MicroStrategy 7 Administrator Guide

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The second table would contain the financial fact columns but not the marketingrelated
information as follows:
Customer ID
Transaction
Amount ($)
Current
Balance ($)
Network and operating system security
The network controls access to computers while the operating system controls
access to the files and applications that are stored on a particular computer. It is
important to protect computers, sensitive files and other information from
inadvertent or malicious tampering.
Consult your vendor’s product documentation for information on controlling
security on the network and on individual machines
MicroStrategy Intelligence Server authentication
modes
The following is a list of the different types of authentication modes in the
MicroStrategy environment:
• standard
• Windows NT
• anonymous
• database
The authentication mode is set for each project source using the Project Source
Manager. For more details about the Project Source Manager, see the following
Getting Started interface topic:
MicroStrategy 7 Project Source Manager
Standard authentication
Standard authentication allows users to identify themselves using a system login
ID and password. The system login ID is unique across the entire system.
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