Security Filter Overview

A security filter provides data security for a user or group. When a security filter is assigned, it restricts the data that the user sees when running reports, browsing element lists in prompts and browsing data objects. For example, two regional managers may have two different security filters assigned to them for their regions—one has a security filter assigned that only shows data from the Northeast, and the other has a security filter that only shows data from the Southwest. If these two regional managers run the same report, they will see different report results. Administrators can create, modify and delete security filters.

A security filter can only be created using attributes. A security filter can include as many filtering expressions as needed, joined by logical operators.