New design for action button creation

Learn about the new designs of the Action button appearance and Action button properties menus that display during action button creation in IBM® Planning Analytics for Microsoft Excel.

For more information on how to create an action button, see Add to a worksheet.

The following image shows the new appearance of the Action button appearance menu:

Action button appearance window

For more information on each feature in the Action button appearance menu, see Set the appearance.

The following images shows the new appearance of the Action button properties menu:
  • The Connection and Precalculation sections in the Action button properties menu:
    • Action button properties connection and precalculation menus
    • For more information on the features in the connection and precalculation sections of the Action button properties menu, see Add to a worksheet.
  • The Run TI process tab in the Action button properties menu:
    • Action button properties run TI process tab
    • For more information on each feature, and how to run a TI process using an action button, see Run a process.
  • The Navigate tab in the Action button properties menu:
  • The Run AI job tab in the Action button properties menu:
    • Action button properties run AI job tab
    • For more information on each feature, and how to run an AI job using an action button, see Run a watsonx AI job.
Important: Despite the design changes, action button functionality remains the same.