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Applix Product Update
October 2006
Dave Corbett
Director, Product Management
Applix Strategic Product Direction
Enterprise-wide Performance Management
 Expand End User Adoption within & beyond Finance
 Enhance IT’s perception of Applix Solutions
 Applications for Executives, Line Managers, Analysts
 Strategic Partnerships to reach Operational Users
Enterprise Grade Tech.
64-bit Server
Robustness
Application Platform
Self Service Analytics
Menu-based Navigation
Empowered End Users
Task Workflow
Dashboards
Data Visualization
Scalability
Data Maintenance
Activities
Enhanced Admin. Tools
API Integration
Supportability
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Report Distribution
Text-based Reporting
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Enterprise Grade Server
Win x64 / SAP Connector
SP2
Granular Logging / Counters
Poona
Admin Console for Monitoring and Killing Jobs
Integration with Performance Monitoring Tools
Optimized Database Locking
Improved Rules Editor
Paris
Update Install Process
Removal of Excel for use with TM1Web
Unicode
Long Strings / Cell based Comments & Attachments
Perth
Roles / Separation of Admin. Duties & Distributed Admin.
Logging Meta Data in Transaction Log
Linux
Richmond
Admin UI Overhaul
Embed Turbo Integrator into VB or JS Dev. Environment
Replication, Clustering, Failover
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Application Platform
TM1Web Home Page
Paris
Configurable Toolbar, Tabs, Navigation
Who Am I Function
Open Application Folders
Contextual Navigation
Websheet Button access to Turbo Integrator Scripts
URL Addressable Websheets and Cube Views
.NET Objects / Custom Web Development with TM1
Firefox
TM1 Workflow / Support for Unstructured Data
Cell-based Audit (access to Transaction Log)
Web-based Dynamic Reporting
Alerting
Perth
Richmond
More Packaged Applications
Offline Planning
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Self Service Analytics
Enhanced EV Integration with TM1
Naboo
Enhanced performance for larger Essbase reports
Enhanced management for larger number of dimensions
Report Scheduling and Distribution
Paris
Data Visualization Diagrams
More relational-like reporting (string cells)
Intelligent Outline caching
Built-in Report Dynamics (Auto DynaSelect)
Dynamic recognition of Meta Data changes
XML-based Views
KPIs / Metrics
Multi-View Dashboards
Formatting Templates (shared across reports)
Load Balancing / Failover
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Geonosis
Kamino
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TM1 Roadmap
TM1 9.0
SP1
Roadmap Features and Dates are subject to change
SP2
Poona
Paris
Perth
Richmond
Q4 ‘05
Q1 ‘06
Q2 ‘06
Q4 ‘06
Q1 ‘07
Q3‘07
Q2‘08
Today’s Agenda:
Recent History:
• Maintenance Policy
Currently Planned:
TM1 9.0 SP1 SP2
• Benefits of TM1 9
Poona
• “Enterprise Grade”
The Future:
• Recent Service Packs
Paris
• Paris – Web focus
Perth
• Perth – Server focus
Richmond
• The Wish List
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Applix Executive Viewer Roadmap
6.1
EV 6.0
Naboo
Geonosis
Kamino
Q4 ‘05
Q2 ‘06
Q1 ‘07
Q4‘07
‘08
Today’s Agenda:
Recent History:
Currently Planned:
• TM1 Integration
The Future:
EV 6.0
6.1
Nabooo
• Enhancements for Essbase, SSAS 2005
Geonosis
Kamino
• The Wish List
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Roadmap
Features
and
Dates
subject
to change
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Thank You
You may freely contact Applix Product Managers
with any questions or comments:
[email protected]
[email protected]
TM1 9 SP3: Enterprise Grade Server
Supportability
Improve visibility into the health and performance of the TM1 Server
Remove dependency on ‘dumps’
Provide IT engineer better diagnostic tools
Combine Error and Message Log
Provide Access to Message Log while Server is up (or hung)
Powerful combination of logging and performance counters
Logging
Monitoring
Dynamically enabled logging facility
Provide transparency into Server operations
Logging subcomponents controlled
independently
Implement about 25 counters of ‘interesting’
Server occurrences (how many sver
Granular level of verbosity
Multiple logging destinations
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File
–
Memory
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Remote System
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Connections a server has accepted
–
How many readers hold locks
IT Perfman (Win), CA Unicenter (UNIX)
Locate server operations at time of error
Locate performance bottlenecks
TM1 Top – Who holds locks / Centrally kill
undesirable processes
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TM1 9 SP3: Enterprise Grade Server
Message Log / Perf. Mon counter integration
Date/Time, Thread ID, Severity, Subcomponent, Log Data
12-15-05
12-15-05
12-15-05
12-15-05
12-15-05
14:05:30, [712] INFO tm1.ob <> - Logging initialized
14:05:35, [1076] DEBUG tm1.net <> - Opening TCP network connection.
14:05:37, [1076] DEBUG tm1.net <> - Network Connection Disconnecting
14:05:38, [3108] DEBUG tm1.net <> - Accepting TCP network connection.
14:05:38, [952] DEBUG tm1.ob.lock <> - Obtaining Read_Metadata lock
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TM1 Roadmap
Roadmap Features and Dates are subject to change
Paris
Perth
Q1 ‘07
Paris
• TM1Web Applications
• Custom Web Applications
• Upgrade Installations
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Perth
Q3‘07
• Long Strings
• Admin Roles
• Meta Data Maintenance Logging
• Rules Editor Upgrade
• Expand/Collapse in Websheets
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Paris : TM1 Web Applications
TM1Web User Interface Enhancements
Configurable TM1Web Toolbar
Configurable TM1Web Nav Bar
Configurable TM1 Object Tabs
Firefox Support
Application Enablers
User specific Home Page
Contextual Navigation
Contextual Invocation of TI Processes
Open Application Folders
Custom Web Applications
.NET API
URL Adddressible Websheets and CubeViews
Portal Support
Additional Features
Enhanced Rules Editor
Removal of Excel from TM1 WebServer
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Paris: TM1 Web Application prototype
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Paris: Application Enablers
Contextual Navigation
Business Unit 1
http://www.xyz/prodB
Business Unit 2
Top 10
Business Unit 3
Business Unit 3
Product A
Bottom 10
Business Unit 3
Products
Product B
Business Unit 3
Product B
Profitability
Report
A
A
Profitability
Report
View Image
B
View Image
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Paris: Application Enablers
Contextual Navigation
Expenses
Headcount
Dept. A
Capital
Dept. A
Next
Dept. A
Prev
Next
Prev
Headcount
Dept. B
Expenses
Dept. B
Head
Expense
Capital
Capital
Dept. B
Head
Capital
Expense
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Paris: Application Enablers
Contextual Invocation of TI Process
Add New Project
Project Expenses
Project A
Project D
Project Name
Project S
Project Code
New Project
Manager
Begin Date
Add New Project
OK
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Paris: Application Enablers
Contextual Invocation of TI Process
CC 110
Create New Version
Expense Planning
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Version 4
Assumptions
Marketing Programs
Travel Expenses
Version 3 marked as
‘best case’ submittal
Version Mgmt
Version 4
Best Case
110% of Version 3
Worst Case
Equipment
In Progress
OK
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New Version
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Paris: Application Enablers
Custom Web Applications
.NET Object access to TM1
– Visual Components (url addressable TM1 Cube Views, TM1 Websheets)
– Data Components (Views, Elements, Attributes)
– TI Processes for performing data maintenance
Web Portal Support / Web Parts for Sharepoint
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Cube Viewer in Sharepoint Portal
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Cube Viewer and Websheet in Sharepoint Portal
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Perth : TM1 Core Changes
Long Strings
Enhance String storage from 256 to 64,000
Cell-based Commentary and Attachments
Proactive Visual Cue
Administration
Data, Meta Data, Security, Programmer Admin Roles
Admin access to specific Cube Families
Meta Data Logging
Password Maintenance Enhancements
Meta Data Reports
Dynamic Expand/Collapse for Websheets
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Future Roadmap Candidates
Alerts & Notification
KPI Management – Categorization, Targets, Thresholds
Unicode
Offline TM1
Time Intelligence
Named Levels, Named Hierarchies
Hierarchy based Dimensions (Split dimension into multiple dimensions based on
hierarchies)
Activity Security (Spreading, ASCII Output, etc..)
Formalized Scorecards
Linux Server Support
TI imbedded into a Programming Language (JavaScript, VB)
Admin UI Overhaul
‘Freeze History’ from recalculations
Clustering / Failover
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Thank You
You may freely contact Applix Product Managers
with any questions or comments:
[email protected]
[email protected]
Future Rules Editor Concept
Function
lookup
Add cube
reference
Function
insert
Function
syntax
Contextaware
formatting
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Enhanced Integration between EV and TM1
TM1 Alias (6.1)
TM1 Connectivity via API vs. MDX
TM1 Subsets
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Applix Executive Viewer
TM1 Drill Through
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TM1 Decomposition Tree with Pivoting
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TM1 KPI Tree
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Cell Based Audit access to Transaction Log
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