R visuals on PBI Premium not allowed without PBI Pro License

[datachi]

Are we not allowing R visuals on PBI Premium to the Free users? We have a dashboard with R visual hosted on PBI Premium but when a user with Free PBI License tries to view it then it throws the following error in R visual piece:

"R visuals are a Power BI Pro feature. Only users with Power BI Pro license can create, view or interact with R visuals"

This seems counterintiutive to the whole concept of PBI Premium, where the main motivation is to move away from user based license to a capacity based license model. If we still need to move free users to PRO then the while point of moving to PBI Premium is not worth in terms of cost.

Is there a possibility that we are doing something which is not right? 

The licensing piece is documented here for reference:

https://powerbi.microsoft.com/en-us/documentation/powerbi-service-r-visuals/

Thanks!

[v-ljerr-msft]

Hi @datachi,

1. Items within a Premium capacity

   • Accessing app workspaces (as members or admins) and publishing apps requires a Power BI Pro license.
   • App readers can be Power BI Pro or free users.
   • Sharing requires a Power BI Pro license but recipients can be Power BI Pro or free users.
   • REST APIs for embedding utilize a service account, with a Power BI Pro license, rather than a user.

2. My workspace in Shared capacity

   • Sharing requires a Pro license. Recipients also need Pro licenses.

3. App workspaces in Shared capacity

   • Any app usage requires Pro licenses.

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From my point of view, if the dashboard with R visuals is shared within a Premium capacity, the free users should be able to view the dashboard without this issue. So I would suggest you create a support ticket on Power BI Support page for clarification and better assistance. 

Regards