Smartview/Spreadsheet Add-in Security

Hi ALL,
We have a Planning users...for users we have security on on entity dim..
User1 has access to Only Idesc(200) entities
User2 has access to Only Idesc(300) entities
When i login as user1/user2 into Smartview OR Spreadsheet Add-in  im able to see all entities instead on only Idesc(200)/Idesc(300).
When i login to planning as user1 in dataform i can see only Idesc(200) entities. I checked the filters in EAS. its showing filter as Idesc(200) for user1 and Idesc(300) for user2.
For users we have following access permissions:
Business USers : Basic User
Planning APP : Planner
Essbase : Server access
Reporting : Viewer,Analyst,Report designer.
WHat drives the security for Smartview/Spreadsheet Add-in ?
Appreciate your Inputs

If you are logging into essbase databases using smart view/ excel addin then it will be using the essbase filter definition.
If you are logging into the planning layer then it is using planning access permissions.
When you say you can see entities do you mean the data or the members, if it is members then yes you will be able to see the members, it is the metaread filter that defines what members you can see, unfortunately planning does not push that filter type down to essbase, it will be just read/write which is controlling access to the data cells.
Cheers
John
http://john-goodwin.blogspot.com/

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