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Advocate IIIUser not able to view report
Hello, i am facing this situation
If a semantic model is in workspace X and the report is in workspace Y, and I give user Z Viewer role access to Y.
I was expecting user Z shoud be able to view the report.
My understanding was when a user has Viewer access to a workspace,it automatically grants read access to the underlying datasets.
Is this not right?
I want to give user Z view access to the report please
thanks
Hi msprog
Thanks for posting your query in microsoft fabric comunity forum.
Power BI UI doesn’t explicitly call it "Read" permission for semantic models (datasets). Instead, the permission you assign is called "Build", and it encompasses both read and create derivative content (like building reports).- Power BI Permission can Build Allows users to connect to the dataset, read data, and create new content from it (reports, etc.).
- Viewer role in workspace can Grants read access to all datasets/reports in the workspace — but only within that workspace.
But No "Read" permission, in Power BI doesn’t expose a “read-only” dataset-level permission via the UI — only Build.
To Give "Read" (really:Build) Permission on a Semantic Model:
Go to Workspace X (where the semantic model lives), then find the dataset / semantic model, and click the More
options (⋯) next to it, then choose Manage permissions and Click + Add user then Enter the name/email of user
Z. now In the permissions box, check: check Build then click Add.
Thank's, andrewsommer for sharing you'r valueable insights.
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Thank you.
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- andrewsommer
Super User
The user would still need read rights granted to the semantic model in workspace X. The new Org App feature does automatically grant and rescind access to the semantic model when a user is given access to the app; other than that you need to set permissions yourself.
Please mark this post as a solution if it helps you. Appreciate Kudos.
Hi msprog
Thanks for posting your query in microsoft fabric comunity forum.
Power BI UI doesn’t explicitly call it "Read" permission for semantic models (datasets). Instead, the permission you assign is called "Build", and it encompasses both read and create derivative content (like building reports).- Power BI Permission can Build Allows users to connect to the dataset, read data, and create new content from it (reports, etc.).
- Viewer role in workspace can Grants read access to all datasets/reports in the workspace — but only within that workspace.
But No "Read" permission, in Power BI doesn’t expose a “read-only” dataset-level permission via the UI — only Build.
To Give "Read" (really:Build) Permission on a Semantic Model:
Go to Workspace X (where the semantic model lives), then find the dataset / semantic model, and click the More
options (⋯) next to it, then choose Manage permissions and Click + Add user then Enter the name/email of user
Z. now In the permissions box, check: check Build then click Add.
Thank's, andrewsommer for sharing you'r valueable insights.
If this information is helpful, please “Accept as solution” and give a "kudos" to assist other community members in resolving similar issues more efficiently.
Thank you.
msproghow do you give read permission to the semantic model? I don't see any read permissions in the manage permission page.
