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Quick and Easy Top-Down Planning in PAW
So, you’ve spent some long hours painstakingly gathering inputs from all department heads to build up your highly detailed, bottoms-up forecast in Planning Analytics and now the CFO wants to make some high-level (top-down) adjustments. All the previous data spreading options (repeat, proportional, growth, etc.) are still available by right-clicking a cell and selecting data…
Read MoreAutomating Planning Analytics Report Distribution, or Where is My Print Report?
With the move from Perspectives to the new-and-improved Planning Analytics for Excel – many people are asking “Where is my Print Report?” For those of you who’ve never experienced Print Report in all of its glory, it was an amazing feature in Perspectives that allowed users to generate reports with multiple sheets or books driven…
Read MoreDynamic sub-totals when hierarchies are not available
In any given TM1 model developers make use of attributes in a dimension. These attributes can have a multitude of uses, i.e. driving calculations or serve as reference in a report or sometimes they drive hierarchy structures and many others. The use case we will discuss in this instance is the use of attributes to…
Read MoreHow Do I Use Data URIs to Create an Image Repository in PAW and Improve Dashboard Performance?
During the recent IBM Think 2019 conference in San Francisco, CA, I went to the “Planning Analytics Workspace for Power Users” session led by the PAW developers. They shared a lot of exciting new features that we can expect in upcoming PAW releases, along with some advanced tips and tricks that are already available today.…
Read MoreHow Do I Use Groups and Roles to Manage Security in Cognos Analytics 11.x?
Business Case: One key to an easily managed security structure and tailored data portal in IBM Cognos Analytics is to utilize groups and roles. If you are using the roles that are predefined or created in the Cognos namespace, you can customize themes, home pages, and report parameters that are unique to each function area. …
Read MoreWhat Are Story Templates in IBM Cognos Analytics and How Do I Use Them to Build Data Narratives?
The new IBM Cognos Analytics Story templates allow business analytics professionals to tell their businesses’ stories by combining Cognos data with pictures, video, charts, graphs, and prompts in a slide based, guided experience that dynamically, intuitively and automatically leads an audience through a tailored presentation.
Read MoreHow Do I Create and Set a Default Custom Login Page in Cognos Analytics 11.0.4+?
Business Case: When using Cognos Analytics V11, there is a default login which is quite nice, but not very brand friendly. The goal of this article is to show you how to go from this generic IBM login theme …. To the customized login screen below… The IBM Cognos Analytics user interface (UI) is built…
Read MoreWhat Do I Do If My Customized Cognos Analytics 11.0.11 Login Page Breaks Access and I Can’t Log In?
Help, I can’t log in now! Business Case: It’s a beautiful Sunday afternoon, and I’ve just read a very interesting QueBIT knowledge base article on how to customize my company’s Cognos Analytics (CA) login page. (See Creating and Setting a Default Login Page for Cognos Analytics 11.0.4+). Wow, what a great idea! I have to…
Read MoreHow Do I Create and Apply a Custom Default Theme in Cognos Analytics 11.0.4+ to Brand My Portal?
Wow, branding on my Cognos Portal! Business Case: When using Cognos Analytics V11, there is a default theme which is quite nice, but not very brand friendly. The goal of this article is to show you how to go from this generic IBM theme …. To the customized portal screen below… As you can…
Read MoreHow Do I Create and Set a Default Welcome Page in Cognos Analytics 11.0.4+?
Wow, branding on my Cognos Portal.. Great Welcome page! Business Case: When using Cognos Analytics V11, there is a default welcome page which is quite nice, but not very brand friendly. The goal of this article is to show you how to go from this generic IBM welcome page …. To the customized welcome…
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