Update security rights from an excel template

[Sewande@aol.com]

I created a template from a cube slice in the security dimension for the Adminstrator to easily update TM1 security rights using a DBS function but it comes back with an error meassage [Value]. Does anyone know the correct function that can update the TM1 security cube e.g. Read to Write access through an excel template please?

I have used the DBS function to send data to different dimensions but it seems to be different for the Security dimension. Please help!

Thanks very much.

[Alan Kirk]

I created a template from a cube slice in the security dimension for the Adminstrator to easily update TM1 security rights using a DBS function but it comes back with an error meassage [Value]. Does anyone know the correct function that can update the TM1 security dimension e.g. Read to Write access through an excel template please?

I have used the DBS function to send data to different dimensions but it seems to be different for the Security dimension. Please help!

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Try to make the question as specific as possible. ... Similarly if you're getting unexpected results, specifics of what you're running, how, and what results you're getting will yield a more valuable response than "I'm running a T.I. but my code doesn't work properly".

Same with "I'm using DBS functions but they don't work properly".

- What cube are you writing to (you don't update dimensions with DBS formulas, you update cubes);
- What value are you writing (trying to write) to the cube;
- What is the EXACT syntax of the DBS function that you're using, including the values of all of the arguments?

[Sewande@aol.com]

Please delete the post since you are an adminstrator and I will get the right information when i get to work tomorrow. Mr Kirk

[Sewande@aol.com]

ThanksI am quite new to TM1,

Thanks very much for your help.

Just tried the DBSS as suggested but its now blank instead of error {Value} displayed with the DBS formula.
The new formula below,

=DBSS(C5,$C$1,$B5,U$4)

C5 is the "Write" (string as suggested)
C1 is scm:}ElementSecurity_PPL
B5 is el 1
u4 is el 2

How do I issue the refresh command for it to flow directly into Tm1?

Please see sample attached, was hoping the formula could change the security rights directly in TM1 by just recalculating the worksheet.

I have a static column on the left for admin to edit, and was hoping to just hit a submit button to send the edited rights through the column TM1 Formula using the DBSS formula from a worksheet to TM1.

What am I not doing right please?

[Alan Kirk]

Please delete the post since you are an adminstrator and I will get the right information when i get to work tomorrow. Mr Kirk

There's no problem with leaving the post... but it's pretty much impossible to help you if the reader doesn't know exactly what it is that you're doing. A #Value error could be from anything; without seeing what it is that you're trying to write and where you're trying to write it to, any answer would be just a guess.

[lotsaram]

Security cubes in TM1 do not contain values they contain strings.

Therefore you need to use DBSS not DBS.

[tomok]

Also be aware that when updating a security cube directly, versus going through the TM1 GUI, your security changes will not be active until you issue a SecurityRefresh command or recycle the TM1 service.

[Alan Kirk]

Also be aware that when updating a security cube directly, versus going through the TM1 GUI, your security changes will not be active until you issue a SecurityRefresh command or recycle the TM1 service.

That's not been my experience, though I haven't yet tested to confirm that it's still the case in 9.5.

I've found that (up to and including 9.0 at least) a simple assignment of a value to }ElementSecurity_ cube has an immediate effect with two potential "gotchas":
(a) It seems to be required (or at least recommended) if the change is done via TI, although this would normally be done via the ElementSecurityPut command rather than via writing straight to the cube; and
(b) If the security cells are rules-generated, it needs to be done. (Though obviously in such a case you aren't writing to the cube.)

Other than that, I've been running sheets similar to the one that the original poster referred to for years, albeit by using (what is now) TM1 Tools Bulk Paste rather than DBSS functions, and I've always found it to be reliable without needing to either execute Security Refresh or reboot the server.

[Sewande@aol.com]

ThanksI am quite new to TM1,

Thanks very much for your help.

Just tried the DBSS as suggested but its now blank instead of error {Value} displayed with the DBS formula.
The new formula below,

=DBSS(C5,$C$1,$B5,U$4)

C5 is the "Write" (string as suggested)
C1 is scm:}ElementSecurity_PPL
B5 is el 1
u4 is el 2

How do I issue the refresh command for it to flow directly into Tm1?

Please see sample attached, was hoping the formula could change the security rights directly in TM1 by just recalculating the worksheet.

I have a static column on the left for admin to edit, and was hoping to just hit a submit button to send the edited rights through the column TM1 Formula using the DBSS formula from a worksheet to TM1.

What am I not doing right please?

[Alan Kirk]

ThanksI am quite new to TM1,

Thanks very much for your help.

Just tried the DBSS as suggested but its now blank instead of error {Value} displayed with the DBS formula.
The new formula below,

=DBSS(C5,$C$1,$B5,U$4)

C5 is the "Write" (string as suggested)
C1 is scm:}ElementSecurity_PPL
B5 is el 1
u4 is el 2

How do I issue the refresh command for it to flow directly into Tm1?

Please see sample attached, was hoping the formula could change the security rights directly in TM1 by just recalculating the worksheet.

I have a static column on the left for admin to edit, and was hoping to just hit a submit button to send the edited rights through the column TM1 Formula using the DBSS formula from a worksheet to TM1.

What am I not doing right please?

In the sample that you attached, U4 is actually a blank cell. Are you sure that it shouldn't be G4? It has to be the name of a member of the }Groups dimension.

[Sewande@aol.com]

Yes its G4 for this sample, just made a smaller version to demonstrate what I am trying to do. Thanks

[Sewande@aol.com]

Hi Please ignore my last post, just tried it again and my formula works, thanks for the DBSS tip.


Thanks again.