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Arc — Installation & Config

⚙️ Arc Configuration Settings
🐧 Linux Configuration
📋 Overview
📦 Installation by Platform
🔑 Licensing & Subscriptions
🖥️ System Requirements & Deployment Planning
🤖 Arc Assistant
🪟 Windows Configuration
Adding Arc Path to the Linux User's Environment
Arc & Slice Comparison table (on-premise vs IBM Cloud)
Arc Installation and Configuration
Arc settings.yml File Reference
Arc System Requirements
Changing the Naming of Functions and Snippets in Rules and Processes
Clear Arc Cache
Connect Arc to a TM1 instance
Connect to Multiple Admin Hosts
Connecting Arc to Atmosphere – Setup Guide
Disable the Arc Assistant
Enable the Arc Assistant
Enabling TLS Protocols in Arc
Generating an Arc license
Generating an Arc License Key
Generating an Arc license without internet connection
Getting Started with Arc
Getting Started with Arc for IBM Employees
Getting Started with Arc on the Cloud
Getting Started with Arc Server on Linux
Getting Started with Arc Server on Mac
Getting Started with Arc Server on Windows
Grouping TM1 servers and instances in Arc
Hiding Instances from the Admin Host
Hiding the Authorized User Email in Arc
How to Log In to a TM1 Instance
How to Start Arc
Initializing Arc Without an Internet Connection
Managing Your Arc Subscriptions
Override selected Arc user preferences
Set up Arc as a Windows Service
Setting Up Arc as a Windows Service
Setting up Arc on a Mac
Setting Up SSO with CAM and Arc
Trialling and Buying Arc
Trialling and Buying Arc for TM1
Upgrading Arc for TM1
Using Arc with IBM PA Cloud (v11)
Using Arc with IBM PAaaS (TM1 v12)
Using SSL with Arc for TM1
Using TLS Protocols v1.2+ with Arc
Where to install Arc

Arc — User Manual

Arc+ — Installation & Config

Arc+ Installation and Configuration Home
Configuration
Override selected user preferences
User Preferences

Arc+ — User Manual

🎓 Arc+ Training
🏗️ Plan and Build Faster with Arc+
💎 Arc+ Fundamentals
🔄 Migration and Change Tracking
🧪 Automated Testing for TM1
🩺 Support and Monitor Your Systems
Arc+ User Manual
Architecture Slice + Arc + Pulse ↔ IBM TM1
Assertions
Best Practice Validation
Blame Report
Categories
Change Tracking
Chore / Process History
Code Coverage
Collections
Compare
Connecting Arc to Pulse (Enabling Arc+)
Flow Diagram
Lock Objects
Migration
Module 1: Introduction & Training Environment
Module 2: Test Categories & Test Case 1 – Successful Data Load
Module 3: Test Case 2 – Rule Check & Test Case 3 – Dimension Updates
Module 4: Test Case 4 – Cube Data Validate & Test Case 5 – Exporting Data
Module 5: Test Collections, Code Coverage & Tips
Object Usage Tracking
Quiz: Knowledge Check – Unit Testing in TM1
Search Model
Test Hub
Unit Tests

PowerConnect — Installation & Config

Hitting the /environments endpoint
Hitting the /instances endpoint
⚙️ Configuration and Maintenance
🏛️ Architecture and Prerequisites
🔒 Security and Access Control
🛠️ Support and Troubleshooting
Accessing the connector
Architecture
Configuring SSL for PowerConnect
Configuring the PowerConnect App Server
Configuring the PowerConnect Connector
How to configure the Gateway connection in PBI Service
How to install the PowerConnect license
Installation Guide
Installing the Microsoft On-Premises Data Gateway
Installing the PowerConnect Connector
Linux - Installing the PowerConnect App Server
Microsoft Power BI REST API Setup Guide
PowerConnect Application Server
PowerConnect Comparison table (on-premise vs IBM Cloud)
PowerConnect Connector
PowerConnect FAQ (Evaluation & POC)
PowerConnect Hosted on Cubewise Cloud
PowerConnect Installation and Configuration
PowerConnect Sizing Guide
PowerConnect with PA Cloud or PAaaS
Prerequisites
Problems with Authenticating with the Organizational Account
Security
Setting the TM1 credentials
The PowerConnect Admin Portal
Troubleshooting MDX
Troubleshooting the connector
Upgrading PowerConnect
Windows - Installing the PowerConnect App Server

PowerConnect — User Manual

☁️ Publishing Reports to the Power BI Service
🎓 PowerConnect Training
💎 PowerConnect Fundamentals
🔌 Loading Data and Metadata into Power BI
🔒 Securing Your Power BI Reports
Accessing the PowerConnect Connector
Charts
Configuring Row Level Security (RLS)
Creating a dasboard
Leveraging Hierarchies with DAX
Loading data and metadata
Model View
PowerConnect User Manual
PowerConnect vs Atmosphere: Choosing the Right Path for TM1 Data
Preparing the data
Publishing to Power BI Service
Report View
Retrieving Data
Securing datasets when using Power BI Service
Star Schema
Table View
What is unique about PowerConnect?
Working with TM1 Hierarchies in Power BI

Pulse — Installation & Config

Pulse — User Manual

Slice — Installation & Config

⚙️ Configuration and Maintenance
🏛️ Architecture and Prerequisites
🔒 Security and Access Control
🛠️ Support and Troubleshooting
Building Active Forms with Hierarchies
Changing working directory of Slice
Clearing cache when debugging Slice
Configuring Slice Settings
Debugging Server Explorer in Slice
Enable VBA
Enabling the Arc Assistant in Slice
Features & How-To
Getting Slice Logs
Getting Started with Slice
How to install the Slice License
Improving Slice Excel Report Performance
Installation Guide
Installing Slice with the installer
Language Settings
Personal.xlsb file in XLSTART directory
Perspectives vs Slice: Deprecated Features and Behavior Differences (Practical Guide)
Slice add-in has been blocked by Excel
Slice Dott/Comma manual override
Slice FAQ
Slice for TM1 — Best Practices (Authoritative Guide)
Slice Installation and Configuration
Slice Installation to Multiple Users and Silent Installation
Slice Server Explorer Blank Page Troubleshooting
Slice Settings
Slice Time‑Out Parameters and Impact (Arc vs TM1 Configuration)
Slice with Perspectives or PAfE
Slice: # / ## element-name conflict
Slice: Language and number format troubleshooting
Troubleshooting
Troubleshooting First-Time Slice Login Failures on Restricted Networks
Unable to show the Server Explorer
Uninstalling Slice for TM1
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Slice — User Manual

✨ Slice Innovative Features
💎 Slice Fundamentals
💡 Slice Insights
📊 Working with Slice in Excel
3 New DBRW Features in Slice
Active Form with Dynamic Columns
Active Forms with Dynamic Columns
Annotations
Building a Dynamic MDX Form with Dimension Switching
Building Fast Excel Reports with Slice
Cell Audit
Context Menu in a Cell
Create an Active Form (Dynamic Column)
Create an Active Form from a Cube View
Create an Active Form from Excel
Creating On-the-Fly Calculated Members in MDX Forms
Cross Drill in Active Forms
DBRW Advanced Feature
DBS Send and Paste Range
Export Slice
Generating MDX Forms with Slice
Getting Started with Slice
Getting Started with Slice – Installation and Connection
Getting Started with Slice in One Minute
Hierarchies in DBH and DBHW formulas
How to Create and Use Active Forms
Leveraging Hierarchies with Slice
MDX Form
MDX Forms in Slice
Part 1 - Fundamentals
Remove all TM1 formulas
Show and Hide the Slice Menu
Slice Excel Formulas
Slice Ribbon Toolbar Reference
Slice User Manual
Slice Worksheet Formulas
Stacking Dimensions and Switching MDX Queries
The Slice Toolbar
Training Environment
Transitioning from TM1 Perspectives to Slice
Using Excel Ranges within TM1 Functions
Using Hierarchies in Active Forms
Using Hierarchies in DBH and DBHW Formulas
Using Hierarchies in Functions
Using Hierarchies in SUBNM Formulas
Virtual Consolidation
Virtual Consolidations
Virtual Consolidations in SUBNM Formulas
Virtual Expression
What is an MDX Form and How Does it Work?

Atmosphere — Installation & Config

Atmosphere Installation and Configuration

Atmosphere — User Manual

Atmosphere User Manual
Setting Up Atmosphere with Arc

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Perspectives vs Slice: Deprecated Features and Behavior Differences (Practical Guide)

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