How to Automatically Inherit Sensitivity Labels from Source Data in Power BI
Your organization is implementing a data sensitivity labeling strategy for Power BI. You have created labels in Microsoft Purview Compliance Portal. After publishing a report, you notice that some labels are not available for selection in Power BI. What is the most likely cause?
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The labels are not included in a label policy that applies to Power BI.
The labels are not included in a label policy that applies to Power BI. Sensitivity labels created in Microsoft Purview only become selectable in Power BI when they are published through a label policy whose scope includes Power BI (and the users are in that policy); simply creating the labels does not make them available. Options A, B, and D do not fit: labels are tenant-level objects not tied to a Power BI workspace, Premium capacity is not required for sensitivity labels, and Power BI Pro licensing does not control label availability.
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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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The labels were created in the wrong workspace.
Why it's wrong here
Sensitivity labels are not created in Power BI workspaces. They are defined in the Microsoft Purview compliance portal at the tenant level and then applied to items like reports, dashboards, and datasets inside workspaces. The workspace where a label is 'created' is not a real setting, so this has no effect on whether labels appear in Power BI.
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The Power BI tenant does not have Premium capacity.
Why it's wrong here
Sensitivity labels do not require a Power BI Premium capacity. They are available with Power BI Pro licenses, and even Free license users can see labels if the tenant has enabled them. The absence of Premium capacity affects features such as paginated reports or AI capabilities, but it has no bearing on label availability in the Power BI service.
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The labels are not included in a label policy that applies to Power BI.
Why this is correct
Power BI only exposes sensitivity labels that are published through a sensitivity label policy in Microsoft Purview. Creating a label alone is insufficient—the label must be added to a policy that is enabled for Power BI and scoped to the appropriate users or security groups. Without such a policy, the labels remain invisible in the Power BI interface.
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Users do not have Power BI Pro licenses.
Why it's wrong here
Having or lacking Pro licenses changes how users can share, collaborate, or publish content, but it does not control whether sensitivity labels are visible. Label visibility is determined by tenant-level settings and the label policy, not by the individual user's license type. Even a user with a Free license can see labels when the policy is published and Power BI sensitivity labels are enabled.
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