Securing the application data

You have created the application, imported the e.List and rights, and now the application is ready for users. However, you determine that you do not want to show a specific cube, or you want to make a range of cells Read Only in your application due to a data security issue. You will use Access Tables to secure data access in IBM Cognos Planning.

Understanding access tables

You, as an administrator, create Access Tables to determine the level of access users should have to the application's cubes and dimension items in a cube.

IBM Cognos Planning provides four types of access levels to secure the data access: Write, Read, Hidden, and No Data access. You can secure the data access for all of the planning nodes, or a ...

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