Securing Cubes

This chapter discusses how to secure Cube Builder's cubes.

Click to jump to parent topicSecuring Cube Builder Cubes

This section discusses how to:

Click to jump to top of pageClick to jump to parent topicPages Used to Secure Cube Manager Cubes

Page Name

Definition Name

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Usage

Component Permissions

ACL_COMPONENT2

PeopleTools, Security, Permissions & Roles, Permission Lists

Create a new permission list or search for an existing one.

Select the Pages tab, and then click the appropriate Edit Components link.

Control the operations that a user is allowed to perform within Essbase Cube Builder.

Page Permissions

ACL_PAGES2

PeopleTools, Security, Permissions & Roles, Permission Lists

Create a new permission list or search for an existing one.

Select the Pages tab and click the Edit Components link.

Click the Edit Pages link.

Set the actions that a user can complete on a page.

Content References

PLIST_CREF

PeopleTools, Security, Permissions & Roles, Permission Lists

Create a new permission list or search for an existing one.

Select the Pages tab and click the Edit Components link.

Click the View link.

View all the content references in the database that point to the component.

Click to jump to top of pageClick to jump to parent topicControlling User Operations

Use these steps to access the Component Permissions page:

  1. Select PeopleTools, Security, Permissions & Roles, Permission Lists.

  2. Add a new permission list or search for an existing one.

  3. Select the Pages tab, and then click an appropriate Edit Components link.

Authorized?

Displays the components to which the current permission list has access.

Component Name

Displays the name of components beneath the authorized menu. PeopleSoft Cube Builder's components are:

  • CUB_CONNECTID, which is the Connections component.

    (Select PeopleTools, Cube Builder, Essbase Cube Builder, Connections).

  • CUB_DIMDELETE, which is the Utilities component.

    (Select PeopleTools, Cube Builder, Essbase Cube Builder, Utilities).

  • CUB_DIMENSION, which is the Dimensions component

    (Select PeopleTools, Cube Builder, Essbase Cube Builder, Dimensions).

  • CUB_GUISETUP, which is the Cube Dimension Builder Setup component.

    (Select PeopleTools, Cube Builder, Essbase Cube Builder, Cube Dimension Builder Setup).

  • CUB_OUTLINE, which is the Outlines component.

    (Select PeopleTools, Cube Builder, Essbase Cube Builder, Outlines).

  • CUB_RUNCNTL, which is the Create Cube component.

    (Select PeopleTools, Cube Builder, Essbase Cube Builder, Create Cube).

  • CUB_TEMPLATES, which is the Dynamic Dimension Templates component.

    (Select PeopleTools, Cube Builder, Essbase Cube Builder, Dynamic Dimension Templates).

Item Label

Displays the menu item label that you click to access a component.

Edit Pages

This link appears for every component listed under the current menu.

Click to access the Page Permissions page, where you can set the actions that a user can complete on a page.

See Setting User Actions.

View Content References for this Component

This link appears for every component listed under the current menu.

Click the View link to access the Content References page, where you can view all the content references in the database that point to the component.

See Viewing Content References.

Select All

Click to grant access to all or selected items.

To grant access to most menu items, click this button and then clear the items to which you do not want to grant access.

Deselect All

Click to clear the items that were previously selected.

Click to jump to top of pageClick to jump to parent topicSetting User Actions

Use these steps to access the Page Permissions page (ACL_PAGES2):

  1. Select PeopleTools, Security, Permissions & Roles, Permission Lists.

  2. Add a new permission list or search for an existing one.

  3. Select the Pages tab, and then click an appropriate Edit Components link.

  4. Click an appropriate Edit Pages link.

Panel Item Name

Lists the pages of the selected component.

Authorized?

Select to enable a user to access the page.

After selecting this option, you must decide the degree to which a user is authorized on a page by selecting the Display Only option or at least one of the other available options in the Actions section.

Display Only

Select this option to enable the user to view the information on the page, but not to modify any of the data.

To enable write access to a page, clear this option.

Actions

To allow the users to modify the data on the page, select one option from the options that appear in the Actions section, such as Add, Update/Display, and Correction.

Which options are available in this Actions section depends on the options that were selected when the page was initially developed in PeopleSoft Application Designer.

Select All

Click to grant access to all pages and all the actions for each page.

Deselect All

Click to clear all previously selected items.

Click to jump to top of pageClick to jump to parent topicViewing Content References

Use these steps to access the Content References page:

  1. Select PeopleTools, Security, Permissions & Roles, Permission Lists.

  2. Add a new permission list or search for an existing one.

  3. Select the Pages tab, and then click an appropriate Edit Components link.

  4. Click an appropriate View link.

The Content References page displays all of the content references in the database that point to the selected component. If the Accessible option is selected, the associated permission list includes access to all parent folders of the content reference.

See Also

Setting Up Permission Lists