Assign User Group Access to Models, Reports, and Views

As a Power user, you need to provide access to models, reports, and views for Contributor and Reviewer users.

In Practice: Assign Access to Models

1. Select the Manage task and the Model Administration, Model Permissions subtask.

2. Select the Model you want to provide the Reviewer or Contributor user group access to.

3. In the Groups field, add all the groups you want to access the model. In the image below, 2 groups have access to the DecisionWorks model; the SUSER and RELC groups.

4. If you want to secure dimensions and allow one or both user groups to only view certain dimension members in the model, you can apply dimension security here. For steps on how to do so, see the Define Dimension Security topic.

   

In Practice: Assign Access to Reports and Views

Power users can define views and reports to be shared with Reviewers. The Reviewer can open the report or view, and dimension security established by the Power user is maintained.

Example 1 : If a Power user defines a view or report with a Department dimension filter (e.g., Sales), and selects the All Departments member against the filter, the view or report for Sales can be accessed by the reviewer.

Example 2 : Similarly, a reviewer who has access to only two departments (e.g., Sales, Marketing) can use the view or report shared by the Power user.

To assign group access to a view , complete the following steps:

1. Select the Analyze task and the Data subtask.

2. Select the view you want to assign group access to.

3. Select the Design View subtask.

4. Click the Properties action.

5. In the Group column, select the name of the group in which you want to provide access.

6. Click Save.

To assign group access to a report, complete the following steps:

1. Select the Analyze task and the Data subtask.

2. Select the model or view you want to base the report off of.

3. Select the Design Report subtask.

4. Click the Properties action.

5. In the Group column, insert a row and select the name of the group in which you want to provide access.

6. Continue designing the report as needed.

7. Click Save.