What is Planning Analytics Model Explorer?

Planning Analytics (Cognos TM1) Model Explorer is a tool that helps quickly and visually get an idea of the structure and state of a model, identify potential problem areas, and optimize some of the routines that Analysts and Modelers often face in IBM Planning Analytics.

How exactly can Planning Analytics Model Explorer me?

For Modelers and Analysts

  1. Conduct a quick audit of a new or legacy model;
  2. Find potential problem areas and bottlenecks among model objects;
  3. Quickly retrieve data that may not be very convenient to obtain using standard IBM Planning Analytics (Cognos TM1) tools, for example: which cubes use one or another dimension, cubes sparsity, etc.;
  4. Get quick visual information about security settings (for example, who has access to the selected cube and access level, or, conversely, which cubes the selected user has access to);

For managers

  1. Monitor data about user activity during the working day on the dashboard;
  2. Get a list of inactive accounts in order to optimize user licenses;

For users

  1. Get a visual representation of the Model logical map;
  2. Evaluate a set of base data to obtain calculated resulting cubes;
  3. Search for changes in the Model by the new values and view data changes in the transaction log using suitable aliases;
  4. Determine the Processes that change the data in the target cubes;
  5. Receive visualized information about the size of cubes and their components, as well as changes in the amount of memory used over time.
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Change Log

VersionDate*New Features and #Updates
1.00March 2023First public release
1.01May 2023* Detailing of dependencies between cubes by measures is added to Model visual maps
* Navigation menu added to each tool page
# Optimized functions for building hierarchies
# Added MessageLog upload for ‘DataFiles’ Connection Type