Understanding PVUs
“A Processor Value Unit (PVU) is a unit of measure used to differentiate licensing of software on distributed processor technologies (defined by Processor Vendor, Brand, Type and Model Number). IBM continues to define a processor, for purposes of PVU-based licensing, to be…
October 3, 2019
IBM Planning Analytics Tips & Tricks
IBM Planning Analytics Tips & Tricks: Cell Level Security Defaults
Did you know that you can have TM1 / Planning Analytics security always use your cell security definitions … even when the security definition cell is blank? Values in a cell security cube override all other security. But if an intersection in…
October 1, 2019
IBM Planning Analytics Tips & Tricks
New Video Series: IBM Planning Analytics Tips & Tricks
Every Tuesday we publish written blog posts sharing IBM Planning Analytics Tips & Tricks from our PSG team. Today, we’re adding to our tips & tricks with a series of videos! Watch this short video from FP&A Technology Director, Lee Lazarow, to…
September 24, 2019
IBM Planning Analytics Tips & Tricks
New Video Demo – Creating Dashboards in IBM Planning Analytics
In the third video of our series Creating a Cube in IBM Planning Analytics, Revelwood’s FP&A Technology Director, Lee Lazarow, demonstrates how to create a dashboard in IBM Planning Analytics. Watch this short video demo to learn how to create a dashboard…
September 18, 2019
IBM Planning Analytics Tips & Tricks
IBM Planning Analytics Tips & Tricks: Blank Rows in Active Form Reports
Did you know when creating active form reports, you may sometimes want to separate sections? Some people like to create this separation via dashes or via bold line formatting. Some prefer to create “dummy” elements and use conditional formatting to make them…
September 17, 2019
IBM Planning Analytics Tips & Tricks
IBM Planning Analytics Tips & Tricks: Preventative Maintenance to Maximize TM1 Performance
Did you know doing some preventative maintenance can maximize TM1 performance? How often do you do preventative maintenance? Probably not often enough. If you are like most TM1 admins, you probably have a list of urgent and vital projects you need to…
September 3, 2019
IBM Planning Analytics Tips & Tricks
IBM Planning Analytics Tips & Tricks: Cellput vs CellIncrement
Did you know one of the most popular uses of TurboIntegrator is to load data into a cube? There are many different commands that can be used to load data depending on whether the data consists of numbers, strings or attributes. When…
August 27, 2019
IBM Planning Analytics Tips & Tricks
IBM Planning Analytics Tips & Tricks: Errors in Non-writeable Cells
Did you know IBM Planning Analytics is smart enough to look at the write permissions of a cell before attempting to load values into a cube? Have you ever tried to run a load process and then receive errors stating that you…
August 20, 2019
IBM Planning Analytics Tips & Tricks
IBM Planning Analytics Tips & Tricks: Clearing All Data from a Cube
Did you know there may be several situations during development where you may want to clear all of the data from a specific cube? This could be due to a new process to reload data, a second round of user testing, or…