IBM Cognos TM1 is enterprise planning software used to implement collaborative planning, budgeting and forecasting solutions, as well as analytical and reporting applications. Similar to Hyperion Essbase, TM1 is a multidimensional data store however it only supports data storage at the “leaf” level.
Having worked with Hyperion Planning solution, I decided to explore the Cognos TM1 offering. The latest version is 9.5 which came out February 9, 2010 and there has been some considerable improvements – the most visible being TM1 Contributor which is a web-based front end. Previously TM1 was basically managed through the Microsoft Excel interface and the TM1 Architect.
In the subsequent posts I will be taking a look at the Cognos TM1 version 9.5 offering starting with the installation.
Shehzad Kazmi 