Category: Blog
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A journey through the TM1 REST API
The TM1 REST API is a way of accessing data and everything else in TM1.
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TM1 Web vs Canvas – Timesheet application
Here’s an example of how your TM1 application would like if you replaced TM1 Web with Canvas. For this example the TM1 Web and Canvas user interface have been built on top of the same TM1 cubes:
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Is Canvas the best reporting tool for TM1?
TM1 has by far the most powerful calculation engine on the market, but it is also well known that it is missing a modern user interface. Lots of companies using TM1 for planning and reporting also use an extra Business Intelligence tool for management reporting.
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Using $expand and $select with the TM1 REST API
In the previous article we went through some simple GET requests to retrieve a list of cubes and a single cube. We are now going to expand on those examples by using two OData query options: $expand and $select.
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Sophisticated planning application with Canvas
Building reports in Excel is a great way to build TM1 applications but you can easily reach the limits of Excel. Canvas will help you to extend the reach of your TM1 applications as you will now be able to easily build a modern and intuitive web front-end for your planning and reporting TM1 applications.
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Drill-Through is now available in the TM1 REST API
One of the best features of TM1 is its ability to drill through a third-party database (e.g. Oracle Financials, SQL and MS Dynamics) from TM1 cubes, TM1 web sheets or MS Excel workbooks. With TM1, you do not to need to know SQL to access data from these databases. From TM1 you can simply on a cell…
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Optimize your TM1 License with Pulse for TM1
For any company with TM1… a sizable investment is required to purchase licenses. If the company you work for is expanding its TM1 footprint (or wanting to), moving from one license metric to another or concerned about over-subscription of entitlements (i.e compliance). Pulse can deliver the information you need in a timely manner. You can make informed decisions…
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What’s behind the execution of a migration package
Pulse helps you to migrate TM1 objects from one TM1 instance to another. If you want to know how to create a migration package in Pulse, you should check the following How to.
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Benefits of the Web over Excel
One of the main reason why TM1 is so successful is its Excel interface. If you’re familiar with Excel, you will quickly be able to build advanced TM1 reports. Over the years many great TM1 applications have been implemented using Excel. Although Excel is great to build TM1 applications, it has its own limitations…
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Introduction to HTML with Canvas for TM1
HTML is a markup language used to describe the format of pages in a website. Behind every website, like this blog, you’ll find HTML. If you want to learn it, there are lots of websites which explain the basics of HTML. A good starting point is w3schools. Learning HTML will provide you with a skill that will…