Deprecation notice for IBM Planning Analytics Workspace Classic experience

The IBM Planning Analytics team intends to remove the capability to remain on Planning Analytics Workspace Classic and preview the Planning Analytics Workspace new experience as part of the Planning Analytics Workspace 2.0.79 update in August 2022.

The 'new experience' is a major update to the Planning Analytics Workspace user experience released as part of the 2.0.56 update in October 2020. The Planning Analytics Workspace new experience provides an updated look and feel, improved navigation and content management. It also introduces Applications and Plans, a dedicated modeling environment, and Predictive Forecasting capabilities.

The user experience in 2.0.55 and earlier releases is referred to as Planning Analytics Workspace Classic. Cloud environments provisioned before the 2.0.56 update could remain on Planning Analytics Workspace Classic, preview the new experience, or permanently switch to the new experience.

Planning Analytics Workspace environments that use the Classic experience will automatically be updated to the new experience as part of the 2.0.79 update in August 2022. Planning Analytics cloud customers that use the Classic experience are encouraged to preview and switch to the new experience before August 2022.

If you are still using Planning Analytics Workspace Classic prior to the August 2022 update, administrators will see a deprecation notice banner on the home page when using Planning Analytics Workspace Classic or previewing the new experience. An administrator can click the More information link to view further details on the deprecation of Planning Analytics Workspace Classic.

Planning Analytics Workspace with the deprecation notice visible

The deprecation notice is presented to each administrator upon login. One administrator dismissing the banner dismisses the banner only for that administrator; other administrators can still see the banner.

The banner will reappear with each new Planning Analytics Workspace release until an administrator completes the switch to the new experience.

Note: This announcement does not impact Planning Analytics on-premise deployments.