Employ new features for Excel forms

Cubewise Slice provides advanced features for Excel forms within IBM® Planning Analytics with Watson (TM1) databases. Slice is an add-in that connects directly to the TM1 REST API, works over the internet and has built-in support for hierarchies. It’s compatible with Perspectives and brings new capabilities while maintaining existing Excel functions.

Features

• **Building the next generation of Active Forms: **The MDX Form is driven by one MDX query making it much faster and more flexible than traditional TM1 Active Forms.
• **Apply custom styles: **Create and edit your style with the View Style editor plugin. Implement formatting to Cube Viewer, Snapshot, Slice and Active From.

Benefits

• **Keep what works: **Slice supports all traditional IBM Planning Analytics features such as Excel functions (DBRW, DBSW, SUBNM), action buttons, and sandbox.
• **Integrate new functions: **Enhance Excel reporting with three new features added to the DBRW function: Virtual Consolidations, Virtual Expressions, and Named Range.
• **Build reports: **Explore a new way to build Excel reports through the MDX Form. Driven by one MDX query, reports are fast and flexible.