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SQL direct query credentials
Anonymous "B" will see whatever "A" can in this scenerio. There are no additional perms needed on the database for Direct Query.
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Is this also true for Azure SQl, where no gateway is required?
As long as you haven't applied RLS, the same should apply. The author passes on their creds with the report.
In effect for all datasources expect SSAS- if any dashboard is shared with another user (B), B can see the content even if B dosnt not have acess to the database? Direct Query, is not "Live Connection" - SSAS uses Live connection, and it requires that all end users have read access on the tabular model. If they don't, they won't be able to see the visualizations - they will just show as gray boxes.
yes, the creator can see the dashboard and the associated reports just fine. Already tried re-sharing the dashboard but we get the same error. For the person not able to view the dashboard, he actually for a brief second see each report (graph, table, donut chart, etc.) begin to display but then quickly they're replaced in each report on the dashboard with a circle with an X in the circle and a message below the circle saying "you cannot view the report because row level security is preventing you". yet the creator never configured row level security. the creator used PBI Desktop and used the Import function not Direct Query. Also pulled in data from some excel tables to build relationships.
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jwatson05 The report author needs to check the Roles in the Desktop file. Based on the error, I have to assume that there is a role applied in the Desktop. You can apply row level security in the Power BI Desktop itself. This is most likely the cause...
Thank you. I will double check but she walked me through the process of using the Import method in PBI Desktop to access a SQL Server database and she did not set up any row level security. Could there be some sort of default setting that could be happening which automatically turns on RLS?
jwatson05 Not to my knowledge.