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.
- Comments (14)
RE: Please Bring back "Test as role" in Power BI Service
Agreeing that it wasn't just for testing; when giving a demo or training this feature was invaluable. We'd like to see this functionality restored.
RE: Please Bring back "Test as role" in Power BI Service
This was a terrible thing to deprecate. Invaluable in terms of testing.
RE: Please Bring back "Test as role" in Power BI Service
Not sure why this was removed. As stated in the idea, very useful to have this in the browser for demo and testing purposes. I've also found that the browser works based on UPN (email address), whereas PBI Desktop uses NT ID. So it is difficult to deal with this in the desktop.