Power BI Dasbhboard from SSAS Tabluar (Something is wrong with one or more fields)

[Anonymous]

Hi Everyone, 

I need some help troubleshooting. 

I have a SSAS Tabluar Cube set up with data coming from CRM.

All memebers of my BI team can access my Dashboard fine - The Business Users whom this Dashboard is intended for cannot access this. 

It seems to be a Permissions issue somewhere? 

I have added the Business users to the deployed Cube, They can access the Dashboard via Power BI but cannot see the visuals

I have attached a screen shot of this error 

Can anyone shed some light here.

Much appreciated

Thank you.

[TomMartens]

Hey,

from my understanding your SSAS Tabular model is on-premises, this means you need an on-premises gateway in the middle.
Make sure that the on-premises gateway is using an Active Directory service account.

In the Power BI Service, you have to establish a data source that points to the SSAS Analysis Service Tabular database. For this you have to use a user that has administrative rights on SSAS Tabular instance, being a member of the Administrator role is not enough.

Then you have to tweak a configuration file of the on-premises gateway a little bit, this is necessary to "activate" the Active Directory lookup, this tweaking is explained in this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1&v=NG05PG9aiRw&feature=emb_logo

I assume that there is role at your SSAS Tabular data model, that encompasses all the non-admin users.

Hopefully, this provides the missing link to tackle your challenge.

Regards,

Tom

[Anonymous · Accepted solution]

Hi Everyone,

I have solved the issue. 

Thank you @v-alq-msft  & @Anonymous  for the Assistance here. 

Between updating the Users Roles and making sure the credential used in the Power BI data source have admin access on our SSAS instance must have done the trick. 

I reviewed everything so many times and made many changes - I almost got lost and never came back.

This was a terrible journey but i did learn a lot. 

I made a mind map of my project to review  - posting here > maybe this will help someone. 

Many thanks. 

[v-alq-msft]

Hi, @Anonymous 

Have you modified field names or table name in power bi desktop file. You may try to delete your service dataset and then re-publish your pbix file. Have you applied rls in the report and are you using import mode or live connection mode? If you imported the data into Power BI Desktop you may apply rls in Power BI. If you are using a live connection, you will not be able to configure RLS within the Power BI service. This is defined within the Analysis Services model on-premises. I'd like to suggest you refer to Implement row-level security in an Analysis Services tabular model .

Best Regards

Allan

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[Anonymous]

Hi Allan,

Thank you!

So we are constantly adding more Measures to the Cube. 

Since the error points to problems with the fields - To Test > I created a new Power BI Dashboard from Scratch - added the users and the same issue persists.  Something Wrong with one or more fields - (This error only applies to Non Admin Business Users)

The Memebers of my BI Team have admin access and they see this Dashboard as expected, all is working.

I have deployed the Dashboard to a Premium Workspace - Busy testing that

I dont know where to start troubleshooting 

Power BI Gateway?

SSAS user access?

Any further thoughts let me know

Thank you

[v-alq-msft]

Hi, @Anonymous 

I'd like to suggest you refer to the following document to see if it helps.

Troubleshoot gateways - Power BI 

Best Regards

Allan

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[Anonymous]

Hi Allan,

Update on this  > This issue still perists

To consolidate thoughts here.

Power BI is conneted to SSAS via live connection

I am only making changes in SSAS - adding Measures / fields / tables etc then Deploying. 

Business Users can access Power BI but not the Data from SSAS (See screen shot in first Post)

If i give that specific user Admin Access in SSAS they can then see the Dashbord as expected. Obviously giving them admin is not a solution.

Right now there is only two User Goups created in SSAS, namely:

Admin - for the Dev Team

Users - They have read access with no DAX or RLS Restrictions for the time being. 

I have also tested the users ability to access the cube via Excel - and that works as expected too.

only when they are Viewing the Dashboard in Power BI they get this issue.

Breaking this down into smaller streps leaves me with no plan

Can they access power BI - Yes

Can they access the Cube - Yes

 Can they access the Cube data via Power BI - No

Any further thoughts I can explore ?

all assistance is appreciated,

Thank You