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    REST API for managing roles of datasets

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    Tamás Vidó on 27 Apr 2016 20:56:42

    Row-level security enabled by roles for datasets feature released in March 2016. is great but a manual process. It should be enabled via Rest API too. That would allow synchronization of user roles with custom applications automatically.

    Administrator on 21 Jun 2022 07:26:05

    We’ve acknowledged it and we want to do it but we don't have a timeline to share yet

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    Power BI Ideas Admin on 05 Jul 2020 23:00:37

    RE: REST API for managing roles of datasets

    I would also really like this functionality. I agree with the last comment it is prone to mistakes. I have to open my pbix file and add the roles and then i have to reload my BPIX file (i use the API to do this and it's awesome). but if I had this functionality I wouldn't have to interact with the file ever again after the inial creation of the reports.
    Are there any updates?

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    Power BI User on 05 Jul 2020 22:48:28

    RE: REST API for managing roles of datasets

    GUI is an easy way, but it is prone to mistakes. Users/Groups should be able to assigned by APIs, PowerShell, etc. This is a required feature, especially if there are a lot of users.

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    Power BI User on 05 Jul 2020 22:30:24

    RE: REST API for managing roles of datasets

    any updates?

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    Jono Luk on 05 Jul 2020 22:21:55

    RE: REST API for managing roles of datasets

    Thanks for the feedback. We're discussing this internally and once we have an update we'll circle back. We definitely wanted to start by making sure that we got the feature rock solid and then we'll move into providing other ways of managing/configuring this!

    Cheers,
    jono