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Helper IQuestion about New Publish to Web feature
Community ChampionYes, someone "could" discover the URL - it is not secured. However if you look at the URL string, you will see that it is very large. Here is one I posted today for my blog on this same topic
So I would say there is zero chance of anyone guessing the URL. What is not clear is if the content and/or report title is searchable - that would be something that the developer team would need to answer. My guess is that the content is not searchable. And of course you run the risk of someone accidentally sharing the URL, then it is open season if it is confidential data.
My guess (as I mentioned in my blog post) is that the private sharing feature is not too far off.
- ryans
Thanks Matt. I had the same mindset for it but I wanted to confirm. I was really hoping this would be the solution for sharing these reports easier within my organization but I am afraid that higher ups would not be comfortable knowing that the information could potentially be stumbled upon by someone in the public. I hope they get a private sharing feature live soon!
- greggyb
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ryans, is there any reason you can't utilize the original sharing and organizational content pack features in Power BI to share within your organization?
- MattAllington
The OP said he wanted to share outside of the organisation.
