Sub-section Access in Power BI Workspace App Navigation & Audience Features in Org Apps

[Sujith_00]

Hello All,

I have two related questions/requirements regarding Power BI Apps and organizational navigation:

1. Sub-section access in Workspace App navigation
   • In the current Power BI workspace app, I can create sections (e.g., “Department A”) and assign them to an audience group (e.g., Audience Group A).
   • My requirement is more granular: within that section, I’d like to define sub-sections (e.g., Sub-section 1, Sub-section 2).
   • For example:
     • User A (in Audience Group A) should only see Sub-section 1.
     • User B (in Audience Group A) should see both Sub-section 1 and Sub-section 2.
   • Is this level of navigation control currently supported, or planned for a future release?
2. Audience feature in Organizational Apps
   • In Org Apps (not workspace apps), is there an option to create and manage audience groups similar to workspace app audiences?
   • If not, is this something that is being considered for upcoming releases?

Has anyone else encountered similar requirements or found a workaround?

Thanks!

[v-hjannapu]

Hi @Sujith_00,
Thank you  for reaching out to the Microsoft fabric community forum.

I would also take a moment to thank @Shahid12523 , for actively participating in the community forum and for the solutions you’ve been sharing in the community forum. Your contributions make a real difference.

Right now Power BI Apps only allow creating sections and assigning them to audience groups. There is no option to create sub-sections inside a section with different visibility  all users in the same audience group will see the same content.

Also, the audience feature is only available in workspace apps, not in org apps.

If this feature is important for your scenario, I suggest posting it on the Power BI Ideas forum so that the product team can consider it for future updates.

Ideas forum:  https://community.fabric.microsoft.com/t5/Fabric-Ideas/idb-p/fbc_ideas
Microsoft actively considers top-voted suggestions for future enhancements and feedback like yours plays a key role in shaping the roadmap.

Kindly refer to the below documentation links for better understanding:
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/power-bi/collaborate-share/service-create-distribute-apps
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/power-bi/consumer/org-app-items/org-app-items

Hope this helps if you have any queries we are  happy to assist you further.
Best Regards,
Harshitha.

[v-hjannapu]

Hi @Sujith_00,
Could you please confirm if you have submitted this as an idea in the Ideas Forum? If so, sharing the link here would be helpful for other community members who may have similar feedback.
If we don’t hear back, we’ll go ahead and close this thread. For any further discussions or questions, please start a new thread in the Microsoft Fabric Community Forum  we will be happy to assist.
Thank you for being part of the Microsoft Fabric Community.

[Shahid12523]

 Workspace Apps: You can assign sections to audience groups, but sub-section-level access within a section isn’t supported yet. Use bookmarks + RLS as a workaround.
Organizational Apps: Yes, they now support multiple audience groups with content visibility control—similar to Workspace Apps.