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Kuladeep
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4 months ago
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User with VIEWER role cannot see reports connected to Direct lake semantic model

Dear Fabric community,   We are facing an issue that users with `Viewer` role in Workspace unable to see any visuals from reports connected to Direct lake Semantic Models (SM). But `Contributor` ab...
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    Kuladeep
    2 months ago

    Microsoft's suggested solution is to use 'App-Owned Data' rather than 'User-Owned Data'. This method eliminates the need for users to have access to the lakehouse in DirectLake mode, as a service principal provides access between the lakehouse (LH) and semantic model.

     

    The disadvantage is that this solution only works with web apps (as it is a Power BI embedded report; app-own-data). If the user tries to access the same report from the Fabric portal, they will encounter the same issue. 

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Kuladeep
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2 months ago

Microsoft's suggested solution is to use 'App-Owned Data' rather than 'User-Owned Data'. This method eliminates the need for users to have access to the lakehouse in DirectLake mode, as a service principal provides access between the lakehouse (LH) and semantic model.

 

The disadvantage is that this solution only works with web apps (as it is a Power BI embedded report; app-own-data). If the user tries to access the same report from the Fabric portal, they will encounter the same issue.