i have Issue when sharing Power BI Dashboard link for public access

[Rufyda]

Hi everyone,

I’m facing an issue when trying to copy the Power BI Dashboard link from Power BI Service to share it with anyone 😞

Inneed to Allow anyone to access the dashboard without needing additional permissions

But When i am opening the link, it shows an Access Denied / Permission Required messageWhat I’ve tried so far:

Using Publish to Web

Checking Workspace and Dataset permissions

Regenerating the link or Embed Code

[Nabha-Ahmed · Accepted solution]

Hi @Rufyda 

I actually faced the same issue a while ago, and here’s what worked for me 

When you want anyone to access your Power BI dashboard without permissions, the “Publish to Web” option is the only method that provides true public access. However, sometimes it shows “Access Denied” even after you generate the embed link ,and that usually happens because of one of these reasons:

1. “Publish to Web” is disabled by your admin or tenant policy.
   → You can confirm this under Admin Portal → Tenant Settings → Export and sharing settings → Publish to web.
   → Make sure it’s enabled for your user or workspace.

2. You’re trying to share a dashboard, but “Publish to Web” only works for reports (not dashboards).
   → You’ll need to open the related report and publish that instead.

3. If you’ve already published before and regenerated the link, the old link might still be cached, so try opening it in an incognito/private browser window.

Once you ensure “Publish to Web” is enabled and you’re publishing the report (not the dashboard), the public link should work fine.

[Rufyda · Accepted solution]

Hello every one, thank you for you responses
Instead of sharing the dashboard, I shared the report directly.
Here’s what I did:

Opened the report in Power BI Service (not the dashboard).

Went to File → Embed report → Publish to web (public).

Copied the link and tested it in an Incognito/Private browser window  t worked without asking for any permissions

Hope this helps anyone facing the same issue.

[v-aatheeque]

Hi @Rufyda 

Have you had a chance to look through the responses shared earlier? If anything is still unclear, we’ll be happy to provide additional support.

[Nabha-Ahmed · Accepted solution]

Hi @Rufyda 

I actually faced the same issue a while ago, and here’s what worked for me 

When you want anyone to access your Power BI dashboard without permissions, the “Publish to Web” option is the only method that provides true public access. However, sometimes it shows “Access Denied” even after you generate the embed link ,and that usually happens because of one of these reasons:

1. “Publish to Web” is disabled by your admin or tenant policy.
   → You can confirm this under Admin Portal → Tenant Settings → Export and sharing settings → Publish to web.
   → Make sure it’s enabled for your user or workspace.

2. You’re trying to share a dashboard, but “Publish to Web” only works for reports (not dashboards).
   → You’ll need to open the related report and publish that instead.

3. If you’ve already published before and regenerated the link, the old link might still be cached, so try opening it in an incognito/private browser window.

Once you ensure “Publish to Web” is enabled and you’re publishing the report (not the dashboard), the public link should work fine.

[GilbertQ]

Hi @Rufyda 

Just another note to make, as far as I am aware you can only use a publish to web for reports and not for dashboards. So just confirming that it is a report which you are calling a dashboard that you are trying to share.

[Rufyda]

Yes, i mean report

[tayloramy]

Hi @Rufyda, 

Publish to Web is the way to do this: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/power-bi/collaborate-share/service-publish-to-web

If you can't see these options or are getting an error trying to publish to web, your Fabric Administrator might have disabled the functionality, which is common in orgs to prevent people from accidently making company info public. 

At my org, only me the other Fabric admin have the ability to publish to web. 

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