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RMV
Helper V
9 years ago

Prevent export underlying data

Hi,   Can we prevent people whom we shared the dashboard with to export the underlying data from the dashboard & from the report?   Regards,
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MikeGutty
Frequent Visitor
7 years ago

HI - if you look in the Tenant Setting for Exporting then Export Data, there is an option Apply to Specific security groups, if you setup a security group within Azure AD, you then add that and then only members of the group can use the export option

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Anonymous
Not applicable
7 years ago

Hi Mike

Thanks that would work but unfortunately I am not using Azure.. I have very little knowledge on cloud.

Isnt there another way to either restrict the option of exporting underlying data (leaving only the summarised there) or having control over what this underlying data will include (pretty much exclude some columns that I do not want users to access) 

 

Thanks 

Panos

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    MikeGutty
    Frequent Visitor
    7 years ago

    Sorry but I have not been any further than the solution I used here and honestly wouldn't know where to start with your issue

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      Anonymous
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      7 years ago

      I worked with my O365 Admin and was able to create a security group that prevents users from exporting data.  Ideally, I want these users to have the ability to export data, just not the "underlying data" export.  As far as I can tell, the only solution Microsoft has is to hide the tables/columns in Power BI desktop and then publish to cloud.  If a user accidentally selects the underlying data export option then the hidden tables/columns will not be returned.  However, I have an analyst team that does all our content creation in the cloud and need the tables/columns visible in the Power BI service to create content.  

       

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        Anonymous
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        7 years ago