Lock and unlock an element in IBM Planning Analytics Workspace

You can lock and unlock an element in IBM® Planning Analytics Workspace.

When a user locks an element, only those users who have lock permissions or higher can unlock the element and update the data that it identifies. An admin user can unlock the element, but they cannot update the data. Even the user who locks the element cannot update its data, unless they have Admin rights for that element. An admin user cannot update the data in the .

Consider locking an element as a way to permanently archive the data that it identifies. Locks stays in place after the remote server shuts down.

Note: To use this feature, IBM Planning Analytics 2.0.9.19/TM1® 11.8.023 is required.

Locking an element

To lock an element, complete the following:

  1. Right-click the element you want to lock in the Dimension editor.
  2. Click Lock.

    The lock icon Lock icon appears beside the locked element.

Unlocking an element

To unlock an element:

  1. Right-click on a locked element in the Dimension editor.
  2. Click Unlock.

    The lock icon Lock icon disappears from beside the locked element.