Row-Level-Security for External Azure users

[Siboska]

Hi,

I have a challenge regarding how to set up row-level security for people outside our organization who have been invited as Azure guest users.

My Row Level Security User table in Power BI is in the following format:

Name	Email	Department
John	[email protected]	Production

Then I used the standard approach where a role called "department access" has been added:

Email = PrincipleName()

I read Microsoft's documentation, and it seems that the PrincipalName() should be returned in the email format when a user is logging in:
"[email protected]"

But, when I test the role in Power BI service the users PrincipleName() is returned in the external organisation format:

John_CustomDomain.com#[email protected].

To my knowledge, this will break the row-level security.

I have thought of two solutions:

Solution 1: Fix it in my DAX security role logic:

[Medarbejder Email] = 
IF(
    CONTAINSSTRING(USERPRINCIPALNAME(), "#EXT#"),
    SUBSTITUTE(LEFT(USERPRINCIPALNAME(), SEARCH("#EXT#", USERPRINCIPALNAME(), 1) - 1), "_", "@"),
    USERPRINCIPALNAME()
)

This should ensure that the extracted Principle name can be used to match the Email in my RLS table.

Solution 2: Add all the PrincipalNames manually to my User Row Level table in Power BI.

I am looking for some advice or experiences on this challenge.

[Siboska · Accepted solution]

Update:

When one of the users tested the report, it returned his actual email.
I guess the answer is that it isn’t possible to test an external user's PrincipalName.

I will close the ticket.