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Tamás Vidó on 27 Apr 2016 20:56:42

Row-level security enabled by roles for datasets feature released in March 2016. is great but a manual process. It should be enabled via Rest API too. That would allow synchronization of user roles with custom applications automatically.

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c60401e8 209d-4839-93dd-85bdf798d712 on 06 Jul 2020 00:08:22

RE: REST API for managing roles of datasets

This is a pretty foundational thing that needs to be in the API, shocking it is not available.

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a1a1c791 703d-4750-bf3a-bf4c2658e06e on 06 Jul 2020 00:08:21

RE: REST API for managing roles of datasets

'+1 to get this implemented. The ability to control RLS programmatically is imperative to achieving real automation.

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28c0e09a 903a-436e-a8b5-93d285176cb0 on 06 Jul 2020 00:08:03

RE: REST API for managing roles of datasets

Bump +1 to get this implemented, please.

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a3309361 99be-ea11-a812-000d3a8ddfb2 on 06 Jul 2020 00:07:29

RE: REST API for managing roles of datasets

D'oh! Not having this feature is causing us major pain. Please implement ASAP.

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982e1235 59ed-4dfe-83aa-5ba393a989ea on 06 Jul 2020 00:01:43

RE: REST API for managing roles of datasets

'k (Admin, Microsoft Power BI) commented · May 17, 2016 20:08 · Flag as inappropriate
Thanks for the feedback. We're discussing this internally and once we have an update we'll circle back. We definitely wanted to start by making sure that we got the feature rock solid and then we'll move into providing other ways of managing/configuring this!

Cheers,
jono



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fa8ca9d2 41bc-4ec1-a763-dd31c9601267 on 06 Jul 2020 00:01:34

RE: REST API for managing roles of datasets

Any update on this? How do you bump this requirement?
This is a major issue for us as ISV in multi-tenant environment. This has been flagged in 2016 already, Disappointing there's been no feedback from MS, we might just sway to drop Power BI and go with another analytics vendor.

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b7b6667b 1ecb-4e90-bdfd-f7e964aeb38a on 06 Jul 2020 00:01:14

RE: REST API for managing roles of datasets

The lack of this feature ended up being a deal breaker for a project I was working on. The manual process is just not secure/reliable in a multi tenant environment.

Hoping this is available soon - thanks

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482ede1e 1469-407c-83ed-9a8d78ac922a on 05 Jul 2020 23:59:43

RE: REST API for managing roles of datasets

I have a large number of roles to meet our security requirements and it's very painful to manually manage them

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b8f16b93 db33-4d5d-9a12-35756b9aea0c on 05 Jul 2020 23:57:58

RE: REST API for managing roles of datasets

Any update on this? The REST API's allows you to do most other things (however mundane some of it is) this is a potential blocker for us using PowerBI embedded with controlling role access. This idea was raised in 2016!

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a2599063 5f0f-4053-adbe-5323b4307368 on 05 Jul 2020 23:56:27

RE: REST API for managing roles of datasets

I was manually tracking this for a client and had a whole process built around it. This has to have an automated tool otherwise mistakes are made and data is exposed. Would love to see it implemented!