on this, is this something you have experience of?

     

    I could really do with an answer!

    Many thanks in advance..

    Ears.