IBM Planning Analytics Tips & Tricks
IBM Planning Analytics Tips & Tricks: Planning Analytics Workspace Visualization Axis
Did you know you are able to create custom axis labels for IBM Planning Analytics Workspace (PAW) visualizations? Below is a column visualization that shows periods on the x-axis and a net income amount on the y-axis. As you can see, a generic…
May 24, 2022
Introducing DataMaestro, the Data Orchestration Platform for IBM Planning Analytics / TM1
We’ve just released a new product designed to make the lives of IBM Planning Analytics / TM1 systems administrators’ easier. DataMaestro is a solution for managing and moving data that saves Planning Analytics / TM1 users significant time and money by making…
May 23, 2022
Workday Adaptive Planning Insights
Aged to Perfection: The Whiskey Model for Workday Adaptive Planning
This is a guest blog post from Christopher Howard, senior channel manager at Workday Adaptive Planning. It is the second in a series on purpose-built models for Workday Adaptive Planning. As you kick back this weekend and pour a couple fingers of your favorite all American adult…
May 20, 2022
Optimize your Business Processes for Planning, Reporting and Analysis
When was the last time you examined – and optimized – your planning processes? Have you made adjustments over the last few years to accommodate changing office habits, work from home environments and mergers and acquisitions? If your business is like most,…
May 20, 2022
Financial Close & Consolidation
Modern Accounting: Easier Intercompany Transactions
This is a guest blog post from our partner BlackLine, explaining five ways to make intercompany transactions easier and avoid the mess at month-end closing. Table of contents What Are Intercompany Transactions?1. Identify the Type of Transaction and Set up a Standard Process to…
May 12, 2022
IBM Planning Analytics Tips & Tricks
IBM Planning Analytics Tips & Tricks: Adding a New Entry to Index Cube via Dynamic Report
If your IBM Planning Analytics model contains a cube that uses an index or slot dimension, you may encounter a situation where you’ll need to create a template that will allow your users to add data to an unused index. Below is…
May 10, 2022
FP&A Done Right: ESG Reporting Tools
There is a wide range of reasons why ESG (environmental, social, governance) reporting is an exploding market. One reason is that consumers care about ESG. PwC’s 2021 Consumer Intelligence Series survey reports that 91% of business leaders believe their company has a…
May 6, 2022
Financial Close & Consolidation
Modern Accounting: Changing the Culture in Accounts Receivable
This is a guest blog post from our partner BlackLine, written by Brian Morgan and was originally published in the Credit Research Foundation’s publication Perspective by CRF (Q4 2021). I was fed up with putting out fires. Every day we went from reacting…
April 28, 2022
Technical Bulletin: Changes to the IBM Planning Analytics Workspace Classic Experience – Cloud Version
In July 2022, IBM will release an update to IBM Planning Analytics Workspace. This update will include depreciating the Workspace Classic Experience for IBM Planning Analytics cloud clients and automatically updating clients using the Workspace Classic Experience to the “New Experience.” We…