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QueBIT Standard TurboIntegrator process: Publish Private View as Public
QueBIT standard TurboIntegrator (TI) processes are used on IBM Planning Analytics (powered by TM1) implementation projects to accelerate the development process and reduce implementation costs. They are included at no charge to QueBIT clients. This note documents the QueBIT – Publish Private View as Public TI process. Click here to download it. Functional Description This…
Read MorePlanning Analytics Local, Workspace, and Excel Download Guide
Planning Analytics Local, Workspace, and Excel Download Guide This download guide will walk you through the steps of getting the download package for Planning Analytics Local (PAL), Planning Analytics Workspace (PAW), and Planning Analytics for Excel (PAx) from IBM Fix Central. Please ensure that you have an active IBM ID as this will be required to…
Read MoreUpgrading Planning Analytics Workspace (PAW) on a Linux Machine
IBM has adopted an AGILE development cycle and is releasing new versions of PAW Local approximately every 4-6 weeks. These PAW upgrades have been thoroughly tested and already released to IBM PA Cloud customers four weeks before they are made available for download, so there’s very minimal concern of any software issues arising. With these…
Read MoreWhat Can a List Header and Footer Do for you in Cognos Analytics 11+
What Can a List Header and Footer Do for you in Cognos Analytics 11+ Just make your report look and read great! I recently had a client who wanted to see summary cost information on Sales Orders at the header of the page, with details available in a list report. I tried using singleton’s and…
Read MoreCreating Professional PAW Dashboards
Are you looking for professional ways to display your organization’s data within Planning Analytics Workspace (PAW)? Well, you have come to the right place! When illustrating your complex operational and financial data, it helps to have a clean and consistent budgeting and forecasting presentation to drive planning efficiency. The tips below offer quick ways to…
Read MoreWhy are my PAx Options blank?
Why are my PAx (Planning Analytics) Options blank? You’ve just installed PAX opened the Options screen and there is nothing there. This is a known issue that can effect some users with multiple displays. Resolving the issue is quite easy. Open Microsoft Excel and navigate to the Options >> General >> User Interface Options section…
Read MoreAdding an Overall Header and Footer in Cognos Analytics Report 11.0+
Use an overall footer to add a high-level summary data set to the end of your report. Unlike a “List Page Header and Footer” which appears at the top or bottom of every page respectively in which list data appears, an “Overall Header and Footer” only appears once at the top or bottom of the…
Read MoreDrag and Drop a File to Create a Dimension in Planning Analytics Workspace (PAW)
Planning Analytics Workspace (PAW) is a lot more than just a pretty face – it’s the primary tool for developing and maintaining Planning Analytics models. It can be used for everything from building structures, to writing rules or TI processes, and even maintaining security. Development and prototyping in PAW is a lot faster and easier…
Read MoreDrag and Drop Cube Load in Planning Analytics Workspace (PAW)
In another #AskQueBIT article (Drag and Drop a File to Create a Dimension in PAW), we demonstrated how easy it is to build a dimension by dragging and dropping a file into the dimension editor in PAW (Planning Analytics Workspace) . In this article, we’ll take our prototyping one step further by loading data into…
Read MoreMigrating Planning Analytics Workspace (PAW) Content
So, you’ve built a suite of beautiful input templates, reports, and dashboards in the PAW development environment, and now you want to deploy them to production. Migrating books and views can be done quickly and easily by following these steps: Click your name in the upper right corner of the PAW screen and select Administer.…
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