Mask column

[MariaB]

Hi folks, 

We have a table in SQL that the users access through PowerBI and PowerBI Service. Some of the columns, in SQL, are defined as masked. The user, if access to SQL Management, sees the data masked as expected. The same occurs when the user made a query to PowerBI or creates models in PowerBI. But for some reason, on PowerBI Service the data is showing unmask.

How could we be sure the data appears masked through PowerBI Services?

Regards, 

[v-rongtiep-msft]

Hi @MariaB ,

You can create RLS on Power BI Desktop.

Row-level security (RLS) with Power BI - Power BI | Microsoft Learn

Row-level security (RLS) with Power BI can be used to restrict data access for given users. Filters restrict data access at the row level, and you can define filters within roles. In the Power BI service, members of a workspace have access to datasets in the workspace. RLS doesn't restrict this data access.

You can configure RLS for data models imported into Power BI with Power BI Desktop. You can also configure RLS on datasets that are using DirectQuery, such as SQL Server. For Analysis Services or Azure Analysis Services lives connections, you configure Row-level security in the model, not in Power BI Desktop. The security option will not show up for live connection datasets.

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Community Support Team _ Polly

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