TM1 control object as datasource in CDM

[lukasz_matuszkiewicz]

Hello,
I'm trying to display data from TM1 in a financial statement generated in Cognos Disclosure Management. My need now is to display financial statement elements in various languages. This is typically done with attributes/aliases in TM1 and I can do it in TM1 itself.

However, when it comes to CDM, I discovered that one can't make (at least I failed) a TM1 datasource connectivity with control object (i.e. }ElementAttributes cube) nor display TM1 attributes of each element in financial statement.

Is it possible to create a TM1 datasource based on a control cube or somehow display TM1 attributes in CDM?

Thank you in advance for any answer.

Regards,
Łukasz Matuszkiewicz

[Andi]

Hi Łukasz,

Currently there is no direct way for CDM to use multiple aliases, however there is a workaround that could work for your scenario. You can create a TM1 view to use those attributes and then in CDM create a query using this view (basically before generating in another language just change the language in the view and then a full refresh on generation in CDM to fully refresh)

Hope this helps,

Thanks

Andi

[Ianr@EC]

FYI - If you have an IBM id you can vote for a request for enhancement for Cognos Disclosure Management to Allow Data Source Connections to TM1 Control Cubes.

Follow this link to vote:
http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/rfe/execute?use_case=viewRfe&CR_ID=64984

While you are using developer works, could you also vote for this enhancement request for adding a PDF/A output to CDM:
http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/rfe/execute?use_case=viewRfe&CR_ID=68852

Thank-you
Ian Reid