IBM Planning Analytics Tips & Tricks
IBM Planning Analytics Tips & Tricks: Creating Control Objects from the Modeling Workbench
Did you know you can now create control objects in IBM Planning Analytics Workspace (PAW) with update 76? This includes control cubes, control dimensions, and control processes. Previously, creating your own control objects required a TurboIntegrator (TI) process. Now it can be…
August 30, 2022
IBM Planning Analytics Tips & Tricks
IBM Planning Analytics Tips & Tricks: Garbage Memory
I recently had a customer ask me why Windows was showing a much larger memory footprint than what was expected (based on their cube sizes). After further analyzing their model, we saw a large amount of garbage memory … which led to…
August 23, 2022
FP&A Done Right: Forecasting Revenue for Services-Based Businesses: A Growth Factor
More than half of professional services firms can’t forecast project revenue beyond six months. Workday’s Mark David and Justin Joseph share insights into how organizations can get revenue forecasting right, even when business is anything but usual. What is it about revenue…
August 19, 2022
Workday Adaptive Planning Tips & Tricks
Workday Adaptive Planning Tips & Tricks: Data Integration and the Planning Data Source
Did you know that Workday Adaptive Planning integrations can use the metadata in Adaptive Planning as a part of the integration? It’s true! The process requires setting up the credential and setting up a data source for Adaptive Planning. You must have…
August 17, 2022
IBM Planning Analytics Tips & Tricks
IBM Planning Analytics Tips & Tricks: Shortcuts in PAW Models
Did you know there are shortcuts you can use in IBM Planning Analytics Workspace (PAW) when creating new models? In legacy tools such as Architect, required that you create your dimensions, cubes, processes and chores one piece at a time. IBM Planning…
August 16, 2022
FP&A Done Right: Finance’s Role in ESG Reporting
ESG (environmental, social, governance) reporting is a growing market. According to McKinsey, “ESG issues represent critical challenges for both boards and executive teams.” One question companies are facing is “who is responsible for ESG reporting?” Some companies have – or will have…
August 12, 2022
Financial Close & Consolidation
Modern Accounting: Why Does Intercompany Accounting Crash Your Close?
This is a guest blog post from our partner BlackLine, explaining why intercompany accounting is killing your close. It’s a fact of life that if you can’t reconcile your intercompany accounts, you can’t close your books. The goal of intercompany accounting is netting to…
August 11, 2022
IBM Planning Analytics Tips & Tricks
IBM Planning Analytics Tips & Tricks: Customizing Background Colors for Data and Header Cells
Did you know that update 76 of IBM Planning Analytics allows you to customize background colors for data and header cells within your Planning Analytics Workspace (PAW) views? To customize these colors, click on a view within a page in PAW and…
August 9, 2022
Workday Adaptive Planning Tips & Tricks
Workday Adaptive Planning Tips & Tricks: Utilizing Split Rows in Modeled Sheets
Do you know how to utilize splits in Workday Adaptive Planning for a modeled sheet? Splits allow you to have multiple lines as part of one record and you can set splits on a column-by-column basis. A use case might be a…