End User Pathway

Are you new to IBM Planning Analytics? Start your journey here to learn how to proficiently utilise IBM Planning Analytics in Excel and Workspace.

Here are the courses for the End User Pathway:

Introduction to IBM Planning Analytics

This is the first course all users must enrol in to learn the value and benefit of IBM Planning Analytics to empower your understanding of how it works and its flexibility to provide analytics capabilities to optimise any part of the organisation’s functions.

      End User (Excel)

      You will learn how to use the interface efficiently and its integration with Excel to build spreadsheet reports utilising data stored in IBM PA.

          Advanced Reporting (Excel)

          This course is deep dive into the most formative reporting type in IBM Planning Analytics, Dynamic Report. You will learn to take advantage of Dynamic Report’s consolidation expandability and automated format definitions, key features you need to know.

              End User (PAW)

              PAW (Planning Analytics Workspace) is a web-based application that provides data visualisation capabilities and advanced planning functionalities. In this course, you will learn essential end-user features covering data interrogation, data manipulation, importing data and building a dashboard from scratch.

                  End User MDX (PAW)

                  When retrieving a list of members in a dimension or analysing cube data, IBM Planning Analytics utilises the language Multidimensional Expressions (MDX) to query the TM1 Server. There is an advantage in understanding how to read and write MDX for end users, as it will provide extra controls to enhance report building in Excel and dashboards in Workspace.

                      End User (Slice)

                      Slice is an Excel add-in that allows you to display and update values from a TM1 database using cell-based functions. This course will give you the fundamentals to begin utilising Slice.

                          Developer Fundamentals

                          Gain the confidence to understand how your organisation’s model was put together by enrolling in the Developer Fundamentals course. Here, you will learn how to read the logic used in the business logic and interrogate the data.

                              The Power User Membership gives you full access to our course library so that you can complete the End User pathway and curiously upskill on the Developer pathway to continue improving your professional knowledge over 12 months.

                              Access to the Standard Online Pass to Horizon

                              Horizon is the biggest conference where consultants, companies and IBM from around the world will share their invaluable insights on IBM Planning Analytics so that you can gain knowledge to apply back in your workplace.

                                  Access to the Video Hub

                                  The Video Hub contains hundreds of videos from experts who have shared their knowledge so that you can find new light bulb moments. The best feature of this platform is that the audio has been transcribed, so it is even easier to find the content you are after.

                                      Access to the Community Hub

                                      The Community Hub assists with your professional development with a news feed dedicated to IBM Planning Analytics to stay up to date with the latest information, additional training insights and events with experts.

                                          Access to All Courses

                                          Enrol in any of our end user and developer courses covering report building in Excel, developing cubes, writing business logic, importing data from an external source and Python scripting.

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