IBM Cognos TM1 9.4 was released on August 14 and can be downloaded from the Cognos support site for registered customers (userid and password required).
Key new features of this release include:
- "Active Forms" replace dynamic slicing
TM1 9.4 has removed dynamic slicing. Instead, new Active Forms allow for standard Excel format options in a worksheet and to view and update live TM1 cube data directly in Excel when connected to a TM1 server.
- New features to support Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance
- Three TM1 Administrator Roles
- New TM1 Audit Log
- Long String Support
TM1 9.4 supports strings longer than 255 bytes in cell data and SQL statements.
- Microsoft Windows Vista and Excel 2007 Support
- New TM1 ribbon for Excel 2007
- .xlsx files can be opened in TM1 Web if Excel 2007 is installed on the web server
- TM1 Web 64-bit IIS Support
- Unicode Support for multiple languages
A more detailed review of all these new features can be found in the attached TM1 NEW FEATURES GUIDE.
Pictured: In 9.4 seconds, a WORLD RECORD by Frank Wykoff runnning the 100 YARD DASH on June 7, 1930 - A segue reference to "version 9.4" (since Usain Bolt can only run 100m in 9.69 seconds) and a reference to the legendary speed of TM1 cubes.
Integration of IBM Cognos 8 and TMI 9.4
Other exciting developments include Integration of IBM Cognos 8 and TMI 9.4.
At the Cognos TM1 Forum this week (3-5 September) Cognos demonstrated how Cognos 8 Business Intelligence enhances the deployment and implemention of IBM Cognos TM1. This included complex and simple reports, multi-source dashboards, report packs, comprehensive analyses, managed reports with prompts, scorecards, scheduling, distribution and alerts, without scripting or coding!
Utilising the real-time in-memory facilities of TM1 cubes, data updates can be reflected immediately by the BI components. Employing a multi-user live scenario, Cognos illustrated these abilities in a web-based zero footprint environment.
About CALUMO
The CALUMO Group (www.calumo.com) is a leading provider of Performance Management solutions for enterprise-wide reporting planning and Business Intelligence. Since 1998 the group has successfully delivered solutions to a wide range of enterprises from SME's to some of the largest listed companies and government organisations. These solutions provide quantifiable and valuable business insight, offering a single platform from which to integrate Corporate, Financial and Operational performance and objectives.
Mikado Dynamics (a CALUMO Group associated company) is an IBM Cognos Platinum Reseller Partner. The Group is the longest standing performance management solution provider in Cognos TM1, with over 12 year’s experience.