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rredford
1 year agoFrequent Visitor
Ownership/Refresh
Hi Our business is relatively new to PowerBi and now we are in the situation where we have one developer who creates the reports and shares them to those that need them but we have hit some struc...
- 1 year ago
rredford Your pro user leaving the organization won't have any effect on the next user's ability to edit those reports or datasets. Dataset and report ownership can be changed anytime by another pro user. This also includes scheduled refreshes. That being said having a dedicated service account is always a good idea.
We keep swapping ownerships all the time in our organizations. In some cases it's as simple as clicking a button.
- 1 year ago
Thank you both responses are helpful.
lbendlin
1 year agoSuper User
Yes, you have to "take over" the artifact. It's easy to do but it comes with consequences (you will have to reauthenticate to the data sources). So far Microsoft have not committed to provide an alternative to this "single owner" concept.
- rredford1 year agoFrequent Visitor
Thank you