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DominiqueGire
New Member
10 years ago

UserName() DAX function returns a GUID on PowerBI

When you use UserName() in a DAX function in PowerBI Desktop that works fine and shows something like "AzureAD\FirstnameLastname" if I use that function in a calculated measure to be displayed. Wh...
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Johnny's avatar
Johnny
Advocate II
10 years ago

The problem is "solved" after RLS has been implemented.

Once you "turn on" RLS the username function now returns your email-address (sign in address)

  • Brian_M's avatar
    Brian_M
    Continued Contributor
    10 years ago

    Johnny, could you post an example of how to use the username() in the RLS?

  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    Not applicable
    10 years ago

    Hi Johnny,

     

    Could you please put some example how you did that?

     

    Appreciate your help!

     

    Regards,

    Niket Talati