Power BI security

[chanklish]

Hello

I have a database on sql 2019 for a 3rd party ERP and accounting software

It is working ok but now my users are asking about POWER BI desktop which is free

I have no issue with power bi except for the security , like the user is able to see all data or editing/deleting  data 

How can i control Power Bi ? control user permissions ?

Ive read about  row-level security (RLS) in Power BI desktop but i think it doesn't apply to me 

[chanklish]

no i am not asking about this 

i want to secure the access to the sql DB that users are accessing with power bi , did you get me ?

I mean i dont want users with power bi to access my data freely , i want to control what they can see and what to do with it

[Shishir22]

How are you sharing your reports with End Users?

[chanklish]

hello 

i am not sharing anything yet

i have 2 or 3 users , each with power bi desktop on their computer and connecting to sql database 

i dont want them to be able to see all data or to edit/delete , etc 

how to do it ?

[v-shex-msft · Accepted solution]

Hi @chanklish,

>>i dont want them to be able to see all data or to edit/delete , etc 

For the first part, you can take a look at RLS with the username. It can dynamically filter records based on the current user if you create a mapping table in your report and assign roles on the power bi service side.

Solved: RLS with UserName() - Microsoft Power BI Community

For the second part, you can take a look at the following link about managing dataset permission then you can accurately control the users' permissions to operate the report contents.

Manage dataset access permissions - Power BI | Microsoft Docs

Regards,

Xiaoxin Sheng

[Shishir22]

Hello @chanklish ,

For sharing reports with END users and to Implement RLS on Power BI service you will need license.

Please refer below link for costing information-

https://powerbi.microsoft.com/en-us/pricing/

Cheers,

Shishir