Applix Product Update October 2006 Dave Corbett Director, Product Management.

Applix Product UpdateOctober 2006

Dave Corbett

Director, Product Management

© 2006, Applix, Inc. — All rights reserved. 2Applix Confidential – Roadmap content and delivery dates subject to change

Applix Strategic Product Direction

Enterprise Grade Tech.

64-bit Server Robustness

Supportability

Scalability

Enhanced Admin. Tools

Application Platform

Menu-based Navigation

Task Workflow

Data Maintenance Activities

API Integration

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

Self Service Analytics

Empowered End Users

Dashboards

Data Visualization

Report Distribution

Text-based Reporting


Enterprise Grade Server

Granular Logging / Counters

Admin Console for Monitoring and Killing Jobs

Integration with Performance Monitoring Tools

Optimized Database Locking

Unicode

Long Strings / Cell based Comments & Attachments

Roles / Separation of Admin. Duties & Distributed Admin.

Logging Meta Data in Transaction Log

Linux

Admin UI Overhaul

Embed Turbo Integrator into VB or JS Dev. Environment

Replication, Clustering, Failover

Richmond

Poona

Perth

Win x64 / SAP Connector SP2

Improved Rules Editor

Update Install Process

Removal of Excel for use with TM1Web

Paris


Application Platform

TM1Web Home Page

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)

Alerting

More Packaged Applications

Offline Planning

Richmond

Paris

Web-based Dynamic Reporting Perth


Self Service Analytics

Enhanced EV Integration with TM1

Enhanced performance for larger Essbase reports

Enhanced management for larger number of dimensions

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

Naboo

Geonosis

Report Scheduling and Distribution Paris

KPIs / Metrics

Multi-View Dashboards

Formatting Templates (shared across reports)

Load Balancing / Failover

Kamino


TM1 9.0 SP1

SP2

Paris

Q4 ‘05 Q1 ‘06 Q2 ‘06 Q4 ‘06 Q3‘07

TM1 9.0

SP2

Paris

TM1 RoadmapRoadmap Features and Dates are subject to change

SP1

Perth

Perth

Q1 ‘07

Recent History:

Currently Planned:

The Future:

• Maintenance Policy • Benefits of TM1 9 • Recent Service Packs

• “Enterprise Grade” • Paris – Web focus • Perth – Server focus

• The Wish List

Today’s Agenda:

Richmond

Q2‘08

Richmond

Poona

Poona


6.1

Naboo

Q4 ‘05 Q2 ‘06 Q1 ‘07 Q4‘07

6.1

Nabooo

Applix Executive Viewer Roadmap

Roadmap Features and Dates are subject to change

Geonosis

Geonosis

Recent History:

Currently Planned:

The Future:

• TM1 Integration • Enhancements for Essbase, SSAS 2005

• The Wish List

Today’s Agenda:

Kamino

Kamino

EV 6.0

EV 6.0

‘08

Thank You

You may freely contact Applix Product Managers

with any questions or comments:

[email protected]

[email protected]


TM1 9 SP3: Enterprise Grade Server

SupportabilityImprove 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

LoggingDynamically enabled logging facility

Logging subcomponents controlled independently

Granular level of verbosity

Multiple logging destinations– File

– Memory

– Remote System

MonitoringProvide transparency into Server operations

Implement about 25 counters of ‘interesting’ Server occurrences (how many sver

– 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


TM1 9 SP3: Enterprise Grade ServerMessage Log / Perf. Mon counter integrationDate/Time, Thread ID, Severity, Subcomponent, Log Data

12-15-05 14:05:30, [712] INFO tm1.ob <> - Logging initialized12-15-05 14:05:35, [1076] DEBUG tm1.net <> - Opening TCP network connection.12-15-05 14:05:37, [1076] DEBUG tm1.net <> - Network Connection Disconnecting12-15-05 14:05:38, [3108] DEBUG tm1.net <> - Accepting TCP network connection.12-15-05 14:05:38, [952] DEBUG tm1.ob.lock <> - Obtaining Read_Metadata lock


• TM1Web Applications• Custom Web Applications• Upgrade Installations

• Long Strings• Admin Roles• Meta Data Maintenance Logging• Rules Editor Upgrade• Expand/Collapse in Websheets

TM1 RoadmapRoadmap Features and Dates are subject to change

Paris

Perth

Q3‘07Q1 ‘07

Paris Perth


: TM1 Web ApplicationsTM1Web User Interface Enhancements

Configurable TM1Web Toolbar

Configurable TM1Web Nav Bar

Configurable TM1 Object Tabs

Firefox Support

Application Enablers

User specific Home Page


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

Paris


Paris: TM1 Web Application prototype


Paris: Application Enablers


Business Unit 1

Business Unit 2

Business Unit 3

Business Unit 3

Products

AB

Business Unit 3

Product BProfitability

Report

http://www.xyz/prodB

Product B

View Image

Business Unit 3

Product AProfitability

Report

View Image B

A

Top 10Top 10

Bottom 10Bottom 10

Top 10Top 10




Expenses

Dept. A

Next

Headcount

Dept. A

Next

Capital

Dept. A

PrevPrev

Expenses

Dept. B

Head

Capital

Headcount

Dept. B

Expense

Capital Capital

Dept. B

Head

Expense



Contextual Invocation of TI Process

Project AProject D

Project S

Add New ProjectAdd New Project

Project Expenses

Project Name

Project Code

Manager

Begin Date

Add New Project

New Project

OKOK CancelCancel



Contextual Invocation of TI Process

Marketing ProgramsTravel Expenses

Equipment

Expense PlanningCC 110

Version 3

Version Mgmt

New VersionNew Version

Best Case

Worst Case

In Progress

Create New Version

Assumptions

Version 4

110% of Version 3

Version 3 marked as ‘best case’ submittal

Version 4

OKOK CancelCancel


Paris: Application EnablersCustom 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


Cube Viewer in Sharepoint Portal


Cube Viewer and Websheet in Sharepoint Portal


: 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

Perth


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

Thank You

You may freely contact Applix Product Managers

with any questions or comments:

[email protected]

[email protected]

mailto:[email protected]

mailto:[email protected]


Future Rules Editor ConceptAdd cube reference

Function lookup

Context-aware

formatting

Function insert

Function syntax


Enhanced Integration between EV and TM1

TM1 Alias (6.1)

TM1 Connectivity via API vs. MDX

TM1 Subsets


Applix Executive Viewer

TM1 Drill Through


TM1 Decomposition Tree with Pivoting


TM1 KPI Tree


Cell Based Audit access to Transaction Log

Applix Product Update October 2006 Dave Corbett Director, Product Management.

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