on 30 May 2017 13:51:33
create multiple apps from same workspace infect from same Dataset without replicating the dataset multiple times.
only option we have now is to update the app and only one app per workspace can be created which a kind of restrict the workspace usability.
If we can create multiple apps share it with different users without creating multiple workspace ... means same dataset no dataset replication, will save the storage as well.
Administrator on 16 Aug 2020 02:15:38
Currently we are not planning to allow multiple apps to be published from one workspace. Soon we will allow you to discover and use a dataset across workspaces. Once we have this capability, we believe much of the need for multiple apps per workspace will be addressed.
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RE: create multiple apps from same workspace
PBI Team, please give this some serious reconsideration. It is one of the most voted on Ideas and clearly highly desired. As consumers of the service, we all see the same value in this idea and the overhead created by the alternative of shared datasets and multiple workspaces.
RE: create multiple apps from same workspace
I agree. We also would like to only work with one workspace but have many Apps within one workspace so that different groups can see their related report within the Apps.
RE: create multiple apps from same workspace
Sharing data set is great, but still need to be able to create more than one app from any single workspace, otherwise I would have a huge proliferation of workspaces, that I don't need
RE: create multiple apps from same workspace
We are testing the shared datasets. For "report creators" it's ok. One dataset in workspace A can be shared to workspace B which is as it should be. But workspace B cannot include the shared dataset in the app for workspace B. So it's unclear how report "viewers" in apps can benefit from these shared datasets, if they cannot benefit from this the report creators are designing only for themselves?
RE: create multiple apps from same workspace
As an organization that has been avidly using Power BI, we have developed hundreds of reports that need to be accessed across the enterprise. For non-technical users, Power BI Apps are a perfect solution. However, currently our reports are organized in to only two workspaces, those that are used internally by employees and those that are developed for clients externally.
Ideally, we would like to create a separate Power BI App for each of our 15 some departments to prevent non-technical end users from having to search hundreds of reports to access the data they want. The current system would limit our organization to creating only two apps unless we dissembled the current system and rebuilt 15 individual workspaces containing duplicates of the reports for each department. The fact is, however; that many of the reports are applicable to many different business units. As many people have stated, creating 15 workspaces is not a solution. Having the ability to build multiple apps from the same workspace is almost essential to the success of our data sharing methods moving forward.
An update such as this one would make Power BI accessible to all employees and a truly "Enterprise Ready" system. Please consider this suggestion.
RE: create multiple apps from same workspace
That we can share datasets now, is realy great. It takes the product to a next level. But I still think it would be a very good addition to the product.
The use case discibed by Sander Bongertman (in the previous post) is valid.
RE: create multiple apps from same workspace
This would be hugely beneficial. For example, we have a B2B workspace, in which we have 10 reports.
I want to share a few with Marketing, those and another few with Sales, and just the high-level ones with the management board. Publishing 3 apps out of our B2B workspace would be perfect.
Creating 3 workspaces with identical reports is not the solution, even though we now have a single dataset. We still need to copy the actual reports 3 times.
RE: create multiple apps from same workspace
Companies do not want a proliferation of semi-redundant workspaces just so different applications can be published, please fix this issue.
RE: create multiple apps from same workspace
Agreed with Howard Fulks below. We do not need hundreds of workspaces when a few apps in each workspace would fit the bill.
RE: create multiple apps from same workspace
We need multiple Apps in the same workspace. The workspace is an area that multiple developers can use and collaborate. I have a list of 5 reports that I want to share with a Commercial audience. Another developer has a list of 4 reports that he/she wants to share with a Retail audience. Most of our datasets are already the same, we just have different fields or filters for parts of our reports.