Empowering Cognos Dashboards with Analytics FlexiPrompts for Real-time Dynamic Search
https://youtu.be/Apx9vG5yu7A Introduction One common challenge we faced in the business was Reporting and Analysis with LargeDatasets. The users have dynamic requirements by the management and business ownersto review and get meaningful insights on the operational and analytical data from the mostgranular level to the most summarized level. Business Analyst often highly dependent on the IT…
Building a Custom Dropdown with Flexi-Search Capability in Cognos Analytics Report
Introduction In the world of business intelligence, dashboarding and reporting, Cognos Analytics is a powerful tool. However, there is always scope for enhancements to each of the software and solutions. One common challenge we faced in Cognos Dashboards and Reports is the need for custom filters or dropdown-based quick search in our tabular report outputs…
WHY NOT PYTHON ? TM1 through python
TM1py In order to understand TM1py, lets understand what is py? Py stands for Python. Python is an interpreted, object-oriented, general-purpose programming language with dynamic semantics. Its built-in data structures, combined with dynamic typing and dynamic binding, make it very attractive for rapid Application Development, as well as for use as a scripting or glue…
MAP VISUALIZATION IN PAW
How to Enable Map Visualization in PAW? A Map Visualization gives regular but an intelligent design to the data based on Geographical Template. In order to accomplish the above-mentioned requirement, a Modeler/Analyst needs to take care of certain things while developing the dimension and cube. To create Map Visualization the view must include a defined…
LEVERAGING STARGATE VIEWS
Improving User Experience through Stargate Views I.Introduction IBM Planning Analytics is a wonderful tool to work with if it is managed correctly. Although default settings might be enough to use Planning Analytics applications, there are various approaches by which Planning Analytics’s capabilities could be improved. One such approach is to leverage Stargate Views. II.What are…
TM1 SERVER LOG TIME
Product: TM1 10.2.2 Planning Analytics 2X Microsoft Windows server 2016 Problem: To Set TM1 server Logging transaction Time to Local Time. Changing TM1 Server Log Time Zone Stamp: Ever wondered how to set the TM1 log to use local time? One of the things that has frustrated about TM1 is that the Message Log records…
CUSTOM LANDING PAGES
Did you know you can set custom landing pages on TM1 Web for a different group of users? Here’s a quick step by the step-by-step guide: The landing page for users are set in }Client Setting control cube: In the above screenshot, Sanket will see a web page ‘Planning Sample MDX’ when he logs in…
CASCADING STYLE PICKLIST
What is Cascading style picklist? “Cascading” is the flow of data i.e. the value of a particular child is derived from its parent. you can create your cascading picklist in TM1 Let’s create a Cascading style picklist in TM1. steps to create a picklist below ➤Cascading style Picklist
READ ONLY USER PROPERTY
Have you ever wondered what the ReadOnlyUser field in the }ClientProperties cube actually does? This is a numeric property that takes Boolean values of either 1 (true) or a 0 (false). ReadOnlyUser acts as an “overlay” to normal TM1 role based security conferred by group membership in the }ClientGroups cube. Any non-admin user with a…
TM1 DATES v/s EXCEL DATES
Dealing with dates in TM1 Both TM1 and Excel use a “date serial” system in which any date that you use in calculations is represented as a positive integer value. In the case of Excel, the starting date is 31st December 1899. That is, if you enter the value 1 into a cell in Excel…
EMOTICONS IN IBM PLANNING ANALYTICS
Do you know you can add emojis to your report?? It is always awsome to add emojis to a report so we do have some of the simple steps to add on the reports and bring data more representative. Please follow below steps to add emojis to enhance the visualisation of the report. ➤EMOTICONS IN…
Using Active Form in TM1 Contributor Application
In TM1 Performance Modeler, Application design tab is used to create, validate and deploy the contributor application. The developer can set the contributor view, reviewer view, application type, configure rights and other functionalities. here is how we create it follow the pdf given below. ➤Active form Contributor
Triggering BI Reports from trigger.bat file
here is how to configure the BI reports just by cmd from trigger.bat file is very easy just follow simple steps ➤BI trigger
LEAF LEVEL SUBSET
This generic TI is used to create of Leaf Level Subset of Dimensions to whom Flag is assigned. Each time there is no need to create subset manually, it will automatically destroy or create the subset of dimensions to whom flag (Ex: ‘Y’) is assigned. This TI will be useful where the number of dimensions…
RESTART A TM1 SERVER USING TI
How often do you restart a TM1 Server?? You should do a restart of TM1 Server regularly. a restart of instance weekly. This is because TM1’s memory consumption grows as TM1 is used and will not release memory once used until it is restarted. steps are mentioned below ➤RESTART A TM1 SERVER USING TI
REMOVE UNDO & REDO BUTTON
In TM1 Web, after inputting a value, a user can undo or redo his/her input. ➤REMOVE UNDO AND REDO BUTTON
Dimension Element Insert Vs Dimension Element Insert Direct
The default method of editing a dimension in TM1 is to use a whole-copy editing pattern. here is some of the scenario below. ➤COPY CONCEPT
Deal With Services In Stopping State
here is how to deal with certain stopping state error through easy steps using command prompt steps given below. ➤ service in Stopping state
Display item issue in Task Pane area excel
When connected with any server in IBM planning analytics tab to use PAX, on the right-hand side there are no TM1 Objects visible (under IBM Table) to view all the Server objects and workbooks, to resolve this issue follow the simple steps mentioned below in pdf. ➤ PAX_Issue
Virtual Hierarchy in IBM PA Workspace
When business users want to view the same data but the way they want to see it differently. Like A CEO willing to see the Revenue generation country-wise whereas Marketing Head based in India willing to see the same data Onshore – Offshore wise. Here is the tech-note Virtual Hierarchy Click here
Planning Analytics Workspace(PAW) Backup & Restore
Here is how we can do a paw backup from running a shell script . Go through the pdf tech notes below.👍 PAW Backup 👁