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KasperJ90
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4 years ago
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Which PowerBI licenses do we need?

Hi,   We are now setting up a PowerBI organization across three countries. The idea is that we have two BI developers who creates datasets based on the new datamart functionallity. All other users ...
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  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    4 years ago

    Analyzing Power BI data in Excel requires that the dataset be in a Power BI Premium workspace (for free users) or that you have a Power BI Pro or Premium Per User (PPU) license.

     

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KasperJ90
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4 years ago

HI Anonymous 

Okay so we do need all viewers to have a premium license even though they are only viewing reports/accessing datasets generated by BI developers with a premium licenses? I was hoping we only needed premium license for the BI developers to generate the dataset and reports and then all the 100 viewers did not need a license or only needed a pro licens.

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Anonymous
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4 years ago

Hi KasperJ90 Yes, for premium per user all users will require a license to view the content.

It is only with Premium Capacity where free users can view the content.

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    KasperJ90
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    4 years ago

    Hi Anonymous 
    Thank you this is well noted. Last questions.

    Can users without a PowerBI license access the dataset generated by a PowerBI premium user in Excel?

     

    • Anonymous's avatar
      Anonymous
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      4 years ago

      Analyzing Power BI data in Excel requires that the dataset be in a Power BI Premium workspace (for free users) or that you have a Power BI Pro or Premium Per User (PPU) license.