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Shared Datasets and underlying permissions
The permissions that a user needs to build reports off a shared dataset is the build permission. You can enable this permission from either when you share the App with the user.
Or when you go into the dataset settings and then click on permissions and give them the access to build.
Here are more details in my blog post: https://www.fourmoo.com/2019/10/08/power-bi-bulk-changing-permissions-read-reshare-build-on-datasets/
Thanks, Gilbert. My main question though is how to share out the proper permissions when I don't want users to have Build access. I want them to simply be able to see the report. I don't want them to be able to be able to view or access the underlying dataset at all (besides obviously being able to see the data from it surfaced in the report).
- Hi there
In order to do that you can share the reports via an App from an App Workspace.
That will allow them to have the permissions to view the data in the associated reports that have been shared in the App.Thanks, Gilbert. I am sharing out the report via an App, but if Build permissions aren't granted, the user receives an error that they do not have access to the underlying dataset (which is in another workspace).
I'm assuming the only way to grant them access without giving them the ability to build out reports with the dataset is to go into the workspace with the shared dataset, click on the Datasets tab > <DatasetName> ellipssis > manage permissions and grant Read access?- Hi there
As far as I know that should work.
When you go to the dataset permissions do the users not have "Read" permissions?