Power Bi model and Dataset in seperat enviorements

[Kent1341]

Hi

I'm working in an industry where most players buy data from a 3ed party/data supplier as a service. The data supplier is "renting" the data to their customers, so, therefore, there is an agreement that the customers cannot share the data outside their organization.

On the other hand - I have a Power Bi model that I would like to offer to the market also by renting it to my customers. But I would like to keep control over the model and not sell it as I'm afraid that It will start traveling out of my control.

So the problem is a follows: My customers have the data - but cannot share it will me, and I have the data model and cannot share it with them.

Question: Is there a way where I can keep control over the Power BI model and share it with my customers without having the dataset in my environment? Or Maby the question is: Is there a way where my customer can share a dataset in their environment with a model in my environment?

I hope someone can help!

Br K

[jtownsend21 · Accepted solution]

In terms of technical ability to do what you are trying to accomplish, I am not aware of a solution. However,  a much simpler method might be a simple NDA. In a previous job, we were able to share millions of customers data to contractors who developed a salesforce environment for us using an NDA. 

[v-yuta-msft · Accepted solution]

@Kent1341,

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So the problem is a follows: My customers have the data - but cannot share it will me, and I have the data model and cannot share it with them.

Question: Is there a way where I can keep control over the Power BI model and share it with my customers without having the dataset in my environment? Or Maby the question is: Is there a way where my customer can share a dataset in their environment with a model in my environment? 

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So your requirement is not want to cache the dataset in power bi on your side, right? You can connect to your customer's data source with Direct Query/Live Connection mode. To learn more details about theses connection modes, you can refer to documentation below:

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/power-bi/desktop-directquery-about.

Community Support Team _ Jimmy Tao

If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.

[jtownsend21 · Accepted solution]

In terms of technical ability to do what you are trying to accomplish, I am not aware of a solution. However,  a much simpler method might be a simple NDA. In a previous job, we were able to share millions of customers data to contractors who developed a salesforce environment for us using an NDA.