IBM® Cognos® TM1® Perspectives
is an add-in for Microsoft Excel
that you run in a remote desktop session with your Cognos TM1 on
Cloud system.
To run Cognos TM1 Perspectives on your cloud system,
perform the following steps:
- Connect to your cloud system with a remote desktop connection.
For
more information, see Connecting to Cognos TM1 on Cloud with a remote desktop connection.
Tip: If the newer Windows Start
menu desktop is displayed instead of the classic desktop view, click
the Desktop icon or press the Windows logo key to toggle to the classic
desktop view.
- Double-click the desktop shortcut for Perspectives.
- If the Microsoft Excel Security Notice dialog
is displayed, click Enable Macros to continue.
- In Excel, on the TM1 menu,
click Connect to log in to the Cognos TM1 Server.
- Enter the following information in the Connect to TM1
Server dialog:
- For Server ID, select tm1.
- For Client ID, enter your Cognos TM1 user
name.
- For Password, enter your Cognos TM1 password.
Tip: You can log in with the TM1 Server
admin account that was provided in the Cloud Welcome Kit.
- Click OK.
- If the login is successful, a confirmation message is displayed.
Cognos TM1 Perspectives documentation
The
following documentation for Cognos TM1 Perspectives is available on IBM Knowledge Center:
IBM Cognos TM1 User Guide (http://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SS9RXT_10.2.2/com.ibm.swg.ba.cognos.tm1_ug.10.2.2.doc/c_tm1_ug_pref_intro.html%23tm1_ug_pref_intro)