Administrators: Combining Security Modes

The combination of security mode values that are set for the Access Security and Scorecard Functional Access settings (in the Security form on the Settings menu) determines the security mode enabled for your PMF application. For more information about the Access Security and Scorecard Functional Access settings, see Viewing and Editing Default Settings.

The following table lists the security mode combinations that you can set for Access Security and Scorecard Functional Access, and describes the resulting security behavior.

Scorecard Functional Access

Access Security

Security Behavior

G (Global)

O (Off)

Scorecard visibility is controlled by the Scorecard Sharing flag.

All users can see all Measure data regardless of dimensionality.

Ability to edit Scorecards is set globally by Functional Roles.

Ability to edit other non-Scorecard objects is set globally by Functional Roles.

Note: This was the only security mode available prior to PMF Release 4. Check with your PMF implementation manager to see if custom security routines exist.

G (Global)

G (Global)

Scorecard visibility is controlled by the Scorecard Sharing flag.

Users can see Measure data that is controlled by either user-level or Access Role-based dimensional filters.

Ability to edit Scorecards is set globally by Functional Roles.

Ability to edit other non-Scorecard objects is set globally by Functional Roles.

Note: This was the User Dimensional Filtering mode introduced in PMF Release 4.

G (Global)

S (Scorecard)

Scorecard visibility is controlled by the Scorecard Sharing flag.

Users can see Measure data that is controlled on a Scorecard-by-Scorecard basis.

Ability to edit Scorecards is set globally by Functional Roles.

Ability to edit other non-Scorecard objects is set globally by Functional Roles.

S (Scorecard)

O (Off)

Scorecard visibility is controlled by the Scorecard Functional Role at the user level.

All users can see all Measure data regardless of dimensionality.

Ability to edit Scorecards is set at the user level by Scorecard Functional Access.

Ability to edit other non-Scorecard objects is set globally by Functional Roles.

S (Scorecard)

G (Global)

Scorecard visibility is controlled by the Scorecard Functional Role at the user level.

Users can see Measure data that is controlled by either user-level or Access Role-based dimensional filters.

Ability to edit Scorecards is set at the user level by Scorecard Functional Access.

Ability to edit other non-Scorecard objects is set globally by Functional Roles.

S (Scorecard)

S (Scorecard)

Scorecard visibility is controlled by the Scorecard Functional Role at the user level.

Users can see Measure data that is controlled on a Scorecard-by-Scorecard basis.

Ability to edit Scorecards is set at the user level by Scorecard Functional Access.

Ability to edit other non-Scorecard objects is set globally by Functional Roles.


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