Run Cognos TM1 TurboIntegrator processes

You can run IBM® Cognos® TM1® TurboIntegrator processes from the IBM Planning Analytics for Microsoft Excel task pane.

A TurboIntegrator process contains a script of TurboIntegrator functions and commands to programmatically import data as well as create and modify TM1 objects, such as cubes and dimensions. An IBM TM1 administrator creates the TurboIntegrator process and saves the process on an IBM TM1 server. The administrator also assigns security privileges to the TurboIntegrator process. You must have read access privileges to access the TurboIntegrator process from the task pane in IBM Planning Analytics for Microsoft Excel. You cannot create a TurboIntegrator process from IBM Planning Analytics for Microsoft Excel.

Run, monitor, cancel, or change TurboIntegrator process parameters

You can run, monitor, and cancel TurboIntegrator processes directly from the task pane. You can also change TurboIntegrator process parameters when you run the TurboIntegrator process.

  1. Click the Show and hide icon Show and hide icon in the task pane.
  2. Ensure that Show processes is selected.
  3. Expand Processes in the source tree to see a list of available processes.
  4. Right-click a process and then click Run Process to run it.
  5. If there are parameters defined for the process, a dialog box containing the parameters will open, which will allow you to change the process parameters.
Note: A TurboIntegrator process that encounters a major error will roll back instead of committing any changes. For example, errors such as the data source failing to open or attempting to write to a cube that doesn't exist are major errors and trigger a rollback.

By default, when a process is running, there is no progress indicator. To monitor the execution of running processes, right-click Processes, and then click Active Processes. In the Active Processes window you can monitor process execution, and also cancel running processes.

You can also create an action button that runs a TurboIntegrator process. For more information, see Run a process.

For more information about TurboIntegrator processes, see the IBM Cognos TM1 TurboIntegrator documentation.