IBM Planning Analytics Tips & Tricks
IBM Planning Analytics Tips & Tricks
IBM Planning Analytics Tips & Tricks: Planning Analytics Workspace Tab Icons
Have you ever created an IBM Planning Analytics Workspace (PAW) book and wanted to include images within each tab? PAW version 57 introduced settings that allow you to control details about the tabs. Some of these settings allow you to insert icons into the…
June 15, 2021
IBM Planning Analytics Tips & Tricks
IBM Planning Analytics Tips & Tricks: Accessing Books
Did you know that there are now two ways to access books in IBM Planning Analytics Workspace (PAW)? Previously, you could access books via the “Shared", “Personal”, and “Users” folders in the bottom section of the home page. This option still…
June 8, 2021
IBM Planning Analytics Tips & Tricks
IBM Planning Analytics Tips & Tricks: PAW Tab Colors
Have you ever created an IBM Planning Analytics Workspace (PAW) book and wanted to have more control over the look of the tabs? PAW version 57 introduced many settings that allow you to control formatting details about the tabs. These details include settings that…
June 1, 2021
IBM Planning Analytics Tips & Tricks
IBM Planning Analytics Tips & Tricks: Making Assets Accessible to Applications and Plans
When creating Applications and Plans in IBM Planning Analytics Workspace (PAW), PAW views, PAW books, and websheets can be assigned to guide each step of the business process. These objects are collectively called “Assets." Although these objects are available from PAW books, they…
May 25, 2021
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
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
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…