Category: Help
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Downloading elements during the documentation
By default, Pulse is going to download the elements for all dimensions with fewer elements than the maximum number of elements defined in Pulse.cfg (MaximumElements). If you don’t need Pulse to download elements, you should turn this off. By turning this off, the documentation will be significantly faster because Pulse will not have to request…
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Making TM1 REST API queries faster
Pulse is mainly making three REST API queries (one to get the sessions, one to get the threads, and one to get the logs). This article shares some recommendations to make these queries even faster. Reducing the size of the tm1server.log file When Pulse is asking IBM Planning Analytics (TM1) to get the logs, TM1…
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Where to install Pulse
If you are using IBM Planning Analytics (TM1) on the IBM Cloud (PA SaaS), you have two options: Centralized vs decentralized When installing Pulse 6, you can choose between these two main options: ⚠️ More resources are required by Pulse 6 vs Pulse 5, please check the new system requirements before installing Pulse: Where to…
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Pulse Installation Steps
This article explains the steps to install Pulse either on each TM1 server or on a separate server. Installing Pulse on each TM1 server Installing Pulse v6 on a TM1 server is straight forward: Then you will need to repeat these steps on each TM1 server. Installing Pulse on a separate server A centralized Pulse…
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Downgrading Pulse
Downgrading is not recommended We always recommend upgrading Pulse to the latest version. Once Pulse has been upgraded, it is not recommended to downgrade to a previous version. If you have an issue after the upgrade, please create a ticket here and we will help to see if we can fix the issue without having…
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How to test the connection to TM1
Pulse needs to authenticate to IBM Planning Analytics (TM1) via the REST API. Pulse includes a script to test how long it takes to authenticate to TM1. Starting with Pulse v6.2.0, two powershell scripts are available in the utils folder: How to run the script When your TM1 application is setup with basic authentication (security…
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Connecting Arc to Pulse
Pulse minimum version should be v6.1.2
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How to Get the Most out of MDX Forms with Slice
MDX forms are an incredibly powerful add-on to the existing Excel reports in IBM Planning Analytics (TM1) and they offer a tremendous level of flexibility and customization to get you the results that you need. In this article, we’re going to go deeper into some of the more advanced use cases, so if you’d like…
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Arc settings.yml file
Arc settings file can be found in folder where Arc was installed and it is called: settings.yml.
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Applying your own naming conventions for parameters and variables in Arc
Process naming is used by Arc when adding prefixes to new parameters and variables. It is also used for matching variables against dimension in CELLGET and CELLPUT functions. For example a variable called vAccount will automatically be inserted into a CELLGET (using auto-complete) if it has a dimension named Account.