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Better Auditing of User Activity (Datasets, Reports, Dashboards, Exports)

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cbailiss on 02 Apr 2016 02:44:09

ALL user activities in Power BI should be logged for auditing purposes, including datasets accessed, reports/dashboards accessed, and especially data exports performed. The audit data should be accessible as a dataset to build reports against as well as easily exportable / downloadable.

Administrator on 16 Aug 2020 02:15:34

We released a US only preview for auditing Power BI. Read more about it here: https://powerbi.microsoft.com/en-us/documentation/powerbi-admin-auditing/

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d7c9ea47 2310-4cd6-8516-2f93b35a1c8e on 16 Aug 2020 03:54:44

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When will this feature be available to the rest of the world...?

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d7c9ea47 2310-4cd6-8516-2f93b35a1c8e on 16 Aug 2020 03:54:33

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Any progress? Very usable feature!

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ff56a92b 70ff-4423-8af9-f7ed9fa94fcd on 16 Aug 2020 03:54:23

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once again for the BI folk this is not really accessible unless through cranky IT admin? please can we get the BI admin function sorted out

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10e2968f 1338-e811-a971-000d3a1ab58c on 16 Aug 2020 03:54:15

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Whilst the functionality in this is improving, it is only covering the object creation and deletion. Far more important, is which users are running which reports, how frequently and how long is the report taking to load. It is not possible to track usage for audit or adoption management purposes without knowing which reports are being run by whom and what their experience is like. Consider the business case for expanding the availability of PowerBI (Pro) to more users in an organisation. Without knowing these key statistics, it is not possible to prove they system is even being used. Please prioritise report usage auditing. Thanks!!

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ac0c5d2b 5302-4d3c-9d89-3f43ced121c9 on 16 Aug 2020 03:54:13

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We also need this available to PowerBI Admin users not only O365 Global Admin's or at least give the Global Admin's the ability to share the Dashboard with a PowerBI Admin user to appear in their workspace.

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38ea0b7e 2b36-4f0c-8541-5f5d0ec5f62f on 16 Aug 2020 03:54:13

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I agree. It seems crazy that we can provide access to company data without being able to monitor the activity this generates.

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c8bb6715 d088-4699-8fc6-79344029055f on 16 Aug 2020 03:54:10

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'+1 for user consumption data

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d22bc1d7 a691-40bc-992d-1d8f76e12324 on 16 Aug 2020 03:54:09

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As others have posted, a critical missing need in PBI Service is having access to the user consumption data. Priority order for me would be 1) Reports, 2) Dashboards, 3) Datasets, 4) Content Packs. Our organization is issuing E5 license to users who need PBI Pro content access. Today we know who has the licenses, but no ability to know if they are actually using them and to know if we should revoke them.

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a52f2036 028a-4fe1-91af-6cf06994dc78 on 16 Aug 2020 03:54:08

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Update?

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d22bc1d7 a691-40bc-992d-1d8f76e12324 on 16 Aug 2020 03:54:08

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Amanda Cofsky, your last post says Started on June 9th, but i read the article below released on Aug 15th which describes an update in capability of Azure Audit Logs to start capturing Power BI data.

https://powerbi.microsoft.com/en-us/documentation/powerbi-admin-auditing/