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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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Power BI User on 16 Aug 2020 03:52:50

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.

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Adam on 16 Aug 2020 03:52:45

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.

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Bob Mittenzwei on 16 Aug 2020 03:52:44

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

This is one of the biggest challenges we have today with many tools, trying to determine who is using them! This will provide valuable input into the types of analytics and data people find helpful. It is always hard to get good feedback