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Under ReviewBetter Auditing of User Activity (Datasets, Reports, Dashboards, Exports)
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/
- Comments (71)
RE: Better Auditing of User Activity (Datasets, Reports, Dashboards, Exports)
'+ 1 Zillion votes. Enuf said.
RE: Better Auditing of User Activity (Datasets, Reports, Dashboards, Exports)
Thanks Amanda - Given the sensitivity of BI data coupled with the general reluctance of firms to use cloud platforms; Microsoft would do itself well if it thought like an Auditor of a highly regulated company w/ respect to PowerBi execution/audit logs & AzureAD authentication audit logs (as well). The Security & Compliance Center (O 365) should be just as functional for PowerBi as it is for OneDrive 4 Biz.
RE: Better Auditing of User Activity (Datasets, Reports, Dashboards, Exports)
'@Amanda That's not good enough! We need non-admin views for content creators.
RE: Better Auditing of User Activity (Datasets, Reports, Dashboards, Exports)
This is a must have!
RE: Better Auditing of User Activity (Datasets, Reports, Dashboards, Exports)
You mean something like this: https://sway.com/w8hSrCQNhsvHgKKF
RE: Better Auditing of User Activity (Datasets, Reports, Dashboards, Exports)
'+1
RE: Better Auditing of User Activity (Datasets, Reports, Dashboards, Exports)
This is a must feature! If POwerBI is to make it iinto Corporate scenarios, one key aspect is compliance and monitoring, therefore it is really important to have the equivalent in PowerBI , to the ExecutionLog3 from Reporting Services
RE: Better Auditing of User Activity (Datasets, Reports, Dashboards, Exports)
I agree. Especially when implementing Power BI in a large enterprise. You need to know what your uptake is like. The power of Self-Serve BI is in it's ability to be flexible. If you can't tune your presentation to what the end users want to consume, it's no better than SAP BW.
RE: Better Auditing of User Activity (Datasets, Reports, Dashboards, Exports)
This is crucial to actually understand what are the users looking at and how often so that we drive usage, if need be or remove redundant stuff at the same time enhance most used reports.
RE: Better Auditing of User Activity (Datasets, Reports, Dashboards, Exports)
Content creators are the ones who need this data the most! I'm sure admins can get useful info out of it, but I need to know what my customers are using so I can improve my own work.