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The following updates are available in release 2.0.97 of Planning Analytics Workspace.
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Define workspace settings from a central Settings editor
Administrators, Modelers, and Analysts can now use a single Settings editor to define settings and preferences for multiple Planning Analytics Workspace components and features.
The Settings editor is not available for Consumers.
While the Settings editor defines global settings for components and features, you can still modify settings directly in an instance of a component. For example, when using the dimension editor, you can click the Settings icon and modify the settings for that instance of the editor.
To use the Settings editor:
- Click your user name on the Planning Analytics Workspace
- title bar.
- Click Profile and settings.
- Click Settings.
- Click a settings category, then define your settings.
The components and features available in the Settings editor vary according to your user role in Planning Analytics Workspace. You'll see only the components and features for which you can set preferences. For example, an Administrator sees all components and features, but an Analyst sees only Dashboard, Database tree, Dimension editor, and Cube viewer.
You can also reset settings to default values from the same location:
- Click your user name on the Planning Analytics Workspace title bar.
- Click Profile and settings.
- Click Restore settings.
- Click the category for which you want to restore settings to default.
Action button references now updated when you copy and paste books to a new folder
When you copy and paste multiple books from one folder to a different folder, action buttons in the books that reference any other books which are being copied at the same time are automatically updated. The action buttons are adjusted to point to the new location of a copied/pasted book, not to the original location.
If you copy and paste a book to a new folder, but the book contains an action button that references another book in the original folder, the action button continues to reference the book in the original folder.
Plot members from the same dimension in certain charts
Certain visualizations can now plot members from the same dimension, which makes it easy to view and compare members quickly.
In the following example, all members of the month dimension display in the Line chart as measures on the y-axis.
Notice in the Fields panel, the Color field shows an item called y-axis: 3 members, which shows that there are three members that display in different colors on the y-axis. This item in the Color field acts like any other hierarchy. You can drag it from the Color field to other fields like the Repeat (column) to see individual charts for each member.
You can click into an empty y-axis field to plot another member. To remove an existing member, click the menu icon for the member you want to remove and select Remove. When the set changes, the y-axis field also updates to show the members in the new set.
Similarly, when you create a combination visualization, members of the column dimension are plotted on the Column length or Length fields and the Color field displays the set of members.
In the Line and column chart, members of the column dimension appear on both the Column length and Line position fields. You can then choose which members should display as columns and which member should be a line.
The following visualizations can plot multiple members from the same dimension:
- Column
- Line
- Line and column
- Bar
- Stacked bar
- Stacked column
- Marimekko
- Point
- Area
Refresh the current set and MDX query without making changes
You can now refresh the Current set and the MDX query without making any changes to the set or the MDX string.
The Reset button for the Current set in the set editor now also allows you to refresh the set even if there are no changes to the set. Similarly, you can use the Commit button in the MDX to refresh the query without changing the MDX string.
Previously, both the Reset and Commit buttons were disabled until changes were made.
Format spacer cells in the Format manager
You can now apply formatting to the spacer cells in a view using the Format manager.
Open the Format manager from toolbar and under the View tab, click Spacers to set the background color or to show/hide the line dividers for spacer cells.
You can also modify existing spacer cells, by right-clicking the spacer cells in a view and selecting Spacer format.
Note: This release also includes feature enablement for the Format manager. For more information about using the Format manager, see Use the new Format manager to format cube views.
Create color-coded tags in application sections
Color-coded, custom tags in plan tasks and application sections help you to quickly identify tasks or sections on the Overview page.
You can create tags on the Details tab when creating or editing a task or section.
To create and add a new tag to your task or application, follow these steps:
- On the Section details or Task details tab, click into the Tags field, then click Create new tag.
- In the Name field, enter a label for your tag.
- Choose a color for your tag. You can see what the tag will look like in the Preview field.
- Click Create.
- Expand the Tags field, select the tag that you just created, and click Save to add it to the section.
Any tags that you create are saved to the plan or application. This means that all tasks in a plan or all sections in an application can share the tags that are available in the same plan/application, but can't access tags from other plans/applications.
Click the Edit a tag icon next to a tag to edit or delete the tag.
Important: When you delete a tag, the tag is removed from all tasks or sections that use the tag.
Sort hierarchy members in the dimension editor
You can apply multiple sort orders to hierarchy members in the dimension editor.
Click the Sort members icon 
on the toolbar to access the sort options.
The following sort options are available:
- Ascending - Sort members in ascending order.
- Descending - Sort members in descending order.
- Hierarchize - Organize the members of specified set into hierarchical order.
- Hierarchically ascending - Sort members within a hierarchy in ascending order.
- Hierarchically descending - Sort members within a hierarchy in descending order.
Improved user interface for deleting objects
The delete icon in Planning Analytics Workspace Administration is now located next to each item name in all administration interfaces.
For example, the following image shows the delete icon next to each database name.
On the Users and Groups > Users tab, when you select multiple users, the Delete button appears in the right panel.
Deprecation notices
End of support for Planning Analytics Workspace Local on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (Local only)
Planning Analytics Workspace Local versions 2.0.70 and later are supported on Red Hat Enterprise Linux version 8.
Planning Analytics Workspace Local versions 2.0.93 and later are supported on Red Hat Enterprise Linux version 9.
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Modified date:
15 July 2024
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