IBM Planning Analytics Tips & Tricks
IBM Planning Analytics Tips & Tricks
IBM Planning Analytics Tips & Tricks: Creating Dynamic Sets in the PAx Set Editor
This is a guest blog post from Revelwood's Shane Bethea. Did you know that you can use the IBM Planning Analytics for Excel (PAx) Set Editor to create dynamic sets to be used in a view? This can be accomplished by using…
October 23, 2018
IBM Planning Analytics Tips & Tricks
IBM Planning Analytics Tips & Tricks: Writing Rules
Did you know that that way you write your rule could impact the performance of the model in IBM Planning Analytics? There are three parts to a rule. The area definition describes the section of the cube to which the rule will…
October 16, 2018
IBM Planning Analytics Tips & Tricks
IBM Planning Analytics Tips & Tricks: Recalculating Excel Worksheets
Did you know there are various shortcuts to force calculations in Excel, and that there is a shortcut that does this for TM1 Perspectives and Planning Analytics for Excel (PAx) as well? Rather than searching for a button in the Excel ribbon,…
October 9, 2018
IBM Planning Analytics Tips & Tricks
IBM Planning Analytics Tips & Tricks: Hiding Dimensions in Planning Analytics Workspace
Did you know that you don’t have to show all of your dimensions during an ad-hoc query in IBM Planning Analytics Workspace (PAW)? TM1 cube views and formulas require a reference to every dimension within the cube. While all of these dimensions…
October 2, 2018
IBM Planning Analytics Tips & Tricks
IBM Planning Analytics Tips & Tricks: The Replace and Close Feature in PAx
This is a guest blog post from Revelwood's Shane Bethea. Did you know that the IBM Planning Analytics for Excel (PAx) Set Editor has a new, simplified way of selecting dimension elements for a view? As of PAx version 2.0.34, this can…
September 25, 2018
IBM Planning Analytics Tips & Tricks
IBM Planning Analytics Tips & Tricks: Bookmarks in Planning Analytics Workspace
Did you know that you can bookmark items for quick navigation in IBM Planning Analytics Workspace (PAW)? PAW’s navigation menu allows you to scroll through your entire system which includes cubes, dimensions, views and other aspects of your model. This ability to…
September 18, 2018
IBM Planning Analytics Tips & Tricks
IBM Planning Analytics Tips & Tricks: Conditional Feeders
Did you know IBM Planning Analytics can minimize the amount of feeder data via an approach called a "conditional feeder?" A conditional feeder is exactly what it sounds like - it only feeds when a certain condition is met. In a previous…
September 11, 2018
IBM Planning Analytics Tips & Tricks
IBM Planning Analytics Tips & Tricks: Using Attributes
Did you know that element attributes in TM1 and IBM Planning Analytics can be used for more than just making report aliases? They can be utilized by the system itself to better manage data flow, and to make it easier to trace…
September 4, 2018
IBM Planning Analytics Tips & Tricks
IBM Planning Analytics Tips & Tricks: String Feeders
Did you know feeding based on string values can be tricky? Anyone that has developed in TM1/IBM Planning Analytics before knows full well the importance of a well-written feeder statement. An example of this is when we have a cube with string…