Governing and administering Power BI
Governance of Power BI is a broad and potentially complex subject that can encompass the overall data governance within an organization as well as Power BI Desktop and the Power BI service. However, at its core, governance for Power BI is simply a set of established rules and policies regarding what people can do with organizational data.
The overall goals of governance in the context of Power BI are as follows:
- Empower business users to use data for making decisions.
- Comply with applicable government, industry, and contractual regulations.
- Establish rules that comply with organizational requirements.
The usage models in the Understanding usage models section within this chapter are one way of implementing governance. For example, controlling who is allowed to publish official datasets is an example of governance. By centralizing the creation of datasets and metrics, business users can be empowered because it is ensured...
