Sharing semantic model to external - accessing via desktop designer?

[DennisSchlein]

Hi 

I'm setting up our BI solution under one azure subsscription - on this we don't have any power bi licences.

On our 2. subscription we all have a pro licence.


I have setup a lakehouse with a semantic model in fabric. 

I have given access to myself on my 2. account - and from app.powerbi.com I can see the data: 

But I can't from my desktop designer.

What do I need to do?


kind regards

[DennisSchlein]

hi @v-jialongy-msft 

I have followd that guide.


On my fabric subscription (my .io ccount)
I have fabric (not trail) and my personal account is a pro account.

On my other subscription (my .com) I have a pro account - and no fabric.


On my .io i am workspace admin, and I have made my .com workspace admin with all rights.
.com is added to azure ad guest and everything is good so far.

On my .com at app.powerbi.com I can see what is shared with me. On my mobile phone app I can see that is shared with me.





So it seems like its only from desinger not retrieving what is acuatly avalible?

Thanks in advance, 

[v-jialongy-msft]

Hi @DennisSchlein 

Verify that the account you're using in Power BI Desktop has at least "Build" permissions to the semantic model. As per the documentation on Use Power BI in-place semantic model sharing (preview) to share semantic models with external users ... , external users need to have at least “Build” access to connect to and work with semantic models in their own tenant.

Best Regards,

Jayleny

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