If you’re struggling to find out what your Planning Analytics version is, follow the steps below.
Before you start, ensure you have access to IBM Planning Analytics server via remote desktop. Access credentials can be found in your Welcome Kit.
Please note that the Planning Analytics version may differ between your Live and Dev environments.
Your Planning Analytics version is reflected by the TM1 server build number, by finding this TM1 server build number you can look up the Planning Analytics version.
- Access your IBM Planning Analytics server environment via remote desktop. A link to your remote desktop is included in the welcome kit.
- Username and password to access the environment are also included in the welcome kit pdf document. Username should be something like ‘Modeler_x’
- In the Planning Analytics server, open Windows Explorer and access the shared drive. You can access the shared drive by typing \\data\s and use ‘FileShare’ username and password in your welcome kit. For more detailed steps please refer to the IBM article below:
- Navigate to ‘Prod’ and select any Planning Analytics service. Inside the Planning Analytics service folder you should find the ‘Logs’ folder. Find ‘tm1server.log’ and open it using Notepad.
- In the log, find the string for ‘TM1 Build Number’, you can use ctrl+f to find the string.
Take note of the TM1 build number, and find its PA version in the IBM reference article below:
https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/planning-analytics/2.0.0?topic=features-whats-new-in-planning-analytics
Using the example above, if my TM1 build number is 11.8.0200.24, I can translate it to PA Analytics version 2.0.9.3, released on 10 October 2020.