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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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f2f782bd d0e7-42f8-b44e-68828bb89f53 on 16 Aug 2020 03:53:32

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

PLEASE make this available to report/dashboard owners, NOT just an administrator.
An administrator is just an IT person who installs and rollouts software and are not interested in these stats.

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eb467b88 f56c-40fc-adb5-67369b49bf91 on 16 Aug 2020 03:53:28

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

Please make this accessible for the PowerBI REST API!

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f81b0bfb e425-430b-b226-9262b4f3f3ac on 16 Aug 2020 03:53:28

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

Is there an ETA on this?.
We also have compliance issues as noted by several people in this thread.

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da5680fc c841-4aae-91d3-66bab84fe6b5 on 16 Aug 2020 03:53:27

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

This very important to us also, We need if for customer report acces,

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659fdc13 13ec-46ef-a068-20c229bf7a78 on 16 Aug 2020 03:53:20

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

Is the plan to make the logs available via the Office 365 unified audit log in the protection center? Ideally I would like to have all auditing & logging events in one place.

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920f4ff6 84df-49a3-b53a-597c68e1cc4b on 16 Aug 2020 03:53:14

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

'+1 Mandatory in financial organisation. Please prioritise for implementation in near term.

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aa3281cf 303d-4d81-a03f-12bb8d4d2705 on 16 Aug 2020 03:53:12

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

I would like to know which dashboards are more welcomed than the other. So that I can remove those are not needed to best use of my resources to prepare the report and dashboard .

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c3548357 5eb3-4093-ad7f-b113fdda5b63 on 16 Aug 2020 03:53:12

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

This is a basic requirement for management reporting on sensitive data. Power BI is limited to non-sensitive data streams without this functionality

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d57d4086 39e7-4a85-bc0a-7936ebb2f788 on 16 Aug 2020 03:53:11

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

This is a huge challenge and should be implemented ASAP

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b3ef15a4 43df-4291-82e7-29997b9649de on 16 Aug 2020 03:53:11

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

Dear PBI Product Group, this is excellent news. Reporting UI should be user friendly. Would want to avoid rework by writing power shell scripts. Ability to have modular reports generated. Also see if compliance metrics in terms of PBI license usage and activation can be added. Reporting to segregated PBI Freemium and Pro.