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Make downloading .PBIX only for Global Domain Admins

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on 12 Dec 2016 00:28:44

We and another develooer teams create PowerBo reports, build mesures and sell ready BI product to another companies.
Now everyone can buy one our report, download pbix file and sell our product.

We, developers, can't now save our inteligance product.

Why users have permissions to download developer's tools?

We think, only Global Admins must have possibility to download PBIX

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Randy Evans on 05 Jul 2020 23:16:35

RE: Make downloading .PBIX only for Global Domain Admins

From an ISV perspective, we want to be able to sell a PBI report to a client, install the report into their workspace, publish it into their App. We don't want the client to have access to the report design or DAX formulas. We do want the client to have access to the data model so they can create and publish their own reports. We need a way to protect the IP while being able to publish into the client's environment.

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Michal Morciniec on 05 Jul 2020 23:09:37

RE: Make downloading .PBIX only for Global Domain Admins

PBIX is the intellectual property of ISV working on Power BI project for customer. ISVs want to protect PBIX (datamodel, report design, DAX formulas) and not care about data which is owned by Customer.
So the setting should be Disable PBIX Download - except Author - not even Global Admin should be allowed to access PBIXs that were uploaded by Authors when this setting was enforced

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Power BI User on 05 Jul 2020 22:51:12

RE: Make downloading .PBIX only for Global Domain Admins

Need separate rules
for exporting
for downloading pbix

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John on 05 Jul 2020 22:51:07

RE: Make downloading .PBIX only for Global Domain Admins

Allowing anyone in a group who has edit permissions to download the PBIX poses a security concern in that they can obtain credentials used to connect to data sources that they wouldn't normally have.

The PBIX file contains this information, and needs to be separate from the tenant wide feature to disable all data exports to things such as excel.

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jerome P on 05 Jul 2020 22:36:20

RE: Make downloading .PBIX only for Global Domain Admins

We need a better control on all the features on a per user basis.
like the export, the analysis through Excel, which published model can be edited or not by an individual user etc...

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Admin on 05 Jul 2020 22:36:18

RE: Make downloading .PBIX only for Global Domain Admins

Our Company has such problem now with this "feature"

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Power BI Ideas Admin on 05 Jul 2020 22:36:18

RE: Make downloading .PBIX only for Global Domain Admins

Or add separate check button for downloading pbix
Not in "exporting to Excel"

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Power BI User on 05 Jul 2020 22:36:17

RE: Make downloading .PBIX only for Global Domain Admins

Now we can block downloading pbix by users, but than users cant work in Excel with data
Or saving our product, or blocked Excel