Security is defined for both core IBM Cognos applications:
Since budgets are written to the TM1 planning cubes, the TM1 secuirty model includes access security based on 2-3 core data items that have both read and write security access defined:
- Employee Salaries
- Account Key
Since IBM Cognos BI is a reporting tool, the security model is limited to read access only. The security in BI is configured in a manner that it leverages the security defined in TM1 for users who have both a TM1 and a BI license. Since there is a large number of users who only have BI access, security for these users is defined only in BI. Below are the 2-3 core data items that have read access defined in BI: