IBM Planning Analytics Tips & Tricks

IBM Planning Analytics Tips & Tricks
IBM Planning Analytics Tips & Tricks: Making Default Cube Views Dynamic with MDX
This is a guest post by Revelwood's Jay Apwah. Did you know you can easily update a cube value to control the period elements that will display in a subset used in views? In this blog post, I detail a scenario why you…
April 10, 2018

IBM Planning Analytics Tips & Tricks
IBM Planning Analytics Tips & Tricks: TurboIntegrator Logging
Did you know you can easily control your logs, making them easier to navigate? Your TM1 server tracks data transactions made in the system. When a cube value is changed, TM1 records the change in a transaction log file named Tm1s.log. The…
April 3, 2018

IBM Planning Analytics Tips & Tricks
IBM Planning Analytics Tips & Tricks: False options within an IF statement
Did you know that there are three different ways to define the false section of an IF statement? The approach you choose will impact how the cell calculates a result. In this blog post, we discuss these options and when to use…
March 27, 2018

IBM Planning Analytics Tips & Tricks
IBM Planning Analytics Tips & Tricks: Performance Monitoring, Part 2
Did you know there are easy ways to address resource issues in order to have a finely tuned IBM Planning Analytics environment? This is the second in a two-part series about monitoring the performance of your server to maintain a working TM1…
March 13, 2018

IBM Planning Analytics Tips & Tricks
IBM Planning Analytics Tips & Tricks: Performance Monitoring, Part 1
Did you know that server resources are vitally important to maintaining a working TM1 system? In this two-part blog series, I’ll review methods for monitoring the resources available on your server and the ways in which you can address most issues that…
March 6, 2018

IBM Planning Analytics Tips & Tricks
IBM Planning Analytics Tips & Tricks: New Configuration Setting for Dates
This is a guest post from Revelwood's Shane Bethea. Did you know IBM Planning Analytics 2.0 has a new feature that makes it easier to manipulate dates? Previously, when manipulating dates in IBM Planning Analytics / TM1, I always had to reach…
February 27, 2018

IBM Planning Analytics Tips & Tricks
IBM Planning Analytics Tips & Tricks Video Demo: Hierarchies in Planning Analytics Workspace
This is a guest post and video by Revelwood’s Jay Apwah. Did you know IBM Planning Analytics Workspace enables you to perform analysis on data in attribute-based hierarchies? Hierarchies are commonly used for analysis, but can also be used for filtering as…
February 20, 2018

IBM Planning Analytics Tips & Tricks
IBM Planning Analytics Tips & Tricks: New Parameters for TurboIntegrator
Did you know you can create a temporary VIEW or SUBSET Turbo Integrator function in IBM Planning Analytics? Here's why you may need to, and how to do so. IBM has gone to great lengths to ensure that the transition to Planning…
February 13, 2018

IBM Planning Analytics Tips & Tricks
IBM Planning Tips & Tricks: Asymmetrical Axis in PAx
This is a guest blog post by Revelwood’s Nicole Frigo. Did you know that IBM Planning Analytics for Excel (PAx) gives you the ability to use an asymmetrical approach that allows you to display combinations of elements without the repetition? IBM Cognos…