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Olly
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11 years ago

How to share a content pack with a group?

I want to share a content pack with a group which I have created within Power BI. When I create the content pack, I can't see any way of sharing with a group, without having to enter each member's em...
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Olly
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11 years ago

Replying to myself:

 

It would appear I need Office 365 to manage a Power BI group. Is this right? I thought Power BI 2 was separate from 365... Do I really need 365 to enable the group functionality in Power BI?

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meysun
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11 years ago

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From Power BI when you mouse over the Members, you will see the group alias at the bottom. You can also click 'Members' and it will take you to the Groups home page and you can get the alias.

 

If you are a Power BI Pro feature, you get Groups automatically.

 

  • Olly's avatar
    Olly
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    11 years ago

    meysun - thanks, but as I don't have 365, the only group menu options are Edit Group and Leave Group:

    Group Menu (non-365)

     

    This is disappointing, as I initially believed we would be able to access the full functionality of Power BI 2 without Office 365...

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    andre
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    11 years ago

    when you create a group in power bi, it creates an office 365 group with its own email address. When you create the group you get to pick a name and it also generates a group id (can be changed when group is created) so if your company name is MyCompany and your group is MyGroup then you can share a content pack with this group by specifying this email address:

     

    [email protected]

     

    you can learn more about groups and content packs here

     

    http://businessintelligist.com/2015/07/27/the-definitive-guide-on-collaboration-in-power-bi-tutorial-on-groups-sharing-coauthoring-and-content-packs/