Technical Bulletin: End of Support Dates for IBM Cognos TM1 10.2.x
IBM recently announced the official End of Support dates for two of the IBM Cognos TM1 10.2.x versions: IBM Cognos TM1 10.2.0 will reach End of Support on 2018-09-30IBM Cognos TM1 10.2.2 will reach End of Support on 2019-09-30 By now, most…
October 6, 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
Complex Modeling in IBM Cognos TM1 at New York Blood Center
If you are looking for a great example of complex modeling in IBM Cognos TM1, look no further than the case study on New York Blood Center. Imagine having untold numbers of separate models in disparate systems – such as Excel and…
September 22, 2017
Creating a Technical Planning Model for IBM Cognos TM1
A global publisher in the areas of scientific, technical, medical and scholarly research has turned to IBM Cognos TM1 for a top-down approach to a custom technical planning model. To some, that might seem an odd choice, since TM1 is typically used…
September 15, 2017
Survey Finds the Office of Finance to Double its Adoption of Analytics
The IBM Center for Applied Insights surveyed 337 senior finance leaders on their adoption of analytics. It may not be surprising, but the survey found that organizations plan to double adoption of analytics in all areas of finance in the next two…
September 13, 2017
Top 10 Steps for a Successful FPM Project
We’ve created a list of the top 10 steps organizations should take for a successful financial performance management project. These steps were honed over more than two decades of experience designing and implementing financial performance management solutions based on IBM Analytics technologies.…
September 8, 2017
IBM Planning Analytics Tips & Tricks
IBM Planning Analytics: Using the full power of MDX
Many of you know that MDX can be used in your current IBM Cognos TM1 environment to create dynamic subsets and row expansions, but did you know that MDX can also be used to create an entire view of data? TM1’s initial…
August 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
Revelwood Named Ingram Micro IBM Analytics Growth Partner of the Year
Business travel can sometimes be more obligation than enjoyment. There’s always the chance of flight delays and other transportation snafus, long days, and often, the expectation of keeping up with your day job while being out of the office for work. But…