What-If analysis with TM1.

[deepu_sree]

Hi All,
Can somebody give me a few ideas/inbuilt mechanisms in TM1 which help you do What-If analysis?

I'm completely clueless about What-If analysis and thats why such a vague question. Sorry about it.

Regards,
Deepu.

[jim wood]

Hi Deepu,

There are some elements you can do within Excel, for example spreading and there are things you do via TM1 Contributor, but on the whole TM1 itself is like a starting block. If you want it to do something you build it by using either rules (calculation language) or TI (Turbo Integrator).

For more information might I suggest you look at OLAPedia or check out the IBM web site,

Jim.

[csjean]

Hi Deepu,

Depending on your needs:

• Why you need the what-if analysis
• What you will do with it once it's finished
• What kind of "ifs" we are talking about (driver based or "finger" based variations).

There are a lot of things you can do with TM1 and a lot of different ways to do them:

• Use sandboxes
• Use driver cubes and rules
• Use TIs
• Spread values with the many spreading functions.
• None of the above
• All of the above

As Jim said, you should lookup IBM's website and familiarize yourself with the different TM1 features.

Hope this helps.