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Planning Analytics

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Customize the maximum number of sheets exported by PAW (and exclude hidden sheets)

When integrating a PAX / PAfE sheet in a PAW book, we can go to Export menu and select Excel Snapshot or Excel Slice, but there is a limitation : we cannot export more than 50 sheets, which is easily reached because PAW includes unwanted hidden sh...
about 4 years ago in Planning Analytics 1 Not under consideration

Insert spacings into list/table visualizations for readability

Our client requested the following functionality in PA Workspace: Insert empty Columns/Rows as placeholder for readability into exploration/list/table visualizations. We managed to insert some via basic calculations and formatting the respective ...
about 4 years ago in Planning Analytics 0 Not under consideration

Lock Out Users

Lock out users while making model changes and performing maintenance.
over 6 years ago in Planning Analytics 0 Not under consideration

Custom Reports formatting to be retained when created from Exploration

Custom reports allow for complete formatting control by the user using standard Excel functionality., BUT there is currently no seeding of the formatting from the originating exploration view. Workaround is not satisfactory - copy/paste formatting...
over 6 years ago in Planning Analytics 0 Not under consideration

Allow Excel to recognise the blank zero format from PA

Format c:#,##0_);(#,##0);returns error when in returned in PAX and used in Excel calculation Workaround use c:#,##0_);(#,##0);0
over 6 years ago in Planning Analytics 0 Not under consideration

[PASS] Support Text Orientation

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/align-or-rotate-text-in-a-cell-8bf8177a-d2e8-4f5c-a707-d51625fd7758 Many reports from many organisations may require to format their report labeling/headers/columns in a non-horizontal orientation. This c...
about 2 years ago in Planning Analytics 1 Not under consideration

Model map in PAW

All other CPM systems have model map. Like Anaplan: https://help.anaplan.com/a7460b86-8f01-44a6-95dd-f82ed754b64f-Model-map We had a model map in Performance Modeler, and need it in PAW. It would be great if it is responsible: cubes on model map s...
about 2 years ago in Planning Analytics 1 Not under consideration

Request twice daily backup for Planning Analytics Data

IBM is backing up the data tier on Planning Analytics once a day. We would suggest this be increased to twice a day.
over 6 years ago in Planning Analytics 1 Not under consideration

Possibility to restrict context passed when using PAW button for navigating to another book

When one adds a button on a PAW sheet in order to navigate to another book, there is an option to pass context as well. This is good but it would be even better if it was possible to select which context to pass. For example, if there is a cost c...
over 4 years ago in Planning Analytics 0 Not under consideration

display workbook path on all PAw reports

we think it would be beneficial to add the display workbook path on all PAw reports. business users often send us screen shots of reports but we can identify the path of where the report is located.
about 2 years ago in Planning Analytics 2 Not under consideration