Support for Planning Analytics as a Service

A new data server connection type, IBM Planning Analytics as a Service, takes advantage of MDX capabilities in the Planning Analytics Engine (PAE). These capabilities allow Cognos® Analytics to send MDX queries directly to PAE, instead of processing the MDX itself. This change reduces memory requirements for the query service. It also reduces the number of caches used and the number of queries sent to Planning Analytics as a Service.

If you upgrade your Planning Analytics connection to a Planning Analytics as a Service connection, you can continue to use your existing packages and modules. When you create the connection, you enter a different URL for the database host and select a different authentication method. You don't need to modify your reports. However, some differences in results are expected.