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powerbi_desa
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1 year ago

Turn off Explore this Data feature on viewer user

I have a big concern with this feature because users are now able to remove filters that they shouldn't This menu option sometimes shows in a report even on viewers users, see my experiment: I ha...
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1 year ago

Hi, powerbi_desa 

Explore this data feature in Power BI, which is currently in preview, means it's still in development and refinement. Currently, there is no direct way to turn off this feature for viewer users. You need to make sure that the user only has "Viewer" permissions, not "Build" permissions. The Explore this data feature should only be available to users with build permissions. You can check the following links:

Explore your data in the Power BI service (preview) - Power BI | Microsoft Learn

 

Solved: Turn off Explore this Data feature - Microsoft Fabric Community

 

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powerbi_desa
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1 year ago

So,  there is a bug in this preview version because there is a case where a user with only "Viewer" permissions can see this feature (and can´t on other)  Here are print screens