IBM Planning Analytics Tips & Tricks
IBM Planning Analytics Tips & Tricks: Axis Labels
Have you ever created a chart in IBM Planning Analytics Workspace (PAW) and wanted to change the angle which the labels appear? PAW version 57 has introduced a setting which allows you to control the labels in much greater detail. This is done…
May 18, 2021
IBM Planning Analytics Tips & Tricks
IBM Planning Analytics Tips & Tricks: Feeding Using Cube Values
Feeders are one of the best ways to maximize the performance of rules. Essentially, feeders define where to perform calculations to better handle sparsity in a cube. There are many ways to reference feeder elements. One of these ways is by using…
May 11, 2021
FP&A Done Right: 3 Steps for Selecting your KPIs
This is a guest blog post from our partner Workday Adaptive Planning, explaining how to identify the most appropriate KPIs for your organization. Now more than ever, companies that are unable to adapt or pivot easily to adjust to changing market conditions…
May 7, 2021
IBM Planning Analytics Tips & Tricks
IBM Planning Analytics Tips & Tricks: Filter in IBM Planning Analytics Workspace
Have you ever wanted to show the top values within an IBM Planning Analytics Workspace (PAW) exploration? This can be done by creating a filter within your view. Assume we start with a view that shows 2019 operating expenses by department: We…
May 4, 2021
IBM Planning Analytics Tips & Tricks
IBM Planning Analytics Tips & Tricks: Home Page Refresh
Did you know that the home page has received a major refresh in IBM Planning Analytics Workspace (PAW) update 57? Previous versions of PAW contained a lot of unused space and the look and feel changed as you moved from the…
April 27, 2021
FP&A Done Right: 5 Ways Dashboards Empower The Office of Finance
This is a guest blog post from our partner Workday Adaptive Planning, exploring how to unlock hidden opportunities with dashboards & analytics. Visualizing data is often the fastest way to identify trends and patterns that lead to insights and better decision making.…
April 23, 2021
Adaptive Planning Tips & Tricks
Workday Adaptive Planning Tips & Tricks: Save Personal Views on Sheets with Dashboard
If you open any sheets via the Sheet tab in Workday Adaptive Planning, you can only save one view per sheet per version per user. Prior to the 2020 R2 Release, the only workaround to save the same sheet with multiple views…
April 21, 2021
IBM Planning Analytics Tips & Tricks
IBM Planning Analytics Tips & Tricks: PAW Gridlines
Have you ever created a PowerPoint slide by using gridlines to position your pieces and wished that you can do the same in IBM Planning Analytics (PAW)? Now you can! PAW version 57 introduced many settings that allow you to further customize…
April 20, 2021
IBM Planning Analytics Named Gartner Peer Insights Customer Choice for 2021
IBM Planning Analytics was named a Gartner Peer Insights Customer Choice for Cloud Financial Planning and Analysis. The solution received an overall peer rating of 4.6 on a scale of 5, with 68% of votes giving the product 5 stars. 92% of…