Filter visuals and slicers via Row Level Security (Tabular)

[tuulia]

Hi!

My Tabular Model use row level security and it works fine.

Now I want to know how to filter data of Power BI visuals based on RLS. There are lots of examples how to do this in Power BI when datasource is NOT tabular model. But how can I filter visuals and slicers based on RLS when I'm connected live to tabular model.

Example:

User 1 goes to report -> visuals shows data of organization "xxx". Organization-Slicer shows only value "xxx"

User 2 goes to report -> visuals shows data of organization "zzz". Organization-Slicer shows only value "zzz"

User 3 goes to report -> visuals shows data of organizations "zzz" and "xxx". Organization-Slicer shows values "zzz" and "xxx"

lookup I use is something like this and it works as it should:

F_SALES[organization_code] = LOOKUPVALUE(D_PERMISSIONS[organization_code],D_PERMISSIONS[user], USERNAME(),D_PERMISSIONS[organization_code],F_SALES[organization_code])

[tuulia]

Hi!

My Tabular Model use row level security and it works fine.

Now I want to know how to filter data of Power BI visuals based on RLS. There are lots of examples how to do this in Power BI when datasource is NOT tabular model. But how can I filter visuals and slicers based on RLS when I'm connected live to tabular model.

Example:

User 1 goes to report -> visuals shows data of organization "xxx". Organization-Slicer shows only value "xxx"

User 2 goes to report -> visuals shows data of organization "zzz". Organization-Slicer shows only value "zzz"

User 3 goes to report -> visuals shows data of organizations "zzz" and "xxx". Organization-Slicer shows values "zzz" and "xxx"

lookup I use is something like this and it works as it should:

F_SALES[organization_code] = LOOKUPVALUE(D_PERMISSIONS[organization_code],D_PERMISSIONS[user], USERNAME(),D_PERMISSIONS[organization_code],F_SALES[organization_code])

[v-kkf-msft · Accepted solution]

Hi @tuulia ,

If you have already configured RLS on the SSAS tabular model, next you need to use Power BI Desktop to connect to the model with live connection mode. Then create the report and publish it to the Service. 

Power BI uses the EffectiveUserName property to send the current Power BI user credential to the on-premises data source to run the queries. So you need to map the username in Azure AD to the Windows accounts in the D_PERMISSIONS table. Then share the report to other users.

For more details, please refer to:

Implement row-level security in an on-premises Analysis Services tabular model 

Manage your data source - Analysis Services 

If the problem is still not resolved, please provide detailed error information or the expected result you expect. Let me know immediately, looking forward to your reply.

Best Regards,
Winniz

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[tuulia]

Hi! Thank you for your answer. This maybe the correct way to do this, but we do not use "map user name"-option