IBM Planning Analytics Tips & Tricks
IBM Planning Analytics Tips & Tricks: Code Char
Have you ever written a TurboIntegrator script and wanted to check the first character of a value to see if it was a number or a letter? Have you ever needed to insert a single or double quote into a string without “breaking”…
August 3, 2021
IBM Planning Analytics Tips & Tricks
IBM Planning Analytics Tips & Tricks: Depreciation
P&L planning models consist of a variety of inputs, including revenue planning and various forms of expense planning. In addition to these standards, we are often asked to develop other planning components. One of these components entails a depreciation process, which leads to…
July 27, 2021
IBM Planning Analytics Tips & Tricks
IBM Planning Analytics Tips & Tricks: Accessing Books
Did you know that there are now two ways to access books in IBM Planning Analytics Workspace (PAW)? Previously, you could access books via the “Shared", “Personal”, and “Users” folders in the bottom section of the home page. This option still…
June 8, 2021
IBM Planning Analytics Tips & Tricks
IBM Planning Analytics Tips & Tricks: Axis Labels
Have you ever created a chart in IBM Planning Analytics Workspace (PAW) and wanted to change the angle which the labels appear? PAW version 57 has introduced a setting which allows you to control the labels in much greater detail. This is done…
May 18, 2021
IBM Planning Analytics Tips & Tricks
IBM Planning Analytics Tips & Tricks: Feeding Using Cube Values
Feeders are one of the best ways to maximize the performance of rules. Essentially, feeders define where to perform calculations to better handle sparsity in a cube. There are many ways to reference feeder elements. One of these ways is by using…
May 11, 2021
IBM Planning Analytics Named Gartner Peer Insights Customer Choice for 2021
IBM Planning Analytics was named a Gartner Peer Insights Customer Choice for Cloud Financial Planning and Analysis. The solution received an overall peer rating of 4.6 on a scale of 5, with 68% of votes giving the product 5 stars. 92% of…
April 15, 2021
IBM Planning Analytics Tips & Tricks
IBM Planning Analytics Tips & Tricks: Database Administration
Did you know that database administration page has been updated in IBM Planning Analytics Workspace (PAW)? In previous versions of PAW you would click on a database and it would present detailed information as seen below. With the “Database Settings” button…
April 13, 2021
What’s the Total Economic Impact of IBM Planning Analytics?
When potential clients are evaluating IBM Planning Analytics as a budgeting, planning and reporting solution, they often ask us for its ROI. It’s not a simple question to answer. Every organization’s business situation, and needs are unique to them. The corresponding implementation…