Knowledge base

TM1 Rules & Feeders are concepts related to the IBM Cognos TM1 solution. TM1 feeders feed every cell that is calculated by a rule. Feeders are not used to feed rules that apply to consolidated cells. Feeders are not required to make rules work, however they can improve performance in sparse cubes.

A TM1 Skipcheck is a concept related to the IBM Cognos TM1 solution. When a rule is added to a cube, TM1 turns off skipping empty cells and begins to check every cell in the cube before consolidating the values. This can cause performance problems.

A TM1 Sandbox is a functionality related to the IBM Cognos TM1 solution. Sandboxes are versions of cube views saved locally. This feature allows users to have their own personal workspace with a personal copy of the data on which they can do simulations. The sandbox feature can be disabled or enabled by adding a line in the TM1s.cfg file.

IBM Cognos Map Manager is a Microsoft Windows program that you can use to import maps in reports. Map Manager can be installed together with Framework Manager and is also part of IBM Cognos Express. The maps can be used in Report Studio and viewed in Report Viewer. It is possible to create aliases of existing layers or to compose own maps or layers based upon existing layers within Map Manager. 

IBM Cognos Express is an integrated Business Intelligence and CPM-solution for the mid-market.

TM1 Perspectives is a standard TM1 standalone application and needs Microsoft Excel to run. It uses Cube Viewer features while taking advantage of MS Excel functionality via an add-in for Excel. In fact, TM1 Perspectives does the same as TM1 Architect besides the fact that it needs MS Excel and enables you to use the powerful Excel features to perform complex analysis on data stored in a TM1 server.

IBM Cognos TM1 is a solution with a client-server architecture and TM1 Architect is one of the standard TM1 client components that can connect to the TM1 server. The key components of TM1 are TM1 Architect, TM1 Perspectives, TM1 Web and Turbo Integrator.A complete TM1 model is build in TM1 Architect using Turbo Integrator processes. It lets you create, analyze and manage business data using the Cube Viewer. Administrative capabilities are only available through TM1 Architect Server Explorer.

IBM InfoSphere DataStage is a leading Extraction-Transformation-Loading (ETL) tool, offering parallel processing and integration for high volumes of data sources and target applications. DataStage includes large library of built-in transformations and an internal programing language (BASIC) to support simple-to-highly complex transformation logic to the data, as it goes through it.IBM InfoSphere DataStage:

IBM InfoSphere Business Glossary is a software solution providing an enterprise data dictionary. It enables the creation, classification and management of the organizational vocabulary and business definitions to provide better alignment between business and IT users.IBM Business Glossary :

IBM Information Analyzer helps you quickly & easily understand data – its structures, formats, relationships and quality issues. Information Analyzer provides inherit methodology to analyze large volumes of data, with pre-built information queries that help you quickly understand how the data is constructed, to pinpoint quality challenges, and to plan integration processes with higher confidence.