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Simon Sabin on 08 Mar 2016 20:26:28

Would like to be able to easily switch between different organisational accounts. As an ISV I support multiple customers with multiple logins, switching between them all is a RPITA.

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1b08bccb 1ea6-4cf7-9901-92193d02abaf on 10 Jul 2020 17:21:58

RE: Be able to easily switch between accounts

Me too

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9c59e5ab 08ed-46c8-91ee-2e5259275b12 on 06 Jul 2020 00:07:14

RE: Be able to easily switch between accounts

Related, there should be a command line switch for this. So that I can have shortcuts for launching PBI desktop for each of my customers.

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4ddcf68d d11d-46f9-8b54-48f755e43058 on 05 Jul 2020 23:59:56

RE: Be able to easily switch between accounts

It's very annoying to log out and log in to check reports from another account...
Espescially when you need ot develop dashboard/reports for different customers

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6f0628cb 91ca-49e8-ae30-a89bfba048ac on 05 Jul 2020 23:09:32

RE: Be able to easily switch between accounts

This is critical for larger organizations and consultants.

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40502e40 76ce-4f42-b63d-31ddf675aac9 on 05 Jul 2020 23:03:34

RE: Be able to easily switch between accounts

At a minimum, PBI Desktop should manage Switch Account just like Office apps, i.e. remember accounts and credentials. This is very convenient when you load/save Excel files to Onedrive for Business.

I'd also love to be able to associate specific PBIX files with user accounts, so that opening a client file switches me to their account.

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0f511688 3a4a-e811-a974-000d3a1ab978 on 05 Jul 2020 22:39:18

RE: Be able to easily switch between accounts

This is required in big time for us as well. As a consultant you work on multiple client projects and it would be very useful to switch between accounts

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02ceb6e3 abee-e911-a812-000d3a4f1cdd on 05 Jul 2020 22:21:44

RE: Be able to easily switch between accounts

Huge need for us! We drive adoption at a variety of clients. Not being able to see which account I am logged into is bad enough! But I really need to be able to switch easily between accounts as well.

Thanks! Scott

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e18056d8 a20a-4d16-b49c-aec37d9aeb68 on 05 Jul 2020 22:18:10

RE: Be able to easily switch between accounts

as a consulting guy, I agree. I have to manage multiple clients and they are switching to Power BI. start to be hard to demonstrate the Cortana integration from my laptop or phone.

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2a023b68 aff5-4e65-b909-abc875427029 on 05 Jul 2020 22:17:24

RE: Be able to easily switch between accounts

Agree. it is a PITA. As more clients embrace it, it will get even harder