IBM
How Do I Leverage Existing IBM Planning Analytics Assets to Maximize Reuse and Efficiency?
At some point you may have developed and delivered some sort of financial model in TM1/Planning Analytics – perhaps starting with the reporting of financials – and have now been tasked to “add” planning and budgeting (or other) functionality to it. Before you even begin gathering requirements for the new functionality, it is recommended that…
Read MoreWhat Is a Planning Analytics “Information Front Porch” and How Do I Build One to Surface Key Metrics?
Building a Planning Analytics “Information Front Porch” Exchanging Information Most enterprise PLANNING ANLAYTICS applications will have bidirectional exchanges of information with external systems and sources. With PLANNING ANLAYTICS’s TurboIntegrator, you can consume files of data and even connect directly to (supported) data sources to load information directly into PLANNING ANLAYTICS objects at scheduled…
Read MoreSome Comments about Commenting
Some Comments about Commenting Developing TurboIntegrator solutions can be both challenging and fulfilling but having to “revisit” code after time has passed – either to modify or debug it – typically is not a fun task, since its objective or what the original developer was thinking while writing it (even if it was you) may…
Read MoreProcess Log Cube
Process Log Cube We sometimes want to record the process activities to analyze the usage of processes or to troubleshoot issues. One of the solutions is to create a process log cube. There are many ways to build the cube depending on the activities and parameters that we want to record. In this article, we…
Read MorePlanning Analytics and Object Permanence
Planning Analytics and Object Permanence Object Permanence is “the understanding that objects continue to exist even when they cannot be sensed; a fundamental concept studied in the field of developmental psychology, the subfield of psychology that addresses the development of young children’s social and mental capacities” (wikipedia.org). Does How does this relate to…
Read MoreTemplates and Pins in PAW
Templates and Pins in PAW Reports become an essential part of a planning platform like Planning Analytics Workspace (PAW). Developers and users spend hours building their reports. One aspect of report building is to have a consistent look and feel across different reports. A template helps the report builders achieve the consistency. Although a template…
Read MoreHow Do I Use Dashboards at a Glance in Planning Analytics Workspace to Monitor Key Metrics?
Much of analytics is trying to decrease the amount of time and effort for converting data into valuable insights. Planning Analytics is a tool that does this very well. Since you’re reading this post, you are probably already familiar with Planning Analytics and web and reporting environment called Planning Analytics Workspace (PAW). PAW is great…
Read MoreHow Do I Use a SharePoint Site as a Source for Flat File Data in IBM Planning Analytics?
Technology executives and managers are always looking for ways to be more effective while at the same time reducing costs in maintenance hours, physical servers, processes, etc.— It’s always a balancing act. One way to accomplish both goals can be by leveraging existing technology investments that are tried and true. Microsoft’s SharePoint and OneDrive is…
Read MoreHow Do I Integrate IBM Planning Analytics with Certent Disclosure Management (CDM)?
What is Certent CDM? It is a reporting management platform where you can create, compare, and communicate all crucial aspects of internal and external reporting with flexible deployment, on-premises, or in the cloud to best support your global business needs. If you are using CDM and need to report on TM1/Planning Analytics data, don’t worry…
Read MoreWhat Are Five Powerful MDX Functions to Use in Your IBM Planning Analytics Model and How Do They Work?
IBM Planning Analytics (PA) subsets can be made dynamic through multi-dimensional expressions (MDX). This reduces manual maintenance and ensures that subsets display the latest metadata and data available in the model. For example, when the Current Year of a model is modified, an MDX driven “Current Year Months” subset will be updated immediately. Today we…
Read More