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Vignesh1715150
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Underlying data export not working

Hi,

Underlying data export is greyed out in my report. I have enabled underlying data export in Power BI desktop and Power bi service report. When I tried underlying data export without build permission it is blocked. But when I tried with Build permission I'm able to export underlying data.

Do we really need build permission to export underlying data?

 

Thanks in advance.

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Anonymous
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Hi @Vignesh1715150 ,

 

Yes,you are right. In order to export the data, the user needs at least the build permission for the corresponding dataset.

 

We can find a description of this content in the official documentation

Build permission for shared datasets 

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Hope it helps,

Best Regards,
Community Support Team _ Caitlyn

If this post helps then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.

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Anonymous
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Hi @Vignesh1715150 ,

 

Yes,you are right. In order to export the data, the user needs at least the build permission for the corresponding dataset.

 

We can find a description of this content in the official documentation

Build permission for shared datasets 

vcaitlynmstf_0-1659409167496.png

 

Hope it helps,

Best Regards,
Community Support Team _ Caitlyn

If this post helps then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.

gauthamboppana
Solution Specialist
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@Vignesh1715150  - Make the export access is enabled in the tenant settings (admin portal) and you have been added to that security group. 

Depending on your access and tenant, you might need to be a global admin to see some of the tenant settings.

 

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