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CCSMTL_PBI
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Power BI Metrics connection - Former employee

Hi everyone, 

 

The organization I work for employs scorecards and metrics, which were previously known as 'Goals' features. One of our ex-employees assisted us in connecting some of the metrics. What happens to the metric connection if the IT department deactivates or deletes his account? Do we have to reconnect the metrics because of that?

Thank you for your reply.

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DallasBaba
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@CCSMTL_PBI If the ex-employee directly connected metrics to data sources the connections will remain intact even if their account is deactivated or deleted. Power BI doesn’t rely on the user’s account for data retrieval. You won’t need to reconnect these metrics unless there are changes to the data sources.

 

In the Power BI admin portal, there are settings related to usage metrics. Read more

 

If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.

Thanks
Dallas

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SaiTejaTalasila
Super User
Super User

Hi @CCSMTL_PBI ,

 

Better takeover on the datasets and use your account for authentication or the person who is replacing his position.

 

Thanks,

Sai Teja 

 

 

 

DallasBaba
Super User
Super User

@CCSMTL_PBI If the ex-employee directly connected metrics to data sources the connections will remain intact even if their account is deactivated or deleted. Power BI doesn’t rely on the user’s account for data retrieval. You won’t need to reconnect these metrics unless there are changes to the data sources.

 

In the Power BI admin portal, there are settings related to usage metrics. Read more

 

If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.

Thanks
Dallas

Thank you so much for your reply Dallas!
We will forward this message to our IT department and see what will happen.

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