Understanding the Verify process

As a compromise between a full login procedure and no security at all, TM1® Top requires that the TM1 Top user must first be "verified" as having administrator access before the Cancel command can be used.

TM1 Top was designed to run without requiring a user to log on to the server. This allows TM1 Top to run against a server which might be resource deadlocked. If a login procedure was required, then the login process would also become deadlocked because it requires access to cubes and other data that are manipulated under the resource locks.

However, it is not desirable to allow just any user running TM1 Top to cancel user threads. This verification process is initiated using the V (verify) command. The process can be done in advance and is maintained for the life of the TM1 Top connection.