Lock Privilege

The following table describes the ability of TM1® user groups to access various TM1 objects when assigned Lock privilege for an object.

Note that there is no Unlock privilege, and that only users with Admin privilege for an object can unlock that object.

Object	Description
Cube	Members of the group can view and edit data in the cube, and can lock the cube. When a cube is locked, nobody can update its data.
Element	Members of the group can view and edit data identified by the element, and can lock the element. When an element is locked, nobody can update data identified by the element.
Dimension	Members of the group can add, remove, and reorder elements in the dimension, and can lock the dimension to prevent other users from editing the dimension structure. When a dimension is locked, nobody can edit the dimension structure.

Object

Description

Cube

Members of the group can view and edit data in the cube, and can lock the cube.

When a cube is locked, nobody can update its data.

Element

Members of the group can view and edit data identified by the element, and can lock the element.

When an element is locked, nobody can update data identified by the element.

Dimension

Members of the group can add, remove, and reorder elements in the dimension, and can lock the dimension to prevent other users from editing the dimension structure.

When a dimension is locked, nobody can edit the dimension structure.