Have you ever changed values from an IBM Planning Analytics for Excel (PAfE) exploration and wanted to confirm what is getting loaded into the model? You can do this by using the “Preview changes” link.
Users can make multiple inputs into a PAfE exploration and then click the Commit button to send all the changes to the TM1 database in one action. After clicking Commit, users will see this confirmation window:
Instead of clicking Yes to commit the changes, users can click on the “Preview changes” hyperlink. This will generate a pop up window that displays the current value of the data points and the proposed new values.
This approach is a great way to validate updates before sending them into the database.
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