Power BI User on 30 May 2017 13:51:33
Create multiple apps from same workspace infect from same Dataset without replicating the dataset multiple times. only option we have now is to update the app and only one app per workspace can be created which a kind of restrict the workspace usability. If we can create multiple apps share it with different users without creating multiple workspace ... means same dataset no dataset replication, will save the storage as well.
Administrator on 03 May 2024 04:08:38
May 2024 update: We are working on creating a separate app as an artifact which will release in the coming months. thank you all for the feedback.
March 2022 update: we plan to have a private preview soon and hopefully release to the public in July
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RE: Create multiple apps from same workspace
Limiting to one app really limits central reporting as getting up to director level summaries are such a hassle of wading through the detail needed for other reporting bodies. All of these report levels come from the same data source so it would be a painful act of duplication to produce multiple workspaces for these, especially with the limited ability to pull information between workspaces. Please reconsider!!!
RE: Create multiple apps from same workspace
The proposed direction will result in the continued growth of Workspaces in our organisation. This is a real hassle when my group manages a central reporting function. If the Workspace numbers continue to grow then we will need a good way or organising them rather than just a flat list of Workspaces on the Power BI service
RE: Create multiple apps from same workspace
It's a disappointing response.
We are now rethinking the way we work with workspaces and having more than one app would be perfect for our need.
RE: Create multiple apps from same workspace
Really needed if we want to use apps to share reports to users
RE: Create multiple apps from same workspace
very disappointing response. Vithal's comment from 9/4/19 is a perfect description of the way this needs to work. A single app is basically useless. The need is to be able to select from the reports in the workspace and publish an app for a single individual or a select group within the larger organization or a group outside the organization. What organization wants to share all reports with all parties? I struggle to understand the position stated in the admin response.
RE: Create multiple apps from same workspace
It will be wonderful to have this, as our B2B business and B2C business can have better synergy from the insights of products and solutions from same dataset, while getting ease of use for multiple perspectives.
RE: Create multiple apps from same workspace
Why do I want to share a dataset when all I want to do is share a subset of reports in a workspace? This does not make any sense. If I have 50 reports in a workspace and out of which I want to share 10 reports with Sales, 10 with Marketing, 10 with Finance, 10 with Tax and remaining with IT, It would have been great if we could create five apps and add reports to the apps accordingly. But as of now, the only way is create five different worksapces and one app per workspace. I cannot see how allowing discovery of datasets across different workspaces addresses this requirements.
Power BI uptake will increase by many folds if this feature is implemented. This is not only a great way of keeping content in one workspace and sharing with different teams, this will also take care of security.
Please reconsider your decision not to allow multiple apps for worksapce. A big opportunity wasted.
RE: Create multiple apps from same workspace
This is disappointing to hear... clearly based on the comments the community does not believe this functionality will be properly addressed by shared datasets. I certainly don't. I hope you reconsider and add this functionality.
RE: Create multiple apps from same workspace
'+1 to everyone on this thread who has described the need to publish different apps for different user groups who need different subsets of the same reports. The new app navigation is lovely, but quickly becomes overwhelming with a lot of reports in one app. Not all of our users need all of the reports, so we'd like the option to streamline their experience without creating a maintenance nightmare for our report development team. Publishing multiple apps from same workspace would help. Unless there's some other approach to personalization for report consumers on the way...? Something tied into security permissions would also potentially help us (ex: hide report from the app nav if user isn't in a security group with access to that report)
RE: Create multiple apps from same workspace
Hi Lukasz.
Shared datasets do not solve the issue underlying this idea at all.
Let's say you developed 3 reports (R1, R2, R3) and you have 2 types of audiences (A1 and A2). Both audiences can access R1. But for data privacy issues, only A1 should access all three reports.
Without the possibility of creating 2 seperate apps from the same "developer" workspace, you need to create two separate "publication" workspaces: P1, where only A1 has access and all three reports are published, and P2 where A2 has access and they can only see R1.
It's fine as long as only the data refreshes are needed. But as soon as you make a change to R1, you need to re-publish it once for every publication environment you have!
Now imagine that across dozens of projects, for dozens of audiences, and you got a very time-consuming, error-prone process...