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Power BI Copilot for citizen developers: how do you prepare data and govern it in Fabric?
Hi all, While working on a citizen developer program at DataToBiz, we ran into some data readiness and governance questions around Copilot that I’d like to compare with how people here handle them in Fabric. The goal was to let non-technical employees build their own tools and reports. On the app side, they used Power Apps and Power Automate with Copilot, and Copilot Studio for custom prompts and reusable templates, with Azure OpenAI Service behind the natural language features. On the data side, Azure Data Factory and Synapse Analytics unified the sources, Azure Data Lake and Dataverse provided the storage, and Power BI Copilot dashboards gave teams self-service KPIs. Governance relied on Azure AD for identity, Purview for lineage and compliance, RBAC and Azure Policy, and Azure Monitor with Power BI dashboards to track productivity, AI accuracy and ROI. Looking at that stack now, I’d like to ask how you’d approach it in Fabric. Copilot in Power BI is only as good as the semantic model behind it. How do you prepare models so that natural language questions return reliable answers? Do you rely on descriptions, synonyms and AI instructions, or does it mostly come down to simplifying the model? How do you measure AI accuracy in practice? We tracked it alongside usage in a monitoring dashboard, but I’m not sure that’s the best approach. Has anyone found a better way to catch wrong or misleading Copilot answers? On the data layer, would you still keep Dataverse alongside a Lakehouse, or would you bring the Power Platform data into OneLake? How well does that work in practice? For governance, how do you keep Purview, workspace roles and RLS consistent when many non-technical users start building their own items? Where did you have to add guardrails? And how do you watch capacity consumption from Copilot use as adoption grows? Would love to hear how you’d approach it.
kiara-mehra35
4 hours ago Place Service
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How are teams handling AI-driven automation around Power BI Embedded applications?
I’m exploring patterns for adding AI-driven automation around Power BI Embedded applications. For example: Power BI Embedded → user interaction → backend/API event → AI analysis → business action I’m particularly interested in how teams are handling: event-driven actions from embedded reports calling backend APIs securely using AI to summarize or interpret report context triggering workflows based on report interactions authentication with service principals or managed identities keeping the architecture maintainable in production Are there recommended patterns for combining Power BI Embedded, Fabric APIs, and AI services without putting too much logic into the client application?
codeautomation
21 hours ago Place Developer
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Navigate Between Multiple Power BI Report Server Reports Inside Power BI Mobile App
Hello everyone, We are using Power BI Mobile with an on-premises Power BI Report Server. We have multiple Power BI reports, and we would like users to navigate from one report to another using buttons inside the reports. For example: Report 1 → Report 2 → Report 3 Our goal is to keep the navigation inside the Power BI Mobile app. Currently, when we use the normal Power BI Report Server report URL in a button, the link may open through the mobile web browser instead of opening the target report directly inside the Power BI Mobile app. Is there an officially supported way to navigate between different Power BI Report Server reports while staying inside the Power BI Mobile app? For example, is there a supported deep link, URL format, or another navigation method specifically for on-premises Power BI Report Server? Please note that we are using Power BI Report Server (on-premises), not the Power BI Service. Thank you for your help.
Mohmmadabdr
2 days ago Place Mobile Apps
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Fabric trial extension
Why does my fabric trial never end? they keep extending it by 28 days when its close to expiry. i dont mind it, its good that i'm getting fabric capabilities for free. has anyone else faced this? is it because my account has PPU license? Just trying to underatnd the semantics behind this.
Shravan133
3 days ago Place Service
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Power BI Desktop crashes at “Loading information protection” when opening any report
Problem description Power BI Desktop launches successfully, but it crashes whenever I try to open a report. This happens with existing reports as well as newly created reports. For example, I can launch Power BI Desktop, create a new report, close Power BI, and then try to open that newly created report. Power BI crashes when attempting to open it. The issue first occurred after installing Power BI Desktop version 2.158.1304.0. Today, I updated to version 2.159.883.0 (October 2026, 64-bit) to see whether the update would resolve the issue, but the problem persists. I have already uninstalled and reinstalled Power BI Desktop and deleted the Power BI Desktop application folder before reinstalling. I would appreciate help diagnosing the underlying cause rather than repeating cache-cleaning steps. System information Operating system: Windows 10, version 22H2, build 19045.5854 Power BI Desktop, current version: 2.159.883.0 (October 2026, 64-bit) Power BI Desktop, version when the issue first appeared: 2.158.1304.0 Microsoft Edge: Version 155.0.4283.60 (64-bit) Microsoft Edge WebView2 Runtime: It does not appear in Windows Installed Apps. I have not yet confirmed whether it is installed or properly registered. Troubleshooting performed Restarted the computer. Deleted the Power BI Desktop application folder before reinstalling. Uninstalled and reinstalled Power BI Desktop. Updated Power BI Desktop from version 2.158.1304.0 to 2.159.883.0; the issue persists. Checked Windows Installed Apps for Microsoft Edge WebView2 Runtime; it was not listed. Reviewed the Power BI trace log. Findings from the trace log The trace shows that Power BI reaches its information protection components, including PBI.InformationProtectionManager and PBI.MipClientFactory. It also shows that the Analysis Services process starts and the modeling engine connects successfully. The log contains handled SyncAccessException messages stating that Report.AnalysisServicesDatabase was accessed synchronously while its value was being set asynchronously. However, I could not identify a definitive fatal exception in the trace that explains the crash. Questions What could cause Power BI Desktop to launch normally but crash whenever any report is opened, including a newly created report? Could this be related to a regression introduced in version 2.158.1304.0, given that updating to 2.159.883.0 did not resolve it? Could a missing or incorrectly registered Microsoft Edge WebView2 Runtime cause this behavior, and how can I verify its installation? If WebView2 is installed correctly, which additional diagnostic logs or tests should I perform to identify the cause? I can provide the Power BI trace log and additional diagnostic information if needed. Thank you.
ccn_ecommerce
3 days ago Place Desktop
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Why does AD group need access to underlying dataset, but direct access user doesn't?
I have a personal MS List and a personal Power BI Service dashboard. All stored in my JohnDoe personal account. If I share the dashboard with JaneDoe, then she can view the dashboard without issue, even though she doesn't have access to the underlying MS list. But if I share the dashboard with a DivisionManagement Active Directory group, then a manager who is in that group gets an error message when opening the dashboard link: Permission required. You cannot see the content of this report because you do not have permissions to the underlying dataset. Please contact the dataset owner to request access. Why does an Active Directory group need access to the underlying dataset, but a direct access user doesn't?
Blue88
3 days ago Place Service
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Right-sizing Fabric capacity with 11 models and 47 dataflows: where do you stop?
Hi all, I'd like to ask how you'd approach a Power BI and Fabric environment that has grown past what the capacity can comfortably handle, because I'm not sure we found the best way through it. The environment has been growing since 2021 and now has 11 complex semantic models (sales, production, job costing and finance) fed by 47 dataflows. Sources are an Odoo ERP hosted on AWS, Google Sheets and Google Drive, with ingestion through Power Automate. Over time the symptoms piled up: slow refreshes, heavy load on the server, and Fabric consumption that was higher than it should have been. On the governance side there were shared logins, weak role-based controls and unstructured workspaces. We started with an audit of every model, dataflow, governance setting and the Fabric usage. Then we consolidated fragmented models to cut redundancy, redesigned the dataflows, and moved to incremental refresh with query folding where possible. For governance we added RBAC, a Dev/Test/Prod workspace structure, sensitivity labels and lineage tracking, plus a certified semantic model and quarterly audits. After the optimization, we were able to bring capacity down from 64 CU to 16 CU, and in some cases 8 CU. What I'm curious about is how you decide where to stop. How do you know how far you can go on right-sizing before refresh windows or interactive queries start to suffer? Do you look at the Capacity Metrics app over a few weeks, or do you test by dropping the SKU and watching? And how much do you rely on smoothing and bursting? With 47 dataflows, would you keep them as dataflows, or move some of the heavier logic into a Lakehouse or Warehouse? And with sources like Google Sheets and an ERP, how do you confirm query folding is actually happening and not silently falling back? On model consolidation, did you go for fewer, bigger models or a central certified model with thin reports? What did that do to refresh times and to your DAX? Last one: for the Dev/Test/Prod setup, are you using deployment pipelines, or something else? Has anyone found a way to keep dataset and dataflow parameters from breaking between stages? Would love to hear how you've handled this.
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kiara-mehra35
6 days ago Place Service
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Need to implement - 1 semantic data model - 2 reports (1 with rls and 1 without rls)
Hi, I have created a common semantic data model. On this data model we are creating 2 power bi reports. Report 1 - needs to have RLS. Report 2 - Should be without RLS. We initially thought we will built a common semantic data model and then tie Report 1 with an RLS excel file. But we are unable to filter rows from common semantic data model in Report 1. Now, we are thinking of putting RLS in common semantics data model, which makes Report 1 as expected, but then we are unable to bypass RLS in Report 2. Can anyone please help me with this issue? How can i design the data model and report to acheive my goal?
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Arti173
7 days ago Place Service
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Fabric Data Agent Access issue
I have created a fabric data agent using semantic model of a published report, It is working fine but I'm not able to share it with others I published the agent in M365 copilot and share with my teams of 100 people only 4 or 5 people can go to M365 copilot and search the agent and added the agent to their agent tab others are not even seeing the agent but if I share the agent link from M365 copilot then they see the agent but agent is not answering the questions but it's perfectly answering for me and other 4 to 5 people who see the agent when I surfed it said it said there are 2 level of access to get answer from the agent 1. agent level access 2. underlying data level access I have workspace contributor access for workspace, read, write, reshare permission for the agent. most of them share the same access but there are not able to see the only difference I found is I'm having premium per user license and most of other have pro license so I doubted it but internet says license is not an issue can anyone pls help me with this issue
gkl
7 days ago Place Service
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Moving finance Excel reporting to Power BI: how would you handle versioning and RLS?
Hi all, I’d like to ask how you’d handle a finance reporting setup where the source is still Excel, because I’m not sure we landed on the best design. The sources are multiple Excel files with budget, cost and revenue data, maintained separately for different regions. The problems were the usual ones: combining the files led to duplication and inconsistencies, several versions of the same file were circulating, and reconciling everything took a lot of manual effort. Budget vs. actuals and profitability trends were hard to track, and sensitive financial data was being shared without any role-based access. For the fix, we set up predefined formats, validation checks and version control on the Excel inputs, then used Power Query for the ETL, with dataflows handling integration and versions. The financial datasets are stored in SharePoint/Cloud behind role-based access, with the Data Gateway for connectivity. In Power BI we used hybrid data modeling with automated refreshes, row-level security, deployment pipelines and audit logs for governance. The reports cover variance analysis, KPIs and trend lines across regions. So here’s what I keep wondering. When the inputs are still Excel files owned by finance teams, how strictly do you enforce a template at the source? Do you reject files that fail validation, or clean them up downstream in Power Query? For version control, are you relying on SharePoint versioning, dataflow versions or something else? And how do you stop someone from still emailing around a “final_v3” file next to the governed report? On the model side, we went with hybrid modeling. How do you decide what to import and what to leave in DirectQuery or a composite model, especially for budget vs. actuals? And with RLS across regions, how do you manage the roles as the number of regions and stakeholders grows? Do you map roles through security groups, or maintain a mapping table in the model? Last one: deployment pipelines work fine for the reports, but has anyone found a clean way to handle dataflow and parameter changes between stages without breaking the gateway connections? Would love to hear how you’d approach it.
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kiara-mehra35
10 days ago Place Service
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