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
IBM Planning Analytics Tips & Tricks
Securing Data from IBM Cognos TM1 On-premise to IBM Planning Analytics
The proliferation of the cloud has largely reduced the initial general concerns around security when it comes to data, files and applications in the cloud. But in reality, TM1 architects and administrators still need to factor in how to keep data secure…
September 28, 2016
IBM Planning Analytics Tips & Tricks
Creating IBM Planning Analytics Workspace Content (Part 2)
This blog is intended to continue and build upon the previous blog How to Create IBM Planning Analytics Workspace Content. In this blog, I will provide an overview on building the remaining content (second and third row of visualizations) in the Dashboard…
August 1, 2016
IBM Planning Analytics Tips & Tricks
How to Create IBM Planning Analytics Workspace Content (Part 1)
This blog is intended to continue and build upon the previous blog How to Use IBM Planning Analytics Workspace. In this blog, I will provide an overview on building the content for the first row of visualizations in the Dashboard below. Dashboards…
July 26, 2016
IBM Planning Analytics Tips & Tricks
How to use IBM Planning Analytics Workspace
With the release of the IBM Planning Analytics, IBM has included a new reporting tool for TM1. Planning Analytics Workspace provides users with new ways to analyze data, plan and to access content. They can create books (e.g. Monthly Operating Results Book,…
July 21, 2016
IBM Planning Analytics Tips & Tricks
IBM Cognos Analysis for Microsoft Excel (CAFE)
IBM Cognos Analysis for Microsoft Excel (Café) brings the benefits, power and familiarity of Excel to enable business analysts, financial analysts, line-of-business managers and others to explore and analyze data from a variety of different sources. These sources include IBM Cognos TM1…
July 19, 2016
IBM Planning Analytics Tips & Tricks
QUBEdocs Streamlines TM1 Documentation
Understanding and documenting existing IBM® Cognos® TM1® models can be a time-consuming process. When making changes to complex models, it is challenging to fully understand the implications of these changes to ensure issues or inaccuracies won’t arise. Having made the changes, documentation…
June 24, 2016
IBM Planning Analytics Tips & Tricks
Working with the TM1 Rest API
After working at Revelwood for almost a year, I have already had the opportunity to learn about so many of the technologies offered through IBM and TM1. One of the most interesting to date has been the TM1 REST API, which I…
June 6, 2016
IBM Planning Analytics Tips & Tricks
Cash Flow Modeling with IBM TM1
As a senior consultant with Revelwood for nearly seven years, I’ve had the opportunity to design and develop a large number of TM1 models for various aspects of budgeting, planning and forecasting. Some client engagements are very straightforward – simply transition the…