Unlocking Data

To unlock data, you must be in the Unlock Data security role. You must also unlock a parent entity before you unlock its children.

When you unlock data, the system unlocks recursively across the Entity and Value dimensions, so you only need to select the top parent. If you need to unlock specific children under a parent entity instead of unlocking all the children, an administrator can disable recursive unlocking using the UseRecursiveUnlock registry setting.

  To unlock data:

  1. From a data grid, select the cell for which to unlock data.

  2. Right-click and select Unlock.

  To disable recursive unlocking:

  1. From the Start menu, select Run.

  2. In the Open text box, type regedit, and click OK.

  3. Expand HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Hyperion Solutions\Hyperion Financial Management\Server.

  4. Right-click and select New, then select DWORD Value.

  5. For Name, enter UseRecursiveUnlock.

  6. The default value is 1. To disable recursive unlocking, change the value to 0.