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Hi,
I developed a paginated report that's connected to a semantic model in Power BI. All members with a Contributor role or higher can view the paginated report within a Power BI app. However, when it comes to users I’ve added to a specific audience, they receive a pop-up message instead.
Could you help me unlock this issue? Thank you very much!
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Hello @bdpr_95,
To resolve the issue, I recommend to go to the workspace where the semantic model is published, find the dataset used in the paginated report, click the ellipsis (...) next to it, and then Manage Permissions.
Then, manually add the users or audience group who need access and assign them at least Viewer or Build permissions.
P.S. Paginated reports do not inherit dataset access through app audiences, access must be granted directly to the dataset to view the report.
Do I undersatand this correctly? These extra steps are only needed for Paginated Reports as this does not appear to be a issue with Power BI reports connected to the same Semantic Model. Is this a bug? If so any idea when this will be fixed?
Hello @bdpr_95,
To resolve the issue, I recommend to go to the workspace where the semantic model is published, find the dataset used in the paginated report, click the ellipsis (...) next to it, and then Manage Permissions.
Then, manually add the users or audience group who need access and assign them at least Viewer or Build permissions.
P.S. Paginated reports do not inherit dataset access through app audiences, access must be granted directly to the dataset to view the report.
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