IBM Cognos TM1 Developer's Certification Guide

Drilling from an Active Form

As specified in the TM1 Users Guide:

Active Forms let you view and update live TM1 cube data directly in Excel whenever you are connected to the TM1 server on which the cube data resides. Active Forms retain the ability to expand and collapse row dimension consolidations in a TM1 view while allowing you to use native Excel features and functions to create complex reports.

Another place where drill-through works—other than the TM1 Cube Viewer and a sliced worksheet—is an Active Form. You can create your Active Form, using either of the following methods:

• From the TM1 Cube Viewer File menu, click on Active Form Slice.
• From the TM1 Cube Viewer toolbar, click on the Active Form button.

The Active Form is created in a new empty ...