Requirements for Publishing Public Versions

In SAP Analytics Cloud, public versions are often controlled by data privileges and other security measures, such as data locks or validation rules. These features control who can update public versions and what data can be edited.

When working with public versions, permissions applied to a user’s role indicate whether they can read, update, maintain, or delete data from a model.

While all users with read access for a public version can create a private version to plan on, other security settings may be enforced when you publish the version. Security settings will also be enforced when publishing changes to a public version. Examples of security features include the following:

• Model Privacy and Data Access Control

  Only users with permission to edit the version data can publish changes to a public version. Specific dimension members may also require write permission to update, in which case only the accessible dimensions will update. Model privacy and data access control will also impact publishing permissions. For more information, refer to Learn About Data Security in Your Model.

• Data Locking

  If data locking is enabled and you made changes while ignoring data locks, data locking will still be enforced when you publish the data. For more information, refer to Configuring Data Locking

• Validation Rules

  If edits to the version conflict with validation rules defined on the model, the invalid data will be marked with validation warnings. For more information, refer to Check Validation Rule Results and Warnings for Planning