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Matthew Berson posted Tue March 04, 2025 01:17 PM

We are trying to manage the read-publish access for Excel books / Websheets for the application folders in a V12 PA SaaS environment. 

I don't see anywhere to manage this; in fact I do not even see the }Application dimension or }ApplicationSecurity control objects being created. 

Please tell me there is a way to manage this in V12. 

Update: I found also that a non-admin can overwrite a public file. And IBM support informed that this is expected behavior, not a defect. @STUART KING - any thoughts on this? 

Thanks.

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Matthew Berson posted Fri March 21, 2025 01:10 PM

According to IBM Support,  application folder security is not "feature" in PA SaaS/V12. They also don't consider it a defect even though it is there in V11. 

In my opinion, this is a missed requirement; I would not expect security functionality to be reduced in later versions of the product. 

Regardless - I've opened an RFE to have this included:
https://ibm-data-and-ai.ideas.ibm.com/ideas/PAOC-I-1710

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Johann Kassier IBM Champion posted Thu March 27, 2025 06:01 AM

Thanks for highlighting this Matthew - I had not realised either. I then also found it mentioned here in the deprecation notes:
https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/planning-analytics/2.0.0?topic=12-deprecated-features-components-in-tm1-database

Workspace 102 release notes however mention Application Security again:
https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/planning-analytics/2.0.0?topic=wnim2-websheet-enhancements

I haven't been able to get the option to show up on v12 (SaaS in particular), but sounds like it should be there soon.

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George Tonkin IBM Champion posted Thu March 27, 2025 12:54 PM

Does this recent link help: Change the security of a websheet - IBM Documentation

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Matthew Berson posted Fri March 28, 2025 09:59 AM

@George Tonkin - that should help, but despite what it says, in PA SaaS (v12), those security options don't display when right clicking. Only the options to make private / make public. 

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Johann Kassier IBM Champion posted Sat March 29, 2025 12:06 AM

Yes, @Matthew Berson, exactly what I noted to - it's in the documentation but not on SaaS, even after upgrading to 12.4.8 TM1 database

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