The number of concurrent users is significant when determining architecture for a TM1 model. To determine the number of concurrent users your TM1 model must support, each user must be assigned a weighting. To determine the weighting of a user you will need to determine the “type” of that user. All […]
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IBM Cognos TM1 Build Numbers
What is a build number? Should you ever have to contact IBM for support of your TM1 product, you will need to know your products specific “build number”. Although it is referred to as a “number”, this product identifier is actually a string. All TM1 build strings are formatted in the same manner. This will […]
IBM Cognos TM1 Certification
Certification The benefits of earning a certification in Cognos TM1 are many. These include: A self-assessment of your skills Identifying areas of greater strengths and/or weakness Building a killer resume, industry acceptance and prestige. With Cognos TM1, the COG-310 (developer certification) is the exam you’ll want to prepare for. It […]
Dummy Coding with IBM SPSS
Dummy Coding with IBM SPSS To understand what is meant by dummy coding, you need to understand 2 forms of data: Qualitative or Quantitative? “Qualitative data describes items in terms of some quality or categorization while Quantitative data are described in terms of quantity (and in which a range of numerical values are used without […]
Cognos TM1 Attributes -What are They and What Can They Do for Me?
To define an element’s type (numeric, consolidation or string), elements can have attributes defined and assigned to them. What is an attribute you ask? Well, if elements identify data in your cube, then you can think of the element attributes as describing the elements themselves, it’s that simple. For example, let’s say that some of […]
Cognos TM1 Drill-Through
What is Drill-thru? Drill-through can be described as the “act of exploring related information” or the “act of moving between related data via a link of some kind”. More specifically, drill through usually exploits a relationship between “master” and “detail” information. (By clicking a master item in the master information the details of the clicked […]