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Vural Tuysuz on 23 Oct 2017 22:55:59

Dear Support Team,
Before June 2017, once we shared a dashboard with external users (outside of the organization) it was visible on "Shared With Me" tab for the shared users, but with the new licencing policy this feature is no longer working for the external users.
Can we please consider to bring it back?

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Kyle Adamski on 17 Jul 2023 21:31:11

RE: Shared With Me Tab for External Users

We had shared reports with an external tenant both by link and direct access one user was able to see a "From External Orgs" button, the other was not. we opened a case with support and they told us that you needed to be a global admin to see the "From External Orgs" tab in powerbi. I'm not sure that makes sense, but that is where support left us. If that is the case I woudl hope someone woudl se ethe flaw in that design. When sharing with external organizations having the "shared with me" concept is very useful. Can this just be enabled for all?

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Phil Ingles on 08 Jul 2021 10:43:03

RE: Shared With Me Tab for External Users

we need this auto acess

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John Huynh on 06 Jul 2020 00:10:42

RE: Shared With Me Tab for External Users

Thanks all that have voted.
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/power-bi/consumer/mobile/mobile-apps-b2b

Even Microsoft claims "Power BI integrates with Azure Active Directory business-to-business (Azure AD B2B) to allow secure distribution of Power BI content to guest users outside your organization. And external guest users can use the Power BI mobile app to access that Power BI content shared with them."

but it doesn't mention how clumsy it is on the Power BI Mobile app to access it.

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Artem on 06 Jul 2020 00:09:58

RE: Shared With Me Tab for External Users

We are sharing our reports with the external users with pro accounts and it makes no sense to give access through the link and not showing these reports in the "shared with me" section. That results in bad UX as well as complains from customer sides.

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Devin Fernley on 06 Jul 2020 00:06:39

RE: Shared With Me Tab for External Users

We share reports and dashboards with external customers and it is very inconvenient for them to have to follow a link to access the data on their mobile apps.

It would be extremely helpful if they could save these to their favorites or view them in the "Shared with me" tab for easier access on both Power BI service and the mobile apps!

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Ben BenMac on 06 Jul 2020 00:06:00

RE: Shared With Me Tab for External Users

I have a customer also that would prefer to see the reports I share with them under "Shared With Me" section of their own Power BI environment. They would rather not keep track of multiple URLs.

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Chandra Sekhar on 06 Jul 2020 00:04:49

RE: Shared With Me Tab for External Users

Indeed this feature is really required.

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Power BI User on 06 Jul 2020 00:01:21

RE: Shared With Me Tab for External Users

This is a crucial functionality to have for sharing with clients.
It is very confusing to have a "Shared with me" tab and not be able to see the reports shared from the outside of the organization.
Not to mention the terrible experience on mobile.

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Kenny Lee on 05 Jul 2020 23:52:16

RE: Shared With Me Tab for External Users

This is such an important functionality to have when sharing Apps with external customers. Especially when external customers are senior people. This would enhance their user experience and make the solution much more professional.

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Power BI User on 05 Jul 2020 23:52:13

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I think it's an interesting option, if at the end of the day it's a named user (although not pro), you should be able to save the relationship.