IBM Planning Analytics Tips & Tricks
Celebrating Pi Day with Excel’s =PI() Function
As you know from reading my previous blogs (The Hidden Structure of 1/7 and Exploring Consecutive Squares with 9/16/25), I am a big fan of combining math with dates. This week allowed us to celebrate another math date! Pi Day (March 14th) was just…
March 17, 2026
IBM Planning Analytics Tips & Tricks
Use the Planning Analytics AI Assistant for Smarter Data Analysis
Have you used Planning Analytics’ new AI functionality to analyze your existing models? Maybe you have a chart that you want to get insights on, or maybe you have a set of data where you want to define outliers. All this functionality…
March 10, 2026
Revelwood Named BlackLine’s 2025 Solution Provider Partner of the Year – Americas
Revelwood has been named BlackLine’s 2025 Solution Provider Partner of the Year – Americas, a recognition that reflects our team’s unwavering commitment to client success and finance transformation. Awarded as part of BlackLine’s annual Global and Regional Partner Awards program, this honor…
March 5, 2026
IBM Named a Leader in the 2026 IDC MarketScape for Enterprise Planning, Budgeting & Forecasting
Independent analyst firm IDC has placed IBM in the Leaders category of its 2026 MarketScape for Worldwide Enterprise Planning, Budgeting, and Forecasting Applications — and it's worth understanding what that means for finance teams evaluating their options. What Is the IDC MarketScape?…
February 20, 2026
Workday Adaptive Planning Tips & Tricks
Creating Scenarios in Adaptive Planning
In today’s economy, the only thing we can be certain of is uncertainty. For finance and operations teams, the pressure to provide instant, accurate answers to “What if?” has never been higher. Traditional spreadsheet-based planning often fails here—it’s too slow, prone to…
February 18, 2026
IBM Planning Analytics Tips & Tricks
The Fastest Way to Copy a Worksheet in Excel
Many Excel users copy worksheets by right-clicking on the tab, choosing Move or Copy, and then checking Create a copy. While that works, there’s a much faster way to duplicate a worksheet in seconds. Here’s the shortcut: 1. Hold down the Control…
February 17, 2026
Workday Adaptive Planning Tips & Tricks
Created Dimensions Through Metadata Loaders
Metadata loaders are a great way to automate the creation of dimensions such as vendors and customers. Many times, integrations fail because of unmapped dimensions values, but by creating a loader, will automate this process to ensure Adaptive’s list is up to…
February 11, 2026
Workday Adaptive Planning Tips & Tricks
Workday Adaptive Planning for Google Sheets
Required: To request this feature, contact your Named Support Contact (NSC) to submit a Workday Customer Care: Adaptive Instance Management type case (request). After confirming that you're eligible, Workday will enable the feature. This is the only way to access the feature…
February 4, 2026
IBM Planning Analytics Tips & Tricks
How to Remove Duplicate Elements from an Existing Subset in Planning Analytics Workspace
Managing large datasets in IBM Planning Analytics Workspace (PAW) often means dealing with complex lists of elements—from thousands of SKUs to extensive customer databases. In this edition of our IBM Planning Analytics Tips & Tricks series, Lee Lazarow, IBM Planning Analytics Practice…