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PBInewbie21
Helper II
Helper II

Report Owner

Hi,

We have many developes who creates Power BI reports and publishes on a Workspace.

As an admin I want to find out who has published it. Is there a way to find out who has created it?

 

Also, There is a Owner column on Online, it shows workspace name in it. what is the purpose of that column?

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collinq
Super User
Super User

Hi @PBInewbie21 ,

 

You can see the Owner in the "Contact" information for each report in the top middle of the screen like this:

Owner.jpg

 

That is manual and is time consuming, perhaps there is an API that you can use:

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/power-bi/

 

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v-lili6-msft
Community Support
Community Support

hi  @PBInewbie21 

Another way is that you could see it in auditing logs.

See more details in this same post:

https://community.powerbi.com/t5/Service/Identify-the-report-s-creator-in-a-workspace-with-several/t...

 

Regards,

Lin

Community Support Team _ Lin
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WhirpoolX
New Member

Getting contact information from an embedded report is difficult because the title bar is invisible. I found a workaround in this article here that helped me identify the owner of a report.

apo1979prio
Helper I
Helper I

let
SourceMaterial = PowerBIRESTAPI.Navigation(),
Admin = SourceMaterial{[Key="Admin"]}[Data],
GroupUsersAsAdmin = Admin{[Key="GroupUsersAsAdmin"]}[Data]
in
GroupUsersAsAdmin

v-lili6-msft
Community Support
Community Support

hi  @PBInewbie21 

Another way is that you could see it in auditing logs.

See more details in this same post:

https://community.powerbi.com/t5/Service/Identify-the-report-s-creator-in-a-workspace-with-several/t...

 

Regards,

Lin

Community Support Team _ Lin
If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.
collinq
Super User
Super User

Hi @PBInewbie21 ,

 

You can see the Owner in the "Contact" information for each report in the top middle of the screen like this:

Owner.jpg

 

That is manual and is time consuming, perhaps there is an API that you can use:

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/power-bi/

 

I would appreciate Kudos if my response was helpful. I would also appreciate it if you would Mark this As a Solution if it solved the problem. Thanks!



Did I answer your question? Mark my post as a solution!

Proud to be a Datanaut!
Private message me for consulting or training needs.




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