Power BI RLS OLS Pattern Library
Design secure role patterns for enterprise semantic models.
Pattern Families
- Organization hierarchy: company, region, country, business unit.
- Operations: plant, warehouse, production line, maintenance area.
- Finance: controlling area, profit center, cost center, legal entity.
- Sales/service: sales org, territory, account owner, customer.
- Procurement: supplier, category, buyer group.
- HR and sensitive data: manager hierarchy and OLS-protected fields.
Output Contract
- Role matrix, user/group source, bridge tables, DAX filter pattern, OLS fields, test users, and validation plan.
Checks
- Test totals under RLS.
- Avoid security through visuals only.