End-user clients
You can use several user clients to interact with Planning Analytics data.
IBM Planning Analytics Workspace
IBM® Planning Analytics Workspace is a web-based interface for IBM Planning Analytics. You can connect to Planning Analytics data to plan, create, and analyze your content.
For more information, see Planning Analytics Workspace.
IBM Planning Analytics for Microsoft Excel
IBM Planning Analytics for Microsoft Excel is intended for users who work in global networked environments. It is the client of choice for users who primarily employ Microsoft Excel for analyzing Planning Analytics data and build their own custom layouts by using Microsoft Excel functions. Planning Analytics for Microsoft Excel is also beneficial for users who need to access both Planning Analytics and Cognos® Analyticsdata from the same Excel client interface.
Planning Analytics for Microsoft Excel offers the following benefits:
- Optimized for wide area networks
- Provides a familiar spreadsheet environment that does not require a power-user level of knowledge in Excel to analyze and contribute to Planning Analytics data
- Combines the capabilities of Microsoft Excel with a drag and drop approach to analyzing Planning Analytics cubes
- Provides a flexible range-based mode to add formats and user calculations directly within a spreadsheet
- Provides access to Planning Analytics data objects, such as cubes, views, dimension subsets, aliases, and sandboxes
For more information, see Planning Analytics for Microsoft Excel.
Planning Analytics Spreadsheet Services (TM1 Web)
Planning Analytics Spreadsheet Services (TM1® Web) is a zero-footprint web client that you can use to analyze and modify Planning Analytics data from any supported web browser.
For more information, see TM1 Web.