Lock and unlock a cube

Lock a cube to prevent updates to the data in the cube.

Analysts with lock permissions can lock a cube. The user who locked the cube or any user in a group with ADMIN privilege can also unlock it.

Procedure

  1. Right-click the cube in the Data tree and select Lock cube.
    A locked cube has the lock icon. The cells in a locked cube view are gray when the view is refreshed.
  2. To unlock the cube, right-click the cube and select Unlock cube.