PL-300 Manage and secure Power BI Practice Question
You are a Power BI administrator. Your organization uses Microsoft Purview sensitivity labels integrated with Power BI. A report author applies a sensitivity label named 'Confidential' to a Power BI dataset. Later, the author exports a Power BI report that uses this dataset to a PDF file. You need to ensure that the exported PDF file retains the same sensitivity label and protection settings as the dataset. What should you do?
⚠ Common exam trap
The trap here is assuming that sensitivity labels are automatically applied to all exports without any tenant configuration, but the setting must be enabled.
Answer choices
Why each option matters
Answer the question above first, then reveal the full breakdown to understand why each option is right or wrong.
Correct answer & explanation
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Enable the tenant setting 'Apply sensitivity labels to exported data' in the Power BI admin portal.
Enabling the tenant setting 'Apply sensitivity labels to exported data' ensures that exported files, such as PDFs, inherit the sensitivity label from the dataset. This maintains protection and compliance. The other options do not achieve automatic label inheritance for exports.
Answer analysis
Option-by-option breakdown
For each option: why learners choose it and why it is or isn't the right answer here.
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Configure the dataset to use row-level security (RLS) so that only authorized users can export the report.
Why it's wrong here
Row-level security restricts data access based on user identity but does not apply sensitivity labels to exported files. RLS is about controlling which data rows a user can see, not about labeling or protecting exported content. The scenario requires the exported PDF to retain the sensitivity label, which is a separate feature from RLS.
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Enable the tenant setting 'Apply sensitivity labels to exported data' in the Power BI admin portal.
Why this is correct
This tenant setting ensures that when data is exported from Power BI to supported formats like PDF, the sensitivity label from the dataset is automatically applied to the exported file. This maintains the protection and compliance requirements. It is the correct configuration to enforce label inheritance for exports, as long as the label is applied to the dataset and the export format supports labeling.
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Instruct the author to manually apply the same sensitivity label to the PDF file after exporting.
Why it's wrong here
Manual application is error-prone and does not guarantee that the label and protection are consistently applied. The requirement is to ensure that the exported file automatically inherits the label from the dataset. Power BI supports automatic label inheritance for certain export formats when the sensitivity label is applied to the dataset and the export settings are configured correctly.
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Publish the report to a Power BI app and require users to access it through the app.
Why it's wrong here
Publishing to an app controls distribution and access but does not affect the sensitivity label of exported files. The app does not automatically apply labels to exports. The requirement is specifically about the exported PDF retaining the label, which is handled by tenant settings and label inheritance, not by app distribution.
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