Why is Power BI Pro Required

[rcsjaxfl]

I have a simple dashboard with one report that acquires it’s data from an Excel workbook.  The Excel workbook is located on an Office 365 SharePoint site.  A data gateway is not in use for the simple dashboard with the one report.  I do not have any Apps or Workspaces defined.  I do have one other dashboard that does have a dependency on a data gateway. I’d like to share the simple dashboard with the one report with others but it says the users will require a Power BI Pro license.  Why would it require users to have a Pro license?

thanks.

[v-caliao-msft · Accepted solution]

@rcsjaxfl,

In Power BI Services, whether you share content inside or outside your organization, you and your recipients need a Power BI Pro license. Share dashboard is the feature of Power BI pro license. Please refer to the link below to see the details.
https://powerbi.microsoft.com/en-us/documentation/powerbi-service-share-unshare-dashboard/

Regards,

Charlie Liao