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Search results: Planning Analytics

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Open a TM1 session in Perspectives/PAfE through non-defaultNamespace

We are setting up a multi-factor authentication (MFA) to login to TM1. This means in Cognos Analytics we have a namespace from type “ADFS”. Now there are some technical service users who cannot have a second factor. They can only login with 1 fact...
over 3 years ago in Planning Analytics 1 Not under consideration

Applications and Plans: Approver email link takes user to Contributor tab

When an Approver gets an email to Approve a task, the email link generated takes the user to the Contributor tab. This seems to be the case where the approver is part of the contributor and approver groups assigned to the relevant task. 1. Email s...
over 1 year ago in Planning Analytics 1 Planned for future release

Improve TM1 Server Startup Logging

Please have the TM1 Server log more details between the following lines during start up for at least the three below situations : 1- 41944 [] INFO 2020-02-14 09:36:13.975 TM1.Transaction TM1TransactionLog::Initialize: Recovery of lingering transac...
about 5 years ago in Planning Analytics 2 Not under consideration

getting data when creating a new dynamic report

Having new boolean variable, similar to TM1REBUILDOPTION, but for getting data when creating a new dynamic report, even if Excel calculation option is set to "Manual". For example : TM1FIRSTGETDATA=1 would get data when creating a new dynamic repo...
over 3 years ago in Planning Analytics 2 Not under consideration

Sandbox Non-commit feature and sharing of Sandbox

We have come across the business requirement as follows: Request to have these features be added to the Planning Analytics tool. 1. Can we restrict user to do only scenario planning in the sandbox but can't update (commit) the base instance? 2. Is...
over 3 years ago in Planning Analytics 1 Not under consideration

Workspace Re-center on View includes title element or toggle to stop re-centering.

In Planning Analytics Workspace, when you have a book with a defined area that is larger than the current screen, and you have a cube view that is larger than the screen, and select something in the cube view for the first time, it re-centers the ...
almost 2 years ago in Planning Analytics 0 Not under consideration

Cell Annotation improvements - Add elements to }AnnotationMeasures to only show the comment

The way the comment is stored in the annotation cube is not ideal for any other purpose than the PAW and Perspectives comment functionality. The PAW functionality to annotate a cell is really great. The tag in PAW to identify comments in Explorer ...
over 7 years ago in Planning Analytics 2 Not under consideration

Start Excel exclusively with Perspectives or PAx

You told me that it is not possible to have 2 shortcuts on the same computer with these characteristics: 1) starting Excel with Perspectives and without PAx 2) starting Excel with PAx and without Perspectives Only user interventions in Excel/optio...
over 7 years ago in Planning Analytics 0 Not under consideration

Which Element Loads in Subset Picklist Upon Book Opening

We are controlling this picklist via a subset. Ideally, the PAW page would load with data corresponding to the first element in a subset. The only way we are able to have the page open to the element at the top of the picklist is to: 1) Change the...
about 4 years ago in Planning Analytics 1 Future consideration

Make serial date translation consistent between cell formatting and rule/TI functions

By default (UseExcelSerialDate=F): Formatting a numeric element as a date uses a Microsoft Excel serial date (Jan 1, 1900 as a base date) Rule and TI functions to convert a serial number to a date uses legacy TM1 serial dates (Jan 1, 1960 as a bas...
about 2 years ago in Planning Analytics 0 Not under consideration