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." />
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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.

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    3a3894a2 0506-47d9-9ce7-62c0c7b05e06 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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    d46e4752 ff24-4d4b-a1b3-09af0e243d94 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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    d46e4752 ff24-4d4b-a1b3-09af0e243d94 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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    b800b49d 6905-4d75-bf81-f3ae13743ecf 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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    6c1331c4 5cf9-4fa7-bfba-d71a7131162e 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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    ad029e17 27bf-4edf-92a9-7df0c090ed04 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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    910cd42e 1b48-46fa-8792-0e534f4d8eed 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.

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    27276372 a35d-45ae-b313-9b72f8dba993 on 05 Jul 2020 22:56:30

    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.

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    4349cfbd 12fc-e911-a811-000d3a4f1cdd on 05 Jul 2020 22:56:21

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

    Agreed. Testing security in Power BI Desktop is not good enough, because the roles don't get applied in Power BI desktop. This was a great feature and it's odd it was deprecated.

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    4224beb3 af74-ea11-a811-000d3a579c38 on 05 Jul 2020 22:56:21

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

    This was a terrible thing to deprecate. Invaluable in terms of testing.