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Planning Analytics

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Calculate / Rebuild Option on PAW Action Button

PAfe Action buttons have the option to calculate only (without running a TI or Navigating), and within that they have the option to recalculate or rebuild (for dynamic reports). PAW Action buttons do NOT have this functionality. I have worked arou...
8 days ago in Planning Analytics 0 Submitted

Satellite Connector agent to be able to connect to 2 or more connectors

Secure Gateway was recently deprecated by IBM in favour of Satellite Connector. We have a customer who used Secure Gateway to connect Planning Analytics on Cloud (PA) and Cognos Analytics on Cloud (formerly on Demand)(CA). They now have Satellite ...
26 days ago in Planning Analytics 0 Submitted

Suppress Static Subset Copy Message in Planning Analytics

Whenever Dynamic Subsets are used in SUBNM Formulas in Websheets in PAW books, a message pops up "Static Copy required". When using the SUBNM with a MDX Subset, the User drills up or down in the Hierarchy while selecting. When he selects any me...
4 days ago in Planning Analytics 0 Submitted

Allow TI function Synchronized() to return immediately in case of conflict

In our application for some (complex) operations, the user asking for it has to be sure that another user is not performing the same operation on the same perimeter. For example when user validates his forecast for BUDGET 2025 for Business Unit ...
about 1 month ago in Planning Analytics 0 Submitted

Updating data in one cube view in PAW Workbook, should not impact other views on the book

In PAW Workbook sheet, if there are multiple exploration views or cube views based on different cubes, then, updating cell values in one cube view should refresh only the cube view whose data is updated by the user. It should not impact or refresh...
5 days ago in Planning Analytics 0 Submitted

Disabling select data spreading methods on Planning Analytics Workspace Cloud

Similar to the disabling select data spreading methods on Planning Analytics Workspace Local, we should have this capability or feature within cloud version of Planning Analytics workspace as well. Currently, we can only allow or dis-allow the dat...
5 days ago in Planning Analytics 0 Submitted

When (re-)creating dimensions (incl. attributes) CubeSecurity on corresponding }ElementAttributes_ cubes should be NONE and not WRITE (as it is today) by default.

Deny WRITE access on newly created attributes cubes by default, in order to prevent users from entering data/attribute values.
22 days ago in Planning Analytics 1 Submitted

Drive Explorer performance increase in Planning Analytics On Cloud

As from Nov 2025 IBM have decommissioned PA rich tiers we are facing performance issues when we are working with Planning Analytics drive explorer. When we are selecting anything in drive explorer or typing something there is lag between text show...
11 days ago in Planning Analytics 0 Submitted

Copy more than 120 elements in the Set Editor

It's not possible to copy more then 120 Elements in Set Editor. Only the currently loaded page is copied, currently 120 members, and is subject to change as we deem fit for performance reasons. We do not copy across pages.
3 months ago in Planning Analytics 0 Submitted

AI that is familiar with writing TI, Rules, MDX

Developers might have questions on how to do write a TI to do something or a rule to get a desired result. It would be great if IBM has a trained AI (watson?) on all the TI, RULE functions etc... Microsoft has CoPilot, Google has Claude, OpenAI wi...
7 days ago in Planning Analytics 0 Submitted