TM1 Operations

Introduction
This document describes IBM® Planning Analytics architecture, server operations, authentication, and component security.
Planning Analytics system and feature configuration
You can use the following components and features to configure the Planning Analytics database and clients for maximum performance.
TM1 Admin Server operations
This section provides an overview of the IBM TM1® Admin Server and describes the typical administrator tasks of running the Admin Server on Windows and UNIX systems. The TM1 Admin Server is a process that keeps track of all TM1 servers running on a network. An Admin Server runs on a computer known as an Admin Host.
Remote TM1 Server operations
This section describes how IBM TM1 remote servers work, and how you can manage their operations.
Planning Analytics security overview
You can control access and authentication to the servers.
Managing users and groups
In IBM Planning Analytics, security is based on the groups that users belong to.
System and performance monitoring
IBM Planning Analytics includes a collection of tools that provide logging and real-time performance monitoring of the TM1 Servers in your organization. You can monitor the performance and activity of TM1 Server with the following tools.
IBM Planning Analytics tools and utilities
Use the following tools and utilities with IBM Planning Analytics.
Understanding cube dependency
The Planning Analytics database establishes dependencies so it can properly invalidate cube caches.
Replicating cubes
You can replicate cubes from one IBM TM1 server to another, and synchronize the updates across the copied cubes. Depending on your access privileges, you can copy cubes (and their associated dimensions, rules, subsets, and views) from one server to another, and synchronize the updates among the copied cubes either at specified time intervals or on demand. The process of copying cubes from one server to another is called replication.
Control Cubes
Planning Analytics uses control cubes to manage objects, users and groups, security, and performance monitoring.
Control Dimensions
Planning Analytics uses control dimensions to track performance statistics, administer security, manage clients and groups, and store object attributes and properties.
Excel events handled by TM1
Some Microsoft Excel events are handled by the IBM TM1 add-in for Excel.
Accessibility features
Accessibility features help users who have a physical disability, such as restricted mobility or limited vision, to use information technology products.