IBM Planning Analytics Tips & Tricks
IBM Planning Analytics Tips & Tricks: PAW Settings – File Upload Action Button
Have you ever written a TurboIntegrator (TI) script that used a manually uploaded file as a source? If so, this requires a two-step process: upload the file and then run the script. As long as you remember to follow both steps, the…
May 27, 2025
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IBM Planning Analytics Tips & Tricks: PAW – Navigation Approaches Using Action Buttons
Have you ever been in a situation where you created a multi-tab IBM Planning Analytics Workspace (PAW) book that required a combination of inputs, TurboIntegrator (TI) processing, and the viewing of results? If so, you may have created a two-part workbook that…
April 29, 2025
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IBM Planning Analytics Tips & Tricks: Excel’s AGGREGATE Function
Excel’s AGGREGATE function lets you manage complex reports and ensure they foot correctly. For example, suppose you are building a sales report by product and region. Building the Grand Total calculation for a multi-level report like this is error-prone. You would need…
February 18, 2025
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IBM Planning Analytics Tips & Tricks: Unpivot
Did you know you can unpivot data in IBM Planning Analytics? Sometimes you’ll find yourself in a situation where you need to change the layout of data from a grid format to a vertical table format, this is called unpivoting the data.…
January 21, 2025
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IBM Planning Analytics Tips & Tricks: VSTACK_HSTACK
In a previous blog, I wrote about the ability to convert a list into a set of smaller lists (create a link to the WRAPCOLS blog). But what if you wanted to do the opposite? What if you wanted to merge a…
July 30, 2024
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IBM Planning Analytics Tips & Tricks: Excel’s WRAPCOLS Formula
Have you ever needed to modify a list in Excel without wanting to manually manipulate the data? Excel’s WRAPCOLS formula lets you reshape data without having to perform tedious copy and pasting. The syntax of the WRAPCOLS formula is: =WRAPCOLS(vector, wrap_count, pad_with)…
June 4, 2024
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IBM Planning Analytics Tips and Tricks: Excel’s ARRAYTOTEXT Function
Have you ever needed to export Excel data in a format that can be read by other systems? Although csv files are widely accepted, many legacy systems expect data in an array format. This can be done using the ARRAYTOTEXT formula in…
April 2, 2024
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IBM Planning Analytics Tips & Tricks: Excel Switch Function
The SWITCH function in Excel evaluates a condition and then provides a result based on that condition. This function is similar to a SQL CASE statement and allows for up to 126 potential results. The syntax of the SWITCH function is: =SWITCH(expression,…
February 20, 2024
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IBM Planning Analytics Tips & Tricks: Excel TEXT Function
Have you ever merged text and a calculated number into a cell and saw that the format of the number was hard to read? The TEXT function in Excel lets you convert the number into a more professional format. The syntax of…