IBM Cognos Dynamic Cubes

Dimensional security

This chapter describes the concepts of IBM Cognos Dynamic Cubes dimensional security, its hierarchies, security models, members, and filters.

This chapter contains the following sections:

•Overview of dimensional security

•Security model

•Grant versus deny approaches to security

•Visible ancestors

•Secured padding members

•Default members

•Calculated members

•Merging security views or security filters

•Security lookup tables

•Defining security in Cognos Cube Designer

•Publishing and starting the cube

•Applying security views ...