Share Data

Hi Eric,

I dont believe that the .ODC file that you create with the analyze in excel thingy is shareable. I could be 100% wrong but I suspect that it will only work if:

Each user who needs access to the data file has a working PowerBI service account and

Each of those users has the analyze in excel addin ininstalled.

The sharing wont make any difference to the .ODC file that you are wanting to use. The sharing only applies (atm) to powerbi not the progeny ie data connection of.

Keep me posted as I am keen to here how you go with this one.

Cheers,

Sam

Hi jerics99,

Based on my understanding, you have created a report in Power BI Desktop use the data returned from Excel. Then you publish the report to a group workspace, the group member can't use this dataset to create a report, right?

Currently, Power BI product team is working on this feature request, the feature will be available as soon as possible. If you have any suggestion, you can comment on this Idea item: Ability to share datasets or connection to other users.

If you have any question, please feel free to ask.

Best Regards,
Qiuyun Yu

Hi, this issue was solved by Microsoft, and sharing works fine now.