IBM Planning Analytics Tips & Tricks
IBM Planning Analytics Tips & Tricks: PAx Task Pane Workbook Tab
Did you know that Planning Analytics for Excel (PAx) automatically keeps track of the Planning Analytics objects you have open in an Excel workbook? Simply click on the Workbook tab of your Task Pane to view the list of Dynamic reports, Action…
November 17, 2020
FP&A Done Right: Five Tips for Budgeting in the Age of COVID
This is a guest blog post from our partner Workday Adaptive Planning, written by Gary Cokins. Cokins explains why traditional budgeting is not a fit for the volatility, complexity and uncertain times businesses face today. The pandemic is causing boards of directors…
November 13, 2020
Workday Adaptive Planning Tips & Tricks
Workday Adaptive Planning Tips & Tricks: CAPEX Planning – Your Tool for Growth
CAPEX (capital expenditures) planning is a key feature in Workday Adaptive Planning and gives the Office of Finance and senior executives greater visibility into the company’s financial risk, while also providing a tool for measuring corporate growth. Before we go into the…
November 11, 2020
IBM Planning Analytics Tips & Tricks
IBM Planning Analytics Tips & Tricks: Alternative Row Formats for Excel Reports
In the early days of computing, printers often used paper that had alternating white and green areas which allowed the reader to easily follow a line of text across the page. This was known as “green bar” paper. While we no longer…
November 10, 2020
Workday Adaptive Planning Tips & Tricks
Workday Adaptive Planning Tips & Tricks: Override Formulas in Sheets
If you want to write a formula in an account in Workday Adaptive Planning, but still want to give your team the ability to override the formula and enter different data, you can use Shared Formulas to achieve that. The Shared Formulas…
November 4, 2020
IBM Planning Analytics Tips & Tricks
IBM Planning Analytics Tips & Tricks: Minimizing the Subset Area
Are your member names long and hard to see in the subset editor in IBM Planning Analytics? Does it get confusing to see both the available members and the current set at the same time? Both situations can be solved by hiding…
November 3, 2020
IBM Planning Analytics Tips & Tricks
IBM Planning Analytics Tips & Tricks: Show Members
Did you know that while you are doing dimension maintenance, you can quickly view an element’s parents or children in IBM Planning Analytics Workspace (PAW) via a single click? Here's how you can do this: Step 1: Select the dimension to be…
October 27, 2020
IBM Planning Analytics Tips & Tricks
IBM Planning Analytics Tips & Tricks: An Approach to Strengthening your MDX Skills
Are you new to IBM Planning Analytics and looking for a good way to learn about the various commands associated with MDX? The Planning Analytics subset editor offers a great way to teach you about MDX expressions that can be used to…
October 20, 2020
IBM Planning Analytics Workspace (PAW) Version 2.0.57 Release
IBM recently released Version 2.0.57 of Planning Analytics Workspace (PAW). Version 2.0.57 is currently offered as a local-only release and will soon be available on the cloud (as version 2.0.58). This update contains many significant changes, including both new functionality and a…