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Advocate IHow to setup a dashboard for Pro AND Free users? Do I need to do this under separate accounts?
Hi ap
Here are my answers to your questions below.
1. You are correct that you can actually just take your existing PBIX file, and go Save As. Then once you have your new PBIX file remoave all the tables and roles created for RLS. That should disable any Pro features when you publish it into the Power BI Service.
2. Once you have created your new dashboard off the file uploaded in step 1, you can then simply click on the Share Button. NOTE: The thing to make a note of is that because you shared the dashboard from "My Workspace", people will be allowed to view the dashboard and the reports, but not able to edit them.
3. Yes you are correct, as soon as you connect your PBIX file to your Gateway, it will enable the Pro feature. So just do not connect it and have to manually refresh your data and upload. Another option is if you use OneDrive for Business you could connect your data to CSV files etc in OneDrive for Business and this will refresh when you update your files in OneDrive for Business without having to use the Pro feature.
Advocate IUnfortunately, effective June 1st. You can no longer share your dashboard to a free user. They must be Pro or Premium to view shared content. Our solution was that we had to move to Premium. I posted that question before the June 1st announcement. :(
Unfortunate but thanks for the response. So the case is sharing dashboard even not working among free users, or just Pro cannot share dashboard to free users? I did some quick search but was not able to find article with exact terms - any luck that you have any idea? Thanks.
The line between Free and Pro is no longer about features but "Collaboration". Free users cannot share, nor view shared content.
Thanks for clarifying. Very clear and disappointing now though :)