Dominic Fraser on 29 Jul 2015 18:33:59
Right now, If I use PowerBI desktop to create a dataset, report and dashboard. I am not able to share it with a standard user. This effectively means that we have to either licence everyone as a pro (very expensive for 4k people), or not use the pro features at all (which isn't what we want).
Pro users should be able to build and schedule the PowerBI, and then be able to share with any company user using AD security groups.
Without these options the tool may not be a viable option...
- Comments (92)
RE: Share a Pro dashboard with a standard user
Yep, we're out too. No way are we paying for "viewing" rights basically. What a horrible platform. And thanks MIcrosoft for removing the previous PowerBI for Office 365 option which was far more flexible. Is now a bad time to mention that sharing a report to Sharepoint Online should be BUILT IN too? Sigh.... so frustrating and I'm a huge Microsoft fan.
RE: Share a Pro dashboard with a standard user
We are having the same issue. The standard Power BI license doesn't allow multiple people to edit the report / board, but you can share the board with whoever. The Power BI Pro license allows other users to edit the reports / boards, but everyone would need a license just to view the board even if they aren't going to edit it. This is sooo dumb. I can't win either way.
RE: Share a Pro dashboard with a standard user
I also agree. Why would I want to purchase a Power BI Pro license for a user that will only view the dashboard. We are also a large organization and it is not a viable option at this price point.
RE: Share a Pro dashboard with a standard user
I've spent a day setting up a dashboard, installing refresh agents and scheduling refreshes just to find out that every single person who will glance at the static data (from their perspective) needs to be on a Pro account. This defies the whole purpose of why I was doing this. I guess it's back to Excel as our BI tool. At least you can share Excel files for free. Sigh.
RE: Share a Pro dashboard with a standard user
The whole office 365 platform is build on collaboration and being about to share. This needs to be consistent with Power BI Pro license not having the ability to share insightful reporting through an organization completely defeats the whole purpose of Business Intelligence and establishing a data drive culture. You got an outstanding product but this will be deal breaker for small and large companies.
RE: Share a Pro dashboard with a standard user
Consuming "Pro" content without paying the Pro license for dozens or even hundreds of users is absolutely crucial for adoption! At least there should be a less expensive Power BI Pro "read-only" license
RE: Share a Pro dashboard with a standard user
A critical point to even considder using this solution. We can't use Power BI if the only option to share Dashboards is between pro users.
RE: Share a Pro dashboard with a standard user
Agree, in this matter the this app hase no sense.
RE: Share a Pro dashboard with a standard user
Agreed as well, I am not seeing any value in the product if I have to license all users as pro, like many organizations, information is shared from few to many, and for things like KPIs the cost is not feasible at $10/head
RE: Share a Pro dashboard with a standard user
We have the same issue. We need a Pro Account to have a scheduled refresh and that means any viewers of the report also need to be Pro. Again for large organisations this cost is unacceptable and will kill the current project and will also turn off large companies interested in using Power BI.