
IBM Planning Analytics Tips & Tricks
IBM Planning Analytics Tips & Tricks: Planning Analytics Workspace Visualization Axis
Did you know you are able to create custom axis labels for IBM Planning Analytics Workspace (PAW) visualizations? Below is a column visualization that shows periods on the x-axis and a net income amount on the y-axis. As you can see, a generic…
May 24, 2022

IBM Planning Analytics Tips & Tricks
IBM Planning Analytics Tips & Tricks: Defining a Process Within Existing Chores
There are times when you need to change a process within an existing chore in IBM Planning Analytics. The challenge is to understand what chores will be impacted by a change in a process. You could edit or remove and process and…
September 14, 2021

IBM Planning Analytics Tips & Tricks
IBM Planning Analytics Tips & Tricks: PAW Explorations – Row & Column Headers
Visualizations are used to provide an easy understanding of large data sets. After all, a picture is worth a thousand words. However, what happens when you want to see the intricate details of your numbers? This is where IBM Planning Analytics Workspace (PAW) explorations come…
September 7, 2021

IBM Planning Analytics Tips & Tricks
IBM Planning Analytics Tips & Tricks: Scatter Chart vs Bubble Chart
A scatter chart is used to show relationships within your data. This type of chart is great to see patterns and groupings over a large set of values. A bubble chart is also used to show relationships and it also great to see patterns. So…
July 20, 2021

IBM Planning Analytics Tips & Tricks
IBM Planning Analytics Tips & Tricks: Planning Analytics Workspace (PAW) Marker Shape
A line chart can either be a simple line or it can include markers for each data point. Most people associate a marker as a simple dot, but did you know that IBM Planning Analytics Workspace (PAW) allows you to configure the shape…
July 13, 2021

IBM Planning Analytics Tips & Tricks
IBM Planning Analytics Tips & Tricks: Pie Chart Sizing
Did you know that IBM Planning Analytics Workspace (PAW) allows you to “split” your pie chart widget to define how much of the space is allocated to the legend and how much of the space is allocated to the chart? While in…
June 22, 2021

IBM Planning Analytics Tips & Tricks
IBM Planning Analytics Tips & Tricks: Planning Analytics Workspace Tab Icons
Have you ever created an IBM Planning Analytics Workspace (PAW) book and wanted to include images within each tab? PAW version 57 introduced settings that allow you to control details about the tabs. Some of these settings allow you to insert icons into the…
June 15, 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: Filter in IBM Planning Analytics Workspace
Have you ever wanted to show the top values within an IBM Planning Analytics Workspace (PAW) exploration? This can be done by creating a filter within your view. Assume we start with a view that shows 2019 operating expenses by department: We…