Local and Remote Servers
Local and remote TM1® servers provide access to cubes and data stored either
on your computer or on other computers in your network.
- A local server gives you exclusive access to data and objects
in a set of Windows folders
called data directories. During the TM1 client
session, only you can create, browse, and modify data or objects that
a local server stores. You can also control where the data directories
are located.Note: The local server is supported only on 32-bit versions of TM1. The default data directory for the local server is Pdata. If you are running a 64-bit version of TM1, the Sdata sample server, which is installed by default with the TM1 server, contains the same objects and data as are found in Pdata.
- Remote servers provide access to shared data and objects in your organization. A user's level of access depends on the security group that the administrator assigns to the user name (client ID) that the user employs to access the remote server. For example, a user might be able to update March sales data that is stored on a department's remote server, but that user can only browse the campaign data stored on the Marketing department's remote server.
- You must know the name of the server with which you want to work. If you work with a local server, the server name is Local. If you work with a remote server, your server administrator must set up a user name and password for you before you can access that server.
- If you work with a remote server, you must know the location of
the Admin Host on which a TM1 Admin
Server is running, and the Admin Host must be accessible from your
system.
The Admin Server is a process that tracks the TM1 servers running on your network. A client references the Admin Server to determine which servers are available at any given time. For more information about the Admin Server, see Accessing Remote Servers.
Any TM1 client can access remote TM1 servers, but only TM1 Architect and TM1 Perspectives support local TM1 servers.