IBM Planning Analytics Tips & Tricks
IBM Planning Analytics Tips & Tricks: Custom landing pages for TM1 Web
This is a guest blog post by Revelwood’s Susan Musselman. Did you know you can not only set up a landing page for IBM Cognos TM1 Web, but you can also set up custom landing pages for different groups of users? Here's…
December 12, 2017
IBM Planning Analytics Tips & Tricks
Tips & Tricks for Using TM1 – Variance Analysis in IBM Cognos TM1
This is a guest blog post by Revelwood's Susan Musselman. Did you know many companies find it beneficial to do a variance analysis to identify differences between the planned financial outcomes and the actual financial outcomes? Many clients prefer to store account…
November 22, 2017
IBM Planning Analytics Tips & Tricks
IBM Planning Analytics Tips & Tricks- Creating Dynamic, Attractive Views and Dashboards
Did you know IBM Planning Analytics Workspace (PAW) allows you to create dynamic, attractive views and dashboards? With the vast number of stylistic options available, there are a few key tips that can be used to create a fluid user experience. Use…
November 1, 2017
New Research: Cognitive Computing will be a Game-Changer for Marketing
Marketing leaders—those outperforming their peers—recognize that cognitive computing and artificial intelligence technologies are game-changers for marketing. The IBM Institute for Business Value recently conducted a study examining how likely Chief Marketing Officers (CMOs) and heads of sales are to embrace cognitive computing.…
October 19, 2017
IBM Planning Analytics Tips & Tricks
Tips & Tricks for using IBM Planning Analytics – Creating TM1/Planning Analytics Picklist Cubes
This is a guest blog post by Revelwood’s Shane Bethea. Did you know Picklists can be used in TM1/Planning Analytics to allow your users to pick values from a predefined, non-changing list of values? These can be setup as a static list…
October 16, 2017
Important Things to Consider when Changing your COA Structure
Over the years, we have had many clients who have taken on the project of changing their chart of account (COA) structures. These projects can be resource and time consuming and they affect many business areas and processes beyond accounting and finance.…
October 1, 2017
Pull a Rabbit Out of Your Hat – Or at Least Pull Insight from Your Data
Nearly every company we work with has some amount of unstructured or text-based data that they collect from their customers and operations. Data from surveys, notes typed into CRM systems, emails, and more – all these unstructured text data sources can be…
August 1, 2017
IBM Cognos TM1 for Capacity Planning in the REIT Industry
We recently blogged about using IBM Cognos TM1 for capacity planning in both the oil & gas industry and in manufacturing. We also have a great client example of how TM1 can be used for capacity planning in the REIT industry. Our…
July 12, 2017
IBM Cognos TM1 for Capacity Planning in Manufacturing
We recently blogged about capacity planning in the oil & gas industry using IBM Cognos TM1. In short, by using TM1 for capacity planning, a business can better understand how to maximize the capacity it has on hand, how to plan for…