Shared dataset permissions groups

[Anonymous]

Hello,

I have a question about shared dataset and permissions. In workspace 1 I have a dataset and In workspace 2 I have a report. In the dataset I can only give permission in the dataset to a user but I want to give this to a group. Is that possible?

[Sumanth_23]

hi @Anonymous - you can create groups at dataset level as outlined in Microsoft docs link below

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/power-bi/admin/service-admin-rls

You can refer to the below post for details on how to test this across reports

https://community.powerbi.com/t5/Service/How-to-test-RLS-for-all-reports-that-share-a-single-dataset/m-p/1365350#M108451

Please mark the post as a solution and provide a 👍 if my comment helped with solving your issue. Thanks!

Regards,
Sumanth

[v-eachen-msft]

Hi @Anonymous ,

Yes, this is an existing feature where you could use in "Manage Permissions".

You could also use Group REST API like 

POST https://api.powerbi.com/v1.0/myorg/groups/{groupId}/users

For more details, please refer to power bi rest api reference: 

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/power-bi/groups/addgroupuser

[Anonymous]

Hi @v-eachen-msft 

How can we add permissions on Shared Datasets using the Group REST API? What would be the call look like since AccessRights parameter only takes Workspace access rights (except for Viewer).

Thanks
Kaz

[VasTg · Accepted solution]

@Anonymous 

I believe you could as long as you have a security group for the email group.

Refer to the documentation

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/power-bi/service-datasets-build-permissions

Quote:

Members of the workspace where the dataset resides can assign the permission to specific users or security groups in the Permission center. If you're a member of the workspace, select More options (...) next to a dataset > Manage Permissions.

I checked in our environment and we do have couple of groups. 

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