Posts Tagged ‘Planning Analytics How To’s’
How Do I Sync Planning Analytics 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 MoreHow Do I Use Event Thresholds and Alerts in 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 MoreHow Do I Enable 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 MoreWhat Should I Know About Memory Usage in 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…
Read MoreHow Do I Use File Explorer in Planning Analytics Workspace?
Using File Explorer in Planning Analytics Workspace A shared drive on a MS Windows machine is a folder or “drive” that can be shared across computers and with other users allowing individuals to store, search, and access files from other devices. Shared drives are a common way to store, search and grant file access to individuals. As…
Read MoreHow Do I Get Started with IBM Planning Analytics for Excel (PAfE)?
IBM Planning Analytics for Excel – Quick Start If you are an IBM Excel Perspectives user and your organization is moving to Planning Analytics for Excel (PAfE), the following information should be useful. What is Planning Analytics for Excel (PAfE)? So… what exactly is Planning Analytics for Excel (PAfE)? Technically speaking, PAfE is special software…
Read MoreHow Do I Use Multiprocessing to Improve TurboIntegrator Process Performance?
Multiprocessing to Improve TI Process Performance When processing large data sets, splitting a process into smaller parts, and running them simultaneously to leverage multiprocessing, can be a great way to reduce total process run time. This improvement is limited by the processing power and available threads of the Planning Analytics server. This technique is especially…
Read MoreHow Do Advanced Synchronized Queueing Process Groups Work in IBM Planning Analytics?
This article focuses on a specific situation where the Synchronized function can help ensure groups of processes running multi-processed by RunProcess execute serially. This becomes necessary when one group of processes depend on the changes made by another to be fully committed before executing, and it is desired that they run in the same execution.…
Read MoreHow Do I Use Files for TurboIntegrator Process Communication?
Inter-process communication has limited support within IBM Planning Analytics, and often needs a custom solution when supporting complex process executions. A common one of these situations is when multiprocessing TI Processes. Multiprocessing can be very useful to improve TI process performance, but the master process used to multi-process will complete after it has initiated all…
Read MoreHow Do I Improve Performance in Intra-Cube TI Processes?
Process run times are often ignored if they remain within acceptable timeframes which are generally constraints set by the business but can sometimes be measured by user patience. Many times, it is not until they exceed these limits that they are addressed. Tackling performance of processes, especially in large models, is no simple task and…
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