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Enabling Drive Explorer in Planning Analytics Workspace on Cloud
Enabling Drive Explorer in Planning Analytics Workspace on Cloud IBM’s new Drive Explorer gives Admins back some of the functionality that was lost with the depreciation of the Rich Tier Desktop in 2024. It gives admins the ability to move files from one environment to another and also includes some compression/decompression features that simplify the…
Read MoreControlling the Shared Folder in IBM Planning Analytics
Controlling the Shared Folder In the past, it was possible to have control over who can access certain subfolders within the Planning Analytics shared folder and what their permissions would be. Going forward, with the implementation of Drive Explorer (in Planning Analytics Workspace modeling workbench) subfolder control doesn’t work the same way. That is, adding…
Read MoreBuilding Supporting Coding Skills for IBM Planning Analytics Development
Building Supporting Coding Skills for IBM Planning Analytics Development Becoming an expert at IBM Planning Analytics development requires proficiency in multiple syntaxes and languages. TurboIntegrator and Rule scripting has limited documentation and learning resources outside of the official IBM PA documentation. However, several other coding languages with extensive resources are invaluable for building foundational skills.…
Read MoreEditing Files using PAW Drive Explorer
Editing Files using PAW Drive Explorer You may already be aware that the Rich Tier Desktop is “going away” and Planning Analytics on Cloud Modelers will need to use Planning Analytics Workspace (or “PAW”) for administrative tasks, including using Drive Explorer for individual file management, such as copying or moving files or folders across cloud environment…
Read MoreSyncing Environments without the Rich Tier
Deprecation of the Rich Tier Desktop The IBM Planning Analytics on Cloud team has announced that, the Rich Tier Desktop is soon to be no longer accessible for Planning Analytics on Cloud Modelers and you will now use Planning Analytics Workspace (or “PAW”) for all of your administrative tasks, including restoring or “synchronizing” files or folders in…
Read MoreEvent Thresholds and Alerts – IBM Planning Analytics Workspace
Observability and Monitorability Key components of modern-day enterprise software are observability (visibility into the activities occurring within the software) and monitorability (defining threshold limits for critical system metrics). IBM Planning Analytics provides both when using Planning Analytics Workspace (or PAW). Monitoring Activity You can view a detailed report of all current activities (known as “threads”)…
Read MoreEnabling Performance Monitoring in IBM Planning Analytics Workspace
Enabling Performance Monitoring in IBM Planning Analytics Workspace PA/TM1 Performance Monitor is a collection of tools that monitor the performance of IBM PA/TM1 servers in real-time. It can track and store performance data in control cubes, such as StatsByClient, StatsByCube, StatsByCubeByClient, and StatsForServer. These cubes track various statistics, such as message count, average message size, memory use, and…
Read MorePlanning Analytics for Microsoft Excel API for Macro Automation
Planning Analytics for Microsoft Excel API for Macro Automation It’s not uncommon to move an MS Excel workbook from Perspectives to Planning Analytics for Excel (PAfE) and find that there are buttons within the workbook that run macro(s) to perform automation tasks. If there are, you may encounter the following (or similar) error: “Cannot run…
Read MoreCommon PAW Administrator Tasks
Common PAW Administrator Tasks Administering IBM Planning Analytics Workspace includes managing users, administering the database, migrating assets, as well as other “administrative type ”actions. You access the Administration page from the Administration tile on the Planning Analytics Workspace home page (shown below). If you are not an administrator, you cannot see the Administration tile on the Planning Analytics Workspace home page. Administration tile on the Planning Analytics…
Read MoreMemory Usage and IBM Planning Analytics
Memory Usage and IBM Planning Analytics IBM Planning Analytics (PA) is an advanced analytics solution that uses an in-memory database architecture to produce real-time results. But what is an in-memory database? An in-memory database (or IMBD) is on that stores data in the computer’s main memory, instead of a hard disk drive, allowing faster response…
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