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kush-sg
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1 year ago
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Restrict User Power BI

Hello Data Team,

I hope you're all doing well.

 

I have a scenario in Power BI and I’m looking for some clarification: Is it possible to allow a user with "Viewer" access to download a report locally, but prevent them from publishing the report back to the workspace? Alternatively, can we restrict a user with "Contributor" access from publishing the report to the workspace?

 

Looking forward to your guidance on this.

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  • Deku's avatar
    Deku
    1 year ago

    To download a .pbix file, you at least must be a Contributor to the workspaces. You can't restrict Contributor to block uploads to that workspace 

     

     

  • Dineshyad's avatar
    Dineshyad
    1 year ago

    Hi kush-sg 

     

    Contributor can access for publishing the report to the workspace, But we can't restrict the contributor to publish the report.

    Viewer can't able to publish the report.

     

    Please refer the snap

     

    Thanks

  • Dineshyad's avatar
    Dineshyad
    1 year ago

    Hi kush-sg 

     

    Contributor can access for publishing the report to the workspace, But we can't restrict the contributor to publish the report.

    Viewer can't able to publish the report.

     

    Please refer the snap

     

    Thanks

  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    1 year ago

    Hi kush-sg,

     

    Thanks  Dineshyad  and Deku for Addressing the issue.

     

    we would like to follow up to see if the solution provided by the super user resolved your issue. Please let us know if you need any further assistance.
    If our super user response resolved your issue, please mark it as "Accept as solution" and click "Yes" if you found it helpful.

     

    Regards,
    Vinay Pabbu

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  • Deku's avatar
    Deku
    Super User
    1 year ago

    To download a .pbix file, you at least must be a Contributor to the workspaces. You can't restrict Contributor to block uploads to that workspace 

     

     

  • Dineshyad's avatar
    Dineshyad
    Frequent Visitor
    1 year ago

    Hi kush-sg 

     

    Contributor can access for publishing the report to the workspace, But we can't restrict the contributor to publish the report.

    Viewer can't able to publish the report.

     

    Please refer the snap

     

    Thanks

  • Dineshyad's avatar
    Dineshyad
    Frequent Visitor
    1 year ago

    Hi kush-sg 

     

    Contributor can access for publishing the report to the workspace, But we can't restrict the contributor to publish the report.

    Viewer can't able to publish the report.

     

    Please refer the snap

     

    Thanks

  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    Not applicable
    1 year ago

    Hi kush-sg,

     

    Thanks  Dineshyad  and Deku for Addressing the issue.

     

    we would like to follow up to see if the solution provided by the super user resolved your issue. Please let us know if you need any further assistance.
    If our super user response resolved your issue, please mark it as "Accept as solution" and click "Yes" if you found it helpful.

     

    Regards,
    Vinay Pabbu

    • Anonymous's avatar
      Anonymous
      Not applicable
      1 year ago

      Hi kush-sg,

       

      May I ask if you have gotten this issue resolved?

      If it is solved, please mark the helpful reply or share your solution and accept it as solution, it will be helpful for other members of the community who have similar problems as yours to solve it faster.

       

      Regards,
      Vinay Pabbu

  • kush-sg's avatar
    kush-sg
    Frequent Visitor
    1 year ago

    Thanks for your response, Deku Anonymous Dineshyad  It was really helpful. Now, I'm trying to achieve the same by creating an AutoBot using an admin ID [runs on VM]. When a user raises a request via email, the bot will download the specified .pbix file and share it via email. As cannot provide contributor/member access to business user of the Production Environment.