Defining the data mart

You add data marts in Financial Analytic Publisher to define the data you want to publish, and save the information as a definition.

Before you begin

You must know the name and password of the non-interactive TM1 account that is used in IBM® Planning Analytics. You can find this information in your Planning Analytics welcome kit.

Procedure

  1. Log in to Controller Web.
  2. Navigate to the Administration tab > FAP screen.

    The user who has privilege to access the FAP menu can access the FAP screen.

  3. On the Database Configuration tab, enter FAP in the Database Name field, and click Connect.
  4. On the Sources tab, select the source that is named Production, and click Start.
    The Sources tab details are preconfigured by IBM. Do not make any changes to the details present in the Sources tab.
  5. On the Data Mart tab, click New.
  6. Enter the following values:
    Name
    Name of data mart
    Source
    Production
    Log level, Interval, Specify forms, Naming conventions, Consolidated groups
    Define these fields as required for your environment. For example, select the Consolidated groups checkbox if you want the monthly consolidated cube holding consolidated values from the last consolidation in Cognos Controller on group level only.
    Admin host
    tm1svr
    Server
    Name of the TM1 Server that holds the data mart
    Client
    LDAP\non-interactive TM1 account
    Password
    password of the non-interactive TM1 account
  7. Under Company Structure, click Add, and define the period and consolidation type as required for your organization.
  8. Under Start period/Actuality, click Add, and define period and actuality to be published.
  9. Click Save.