filter by parameter in web published report

[Vishal_PBI]

Hi All,

End goal is to Restrict user to see their report only in web.

I have a report which consist 100s of user and adding new users every week, currently I am creating report for each user manually by putting filtered value in SQL query then publish to web since user don't have power bi license. I tried achieving the same with parameter filter in url but that doesn't work for web published report.

I am looking for a way where I can automate this process because on weekly basis we add some new users, so it is a never-ending process. 

Thanks!

[Anonymous]

Alguien sabe si ya es posible modificar los filtros de informe desde la url?

[GilbertQ]

I would also just add a comment that the Publish to Web is not secure and if the users are sitting next to each other, they could share links to each other and see each others data.

[Anonymous · Accepted solution]

Hi @Vishal_PBI,

If you reports are share with 'publish to web' feature, current it not support any security settings and url filters.

Limitations and troubleshooting

There are a couple of things to be aware of when using the query string parameters.

• Query string filtering does not work with Publish to web or Power BI Embedded.
• Field type has to be number or string.
• Table and field names cannot have any spaces.

I'd like to suggest to use power bi embedded with dynamic RLS to instead.

Power bi embedded:

Official Documentation – Power BI Embedded

GitHub Sample Repo

RLS:

Power BI – Dynamic Row Level Security – Tips to get it working!

RLS with UserName()

Regards,

Xiaoxin Sheng

[Vishal_PBI]

HI Xiaoxin Sheng,

Thanks for your help, I am working on it. hope it works for me.

Thanks!