diff --git a/web-admin/src/features/edit-session/EditSessionViewAs.svelte b/web-admin/src/features/edit-session/EditSessionViewAs.svelte
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..35aacbca5f1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/web-admin/src/features/edit-session/EditSessionViewAs.svelte
@@ -0,0 +1,85 @@
+<script lang="ts">
+  import { useExplore } from "@rilldata/web-common/features/explores/selectors.ts";
+  import {
+    useDashboardPolicyCheck,
+    useRillYamlPolicyCheck,
+  } from "@rilldata/web-common/features/dashboards/granular-access-policies/useSecurityPolicyCheck.ts";
+  import { useRuntimeClient } from "@rilldata/web-common/runtime-client/v2";
+  import { useCanvas } from "@rilldata/web-common/features/canvas/selector.ts";
+  import ViewAsButton from "@rilldata/web-common/features/dashboards/granular-access-policies/ViewAsButton.svelte";
+  import { page } from "$app/state";
+  import { createUpdateEditSessionDevJWT } from "@rilldata/web-admin/features/edit-session/updateEditSessionDevJWT.ts";
+
+  let {
+    deploymentId,
+    editSessionJwt,
+  }: {
+    deploymentId: string;
+    editSessionJwt: string;
+  } = $props();
+
+  const runtimeClient = useRuntimeClient();
+
+  let onExplorePreview = $derived(
+    !!page.route.id?.startsWith(
+      "/[organization]/[project]/-/edit/(viz)/explore",
+    ),
+  );
+  let onCanvasPreview = $derived(
+    !!page.route.id?.startsWith(
+      "/[organization]/[project]/-/edit/(viz)/canvas",
+    ),
+  );
+  let dashboardName = $derived(page.params.name ?? "");
+
+  // If explore, check explore yaml or its metrics view has security rules
+  let exploreQuery = $derived(
+    useExplore(runtimeClient, dashboardName, { enabled: onExplorePreview }),
+  );
+  let exploreFilePath = $derived(
+    $exploreQuery.data?.explore?.meta?.filePaths?.[0] ?? "",
+  );
+  let metricsViewFilePath = $derived(
+    $exploreQuery.data?.metricsView?.meta?.filePaths?.[0] ?? "",
+  );
+  let explorePolicyCheck = $derived(
+    useDashboardPolicyCheck(runtimeClient, exploreFilePath),
+  );
+  let metricsPolicyCheck = $derived(
+    useDashboardPolicyCheck(runtimeClient, metricsViewFilePath),
+  );
+
+  // Else if canvas, check canvas yaml or its metrics views have security rules
+  let canvasQuery = $derived(
+    useCanvas(runtimeClient, dashboardName, { enabled: onCanvasPreview }),
+  );
+  let canvasFilePath = $derived($canvasQuery.data?.filePath ?? "");
+  let canvasPolicyCheck = $derived(
+    useDashboardPolicyCheck(runtimeClient, canvasFilePath),
+  );
+  // Check if any metrics view referenced by this canvas has security rules
+  let referencedMetricsViewsHavePolicy = $derived(
+    Object.values($canvasQuery.data?.metricsViews ?? {}).some(
+      (mv) => (mv?.state?.validSpec?.securityRules?.length ?? 0) > 0,
+    ),
+  );
+
+  // Check rill yaml for direct policy
+  let rillYamlPolicyCheck = $derived(useRillYamlPolicyCheck(runtimeClient));
+
+  let hasSecurityPolicy = $derived(
+    $explorePolicyCheck.data ||
+      $metricsPolicyCheck.data ||
+      $canvasPolicyCheck.data ||
+      $rillYamlPolicyCheck.data ||
+      referencedMetricsViewsHavePolicy,
+  );
+
+  let devJTWUpdater = $derived(
+    createUpdateEditSessionDevJWT(deploymentId, editSessionJwt),
+  );
+</script>
+
+{#if hasSecurityPolicy}
+  <ViewAsButton {devJTWUpdater} />
+{/if}
diff --git a/web-admin/src/features/edit-session/updateEditSessionDevJWT.ts b/web-admin/src/features/edit-session/updateEditSessionDevJWT.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..62a92c675ef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/web-admin/src/features/edit-session/updateEditSessionDevJWT.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+import {
+  selectedMockUserJWT,
+  selectedMockUserStore,
+} from "@rilldata/web-common/features/dashboards/granular-access-policies/stores";
+import type { MockUser } from "@rilldata/web-common/features/dashboards/granular-access-policies/useMockUsers";
+import {
+  invalidateAllMetricsViews,
+  invalidateCanvasQueries,
+} from "@rilldata/web-common/runtime-client/invalidation";
+import type { RuntimeClient } from "@rilldata/web-common/runtime-client/v2";
+import type { QueryClient } from "@tanstack/svelte-query";
+import { adminServiceGetDeployment } from "@rilldata/web-admin/client";
+import { getDomain } from "@rilldata/web-admin/features/projects/user-management/selectors.ts";
+
+export function createUpdateEditSessionDevJWT(
+  deploymentId: string,
+  editSessionJwt: string,
+) {
+  return async (
+    queryClient: QueryClient,
+    client: RuntimeClient,
+    mockUser: MockUser | null,
+  ) => {
+    selectedMockUserStore.set(mockUser);
+
+    if (mockUser === null) {
+      selectedMockUserJWT.set(null);
+      client.updateJwt(editSessionJwt, "user");
+    } else {
+      try {
+        const { name, email, groups, admin, ...customAttributes } = mockUser;
+
+        const { accessToken } = await adminServiceGetDeployment(deploymentId, {
+          attributes: {
+            email,
+            ...(email ? { domain: getDomain(email) } : {}),
+            name: name || "Mock User",
+            admin: !!admin,
+            groups: groups || [],
+            ...customAttributes,
+          },
+        });
+
+        if (!accessToken) throw new Error("No JWT returned");
+
+        selectedMockUserJWT.set(accessToken);
+        client.updateJwt(accessToken, "mock");
+      } catch {
+        // no-op
+      }
+    }
+
+    await invalidateAllMetricsViews(queryClient, client.instanceId);
+    return invalidateCanvasQueries(queryClient, client.instanceId);
+  };
+}
diff --git a/web-admin/src/features/projects/header/ProjectHeader.svelte b/web-admin/src/features/projects/header/ProjectHeader.svelte
index 1f35ee90745..924670dcecb 100644
--- a/web-admin/src/features/projects/header/ProjectHeader.svelte
+++ b/web-admin/src/features/projects/header/ProjectHeader.svelte
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@
   import { useReports } from "../../scheduled-reports/selectors";
   import SharePersonalFile from "web-admin/src/features/personal-files/SharePersonalFile.svelte";
   import VisualizationsBreadcrumbDropdown from "./VisualizationsBreadcrumbDropdown.svelte";
+  import EditSessionViewAs from "@rilldata/web-admin/features/edit-session/EditSessionViewAs.svelte";
 
   export let organization: string;
   export let project: string;
@@ -65,6 +66,8 @@
   export let planDisplayName: string | undefined;
   export let organizationLogoUrl: string | undefined;
   export let editContext: boolean = false;
+  export let editSessionDeploymentId: string | undefined = undefined;
+  export let editSessionJwt: string | undefined = undefined;
 
   const user = createAdminServiceGetCurrentUser();
   const runtimeClient = useRuntimeClient();
@@ -216,6 +219,12 @@
 
   <div class="flex gap-x-2 items-center ml-auto">
     {#if editContext}
+      {#if editSessionDeploymentId && editSessionJwt}
+        <EditSessionViewAs
+          deploymentId={editSessionDeploymentId}
+          {editSessionJwt}
+        />
+      {/if}
       {#if $developerChat && !onEditDashboardPreview}
         <ChatToggle open={developerChatOpen} actions={developerChatActions} />
       {/if}
diff --git a/web-admin/src/features/projects/user-management/selectors.ts b/web-admin/src/features/projects/user-management/selectors.ts
index 7130b2bdbb1..cb3e90cba89 100644
--- a/web-admin/src/features/projects/user-management/selectors.ts
+++ b/web-admin/src/features/projects/user-management/selectors.ts
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ export function emailIsPublic(email: string) {
   return RillPublicEmailDomains.includes(domain);
 }
 
-function getDomain(email: string) {
+export function getDomain(email: string) {
   const domainParts = email.split("@");
   return domainParts.length ? domainParts[domainParts.length - 1] : "";
 }
diff --git a/web-admin/src/routes/[organization]/[project]/-/edit/+layout.svelte b/web-admin/src/routes/[organization]/[project]/-/edit/+layout.svelte
index b9ef1836869..0fe886e06a8 100644
--- a/web-admin/src/routes/[organization]/[project]/-/edit/+layout.svelte
+++ b/web-admin/src/routes/[organization]/[project]/-/edit/+layout.svelte
@@ -192,6 +192,8 @@
             {planDisplayName}
             {organizationLogoUrl}
             editContext={true}
+            editSessionDeploymentId={deployment.id}
+            editSessionJwt={jwt}
           />
           <EditSessionTimeoutBanner
             usedOn={deployment.usedOn}
diff --git a/web-common/src/features/dashboards/granular-access-policies/ViewAsButton.svelte b/web-common/src/features/dashboards/granular-access-policies/ViewAsButton.svelte
index af690ed10e3..04eb5cf1c8d 100644
--- a/web-common/src/features/dashboards/granular-access-policies/ViewAsButton.svelte
+++ b/web-common/src/features/dashboards/granular-access-policies/ViewAsButton.svelte
@@ -16,12 +16,18 @@
   import { getFileHref } from "@rilldata/web-common/layout/navigation/editor-routing";
   import { escapeHtml } from "@rilldata/web-common/lib/i18n";
 
-  let viewAsMenuOpen = false;
-  let open = false;
+  let {
+    devJTWUpdater = updateDevJWT,
+  }: {
+    devJTWUpdater?: typeof updateDevJWT;
+  } = $props();
+
+  let viewAsMenuOpen = $state(false);
+  let open = $state(false);
 
   const client = useRuntimeClient();
 
-  $: mockUsers = useMockUsers(client);
+  let mockUsers = $derived(useMockUsers(client));
 </script>
 
 <DropdownMenu.Root bind:open>
@@ -45,7 +51,7 @@
             active={viewAsMenuOpen}
             removeTooltipText={m.dashboard_clear_view()}
             onRemove={() => {
-              updateDevJWT(queryClient, client, null);
+              devJTWUpdater(queryClient, client, null);
             }}
           >
             <div slot="body">
@@ -68,7 +74,7 @@
       {#each $mockUsers.data as user (user?.email)}
         <DropdownMenu.Item
           onclick={() => {
-            updateDevJWT(queryClient, client, user);
+            devJTWUpdater(queryClient, client, user);
           }}
           class="flex gap-x-2 items-center"
         >