Limiting BI Publisher Administrator's use of sensitive data sources

Hello Everyone -
Is it possible to limit which data sources those with the 'BI Publisher Administrator' role can report off of. I read in the online documentation that, "By default, BI Publisher Administrators can access all data sources." To me, the phrase "by default" means it is possible to configure BI Publisher so that those with the BI Publisher Administrator role wouldn't have access to all data sources, correct? If so, how?
Any help would be appreciated!
Mark

Hi Mark
Sorry, the 'by default' is perhaps a case of semantics. Anyhoo, Admins have complete control over everything on the server there is no way to limit it.
Regards
Tim

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