Security

The steps written on the page do not match the screenshots. This is one of many that I have caught between B300 Part 1 and 2: what is written is only to configure Step @2: Deny Cells editing where. However. Why do I see GRANT CELLS are enabled and two more cubes under DENY CELL. It is very confusing and hard to follow.

The instructions does not exactly match what is on the screenshot on the page. I see that we have to configure ""Deny cells editing where" set the Cube to "PLN - DF - Lock Planning. However. On the screenshot, it appears that option "Grant cells access where" was also configured. But I do not see this set of instructions…

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Hi everyone, I'm currently facing an issue with Data Model Security in Board and would appreciate some help. I created a new Data Model and I want the security behavior to work exactly like in one of my existing models. In my existing model, data visibility is restricted successfully based on global User Meta variables. In…

Hello, Is there a different way of overriding security other than the "Refer to"? We are trying to display all Business Units in a bar graph which means we need to override the security for all users. This allows them to compare their values to other Business units. Using "Refer to" to show all BUs in a bar graph means…

1. Abstract The use of Tilde ~ databases is a deprecated practice which is incompatible with the Subscription Hub, here we’ll look at the different options for migrating to a modern security configuration. 2. Context Tilde databases allowed the use of very granular user-specific security, however recent versions of Board…

Hello, i am working on database security profiles. I have a user_name entity in which a few of my business users are stored. I don't need all users to be in this entity. I want to implement the simple custom selection script Select user_name = @user, see screenshot below. But then i got this error message Warning!…

1. Abstract The security is crucial and critical part of the data model design. It should be considered during the design phase already. In the following chapters clarifications and best practice approaches are described. This document is not a replacement for the manual. It will give some impression/ideas. It is…

Hi everyone, I think it may be useful information for some of you to know that the 3 options under Security Filters actually doesn't have the same behavior! In fact the "Select Entity based on Cube" feature can be by passed the user itself! And it's by design *! By following the step bellow : Open a layout editor (where…

Hi, We experienced an unexpected issue with our security profiles and the only thing we can connect it to is our installation of Board 14 onto our on-prem environment. Before filing a ticket with support, I wanted to reach out to the community, see if anyone else experienced it, if this is a known issue, etc. Basically,…

Hi everybody, in our Board 14.1 (0.1.244711) we have a cost center dimension, that is used for the database security. The cost center dimension aggregates to three different hierarchies (legal entity, business unit and technology). Furthermore, we have a dimension for P&L lines. We have created a dataview which has the P&L…

Hi, just a short question, how can I use a label to show the DataModel entity "Users"? If I set @Users I get the system User with and S at the end. BR

For each Board Cloud environment, we require details of at least: one Technical Contact and one Security Contact (scroll down for more details). Send your contact updates to: customeroperations@board.com Technical Contact: First name Last name Job title Email address Phone (incl. Country code): Security Contact: First name…

Hello. Currently, I am performing maintenance operations while having clients use capsules created with Board. I would like to take data backups as part of my regular work. As I understand it, the way to take backups in Board is to create a snapshot of the data model by making a copy of the files in a backup directory from…