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    Please Bring back "Test as role" in Power BI Service

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    Alex Hauge on 15 Aug 2017 22:48:55

    It is imperative that the ability to "Test as role" be restored within the Power BI web service.

    Previously, there was a blue bar that popped up on the top of the Power BI web service that allowed you to view a dashboard or report as a different user. This could be accessed by going to Datasets > Security > Row Level Security > Test as role. This was extremely important for testing RLS security role membership and to ensure that the roles themselves were operating as expected.

    Many organizations need this functionality for training, demos, and testing. Please return this functionality ASAP.

    Administrator on 17 Jun 2021 00:16:39

    Test as role exists today for content creators to review RLS features in both Desktop and Service.

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    Elena Schott on 03 Feb 2021 01:29:37

    RE: Please Bring back "Test as role" in Power BI Service

    There's no way to test in a desktop report connected to a live dataset. And there's no way to test online. This is a massive use gap making row level security very difficult to administer. I have to cajole a half dozen users into spending time in testing every time I try and tweak a security change. What a mess!

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    Heiko Friedrich on 04 Dec 2020 08:48:45

    RE: Please Bring back "Test as role" in Power BI Service

    I would also like to see this feature when using SSAS to run the tabular model and power bi in the workspace for visualization. Was "test as role" in this scenario ever possible? It should be!

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    Leslie Shroot on 10 Nov 2020 05:45:39

    RE: Please Bring back "Test as role" in Power BI Service

    This is really poor. When you have multiple reports hanging off one dataset that has restriction rules. This makes it impossible to Test and really dificult even to develop the reports

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    Dawid on 06 Jul 2020 00:08:51

    RE: Please Bring back "Test as role" in Power BI Service

    Bring it back please !

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    Thomas Mendoza on 05 Jul 2020 23:54:03

    RE: Please Bring back "Test as role" in Power BI Service

    Bring this back ASAP!!!
    Any update or word on this? It's such a practical function necessary for testing the integrity of our security on our reports.

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    Thomas Mendoza on 05 Jul 2020 23:54:03

    RE: Please Bring back "Test as role" in Power BI Service

    Why is this taking so long?!?!?!

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    Kevin Haen on 05 Jul 2020 23:48:46

    RE: Please Bring back "Test as role" in Power BI Service

    Was always nice to test with this. This feature was also nice as a manager to see just one person's data while you are review their performance.

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    Kristoffer Berglind on 05 Jul 2020 23:26:23

    RE: Please Bring back "Test as role" in Power BI Service

    I think you can test RLS again? Press the three dots to the right of the role and you find the feature.

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    Jonathan Schlereth on 05 Jul 2020 23:14:20

    RE: Please Bring back "Test as role" in Power BI Service

    I'd argue we even need to be able to access a report as if you are a person...a way to "impersonate" a specific person that has access to a report.

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    Antonio Palomas on 05 Jul 2020 22:56:37

    RE: Please Bring back "Test as role" in Power BI Service

    It was not good to remove this functionality.