In my previous article/video, I explained how you can hide sensitive data from the user’s view. The method I explained there is a simple method, however, for a specific type of user. If you have users who are using Power BI Desktop to create reports on top of your model, and they are going to Read more about Secure the Sensitive Data in Power BI; Data Masking better with Row-Level Security[…]
I wrote several row-level security articles so far, and a book. I explained how to restrict access to the data using row-level security approaches. However, one of the questions I got recently is this: “I want users to see one another’s sales information, but not to see who others are! How can I do that Read more about Show the information but not the details: Power BI Data Masking[…]
I have written a dozen of blogs and a book about Power BI row-level security and the security on the dataset. However, I always get this question that: “What if I want some people to see only a few pages of my report, and some others to see other pages?” or “How can I put Read more about Share Different Visual Pages with Different Security Groups in Power BI[…]
I have written dozens of articles about row-level security so far and explained in all of them explained different methods in which you can reduce the amount of data rows that a user can see based on their roles. However, in my presentations, I still get this question that: What if I want to compare Read more about Calculating Total, and Percentages in a Row-Level Security Power BI Model[…]
In the previous post, you learned about the challenge of security when Implementing it using multiple positions scenario combined with organizational hierarchy. We started to implement the solution using DAX in row level security. This post is the second part of the solution. Prerequisite The sample dataset for this example can be downloaded from here. Read more about Dynamic Row Level Security in Power BI with Organizational Hierarchy and Multiple Positions in Many-to-Many Relationship – Part 2[…]
I have written previously about Dynamic Row Level Security, and some of the patterns of it. Two of the most common patterns that I explained were; Organizational Hierarchy, and Many to Many situations of users and profiles. Recently I came across a couple of questions, which persuaded me to write about another pattern of dynamic Read more about Dynamic Row Level Security in Power BI with Organizational Hierarchy and Multiple Positions in Many-to-Many Relationship – Part 1[…]
Power BI Helper is getting new features every time, and this time, we got some exciting features; You can now get your M (Power Query script) code beautified and colorful with version 4.0 of Power BI Helper. We also get the row-level security information exposed through the Helper application. Both information above will be now Read more about Beautify M Script and Extract Row Level Security with Power BI Helper Version 4.0[…]
In previous posts, I covered some methods of Dynamic Row Level Security including Row Level Security user based, With Manager Level Access, and also with User and Profiles as a many to many relationships. In this post, I’m going to cover another common scenario for row level security; Organizational hierarchy for security. Through organizational hierarchy Read more about Dynamic Row Level Security with Organizational Hierarchy Power BI[…]
The Dynamic RLS topic is getting a good response in my blog post, so I intend to write about other types of scenarios that a security would be required. In this post, we are going to look at another type of security which deals with users and their profiles. Sometimes you have a user part Read more about Dynamic Row Level Security with Profiles and Users in Power BI : Many-to-Many Relationship[…]
You can define Row Level Security in Power BI itself, However sometimes you do use SQL Server Analysis Services Tabular as the source for Power BI through Live or DirectQuery connection. SSAS Tabular allows you to create same type of Row Level Security. So it would be much better to use Row Level Security defined Read more about Row Level Security with SSAS Tabular Live Connection in Power BI[…]