IBM Planning Analytics Tips & Tricks
IBM Planning Analytics Tips & Tricks
IBM Planning Analytics Tips & Tricks Video: Using Drag & Drop to Change Selector Elements in PAx Reports
In our latest IBM Planning Analytics Tips & Tricks video, Lee Lazarow, Revelwood's FP&A technology director demonstrates how to change selector elements within IBM Planning Analytics for Excel (PAx) using drag and drop functionality. This new feature enables you to do this…
September 15, 2020
IBM Planning Analytics Tips & Tricks
IBM Planning Analytics Tips & Tricks: Excel LET Function
Have you ever created a formula that repeats another formula within a cell? Did you know that this repetition may be slowing down your reports? For example, you may have a report where you want to pull IBM Planning Analytics data and…
September 8, 2020
IBM Planning Analytics Tips & Tricks
IBM Planning Analytics Tips & Tricks: Control Space
Have you ever been deep in thought while writing a rule or a process only to realize that you forgot the parameters for a specific command? IBM Planning Analytics Workspace (PAW) has solved this dilemma by giving you the ability to determine…
September 1, 2020
IBM Planning Analytics Tips & Tricks
IBM Planning Analytics Tips & Tricks: New PAx Feature – Double Click
IBM Planning Analytics for Excel (PAx) contains a task pane that shows the cubes within your model. Double clicking on a specific cube expands the information associated with the cube, including public views, private views, and the dimensions. Version 49 introduced a…
August 25, 2020
IBM Planning Analytics Tips & Tricks
IBM Planning Analytics Tips & Tricks: Home Button
IBM Planning Analytics Workspace (PAW) offers an easy to use navigation menu that will quickly allow you to navigate to any open book. This is done by clicking on the menu at the top, center of your screen. Here is a sample…
August 18, 2020
IBM Planning Analytics Tips & Tricks
IBM Planning Analytics Tips & Tricks: Subset Control Dimension
Did you know that dimensions exist within IBM Planning Analytics that display your model’s public subsets? A dimension called }Subsets_<Dimension Name> is automatically created when a dimension is created. The elements of this new dimension are dynamically updated as permanent public subsets…
August 11, 2020
IBM Planning Analytics Tips & Tricks
IBM Planning Analytics Tips & Tricks: PAW Pass Context
IBM Planning Analytics Workspace sheets allow users to add buttons. These buttons can be used to navigate to different sheets or books, or even run processes. But did you know you can “pass context” from one book to another? Before beginning, ensure…
August 4, 2020
IBM Planning Analytics Tips & Tricks
IBM Planning Analytics Tips & Tricks: Change Connection used by Quick Report
When working with IBM Planning Analytics templates in Excel, there may be instances where you need to change the instance that the cube references to pull or send data. In Perspectives, updating the source was as simple as updating the first parameter…
July 28, 2020
IBM Planning Analytics Tips & Tricks
IBM Planning Analytics Tips & Tricks: Edit Action Button
Action buttons in IBM Planning Analytics are a great utility that allow users to recalculate a sheet, navigate to another location, or run a TurboIntegrator process. As your models evolve, you may need to periodically revise your templates to maintain their functionality.…