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joekoshar
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Add-In Capabilities

Some of the add-ins on the marketplace have the capabilities to:

 

  • Can read and make changes to your document
  • Can send data over the Internet

Does anyone have any idea what this means? I'm concerned by using these there are potential security risks. Any thoughts?

 

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RMDNA
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Solution Sage

Every add-in needs these permissions, because this is how they interact with your report:

  • Can read and make changes to your document: this is how the tooltip actually functions, by reading the data in your report to give you the result that you want
  • Cand send data over the internet: this is presumably for operation in the Power BI Service

 

If you check the majority of available add-ins, you'll see similar requirements. Additionally, all cusotm visuals on the marketplace are vetted by Microsoft.

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RMDNA
Solution Sage
Solution Sage

Every add-in needs these permissions, because this is how they interact with your report:

  • Can read and make changes to your document: this is how the tooltip actually functions, by reading the data in your report to give you the result that you want
  • Cand send data over the internet: this is presumably for operation in the Power BI Service

 

If you check the majority of available add-ins, you'll see similar requirements. Additionally, all cusotm visuals on the marketplace are vetted by Microsoft.

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