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I echo the issues raised by Wim below.  We can almost certainly find workarounds, but the loss of direct access to the operating system is likely to be painful, particularly with respect to file management and local backups.  I use DOS FINDSTR a lot (rather than NotePad++) and echo the need for a file search function.

I rarely use Architect or Perspectives these days, though I recall that there are a handful of items that have not yet been replicated in PAW, including Performance Monitor and direct visibility of cube sizes.  In addition, I don’t believe the Check Feeders function is reliable in PAW/PAFE (it claims cells are fed when they aren't), whereas it is in Architect/Perspectives.

Hello, 

Thanks a lot for informing. 

I have a few queries around tasks we are currently performing with applications available in RDP: 

• What happens to Powershell-linked commands? For example, we use the Powershell command window to automatically send emails through TI processes. 
• What happens to the commands executed via Chores to create zipped back-up folders in the night? I understand we will have access to the S: folders via File Manager, but need to have further understanding around the way automated Commands (if?) will work.

Hello,

We use Performance Modeler and Perspective to create and deploy TM1 Applications. We are managing these by logging to the Cloud server by remote desktop connection. 

Would it be available in future to use.

Thanks

Hello,

As mentioned in the previous comments, we use Remote Desktop mainly for PA support that is unavailable in Workspace or PAfE. Most of the PA administration and development is already done in Workspace.

One of the functionality missing in Workspace are daily backups of the PA database files. Currently, we use 7zip in combination with Turbo Integrator processes och chores, which is administered via Remote Desktop. 

The new File Manager is an improvement, but it does not allow daily backups yet:

• It does not provide access to database files (it only gives access to model_upload folder)
• The compression cannot be scheduled via Turbo Integrator
• The zipfiles cannot be automatically re-named or re-located

The daily backups are an important part of PA support. We will need it once the Remote Desktop is deprecated.

Hello,

Same as Wim and also Perspective Feature not yet enabled in PAFE.

One of my Cloud customers use Perspective to generate 55 excel files (with  print out a snapshoot report) and manually sends each of these files to as many users, who then enter their data into the file and deposit it in a directory where TurboIntegrator processes it. (although TI still can't read Excel files, which means they have to be transformed into CSV files).

What will my customer do if he can no longer use Perspective?

Regards,

Philippe

Hello, my first thoughts go to actions like:

• running PowerShell or similar for automation of what would otherwise be impossible or extremely inefficient. For instance, moving private views and subsets and applications from 1 user to another, caused by the fact that the files are saved in different folders. Private applications are even more a nightmare. What is the recommended solution actually by IBM for private applications ? They could be anywhere under }Applications so searching manually is not a solution. I tried the TM1 REST API, no solution either.
• deleting thousands of files (a model with 10s of thousands of permant views and subsets that should have been temporary in the first place and did not get cleared). Deleting lots of files from FileZilla takes ages compared to doing it in rdp.
• deleting 10s of thousands of .hdr and .res files, following asynchronous processes and the TM1 server does not automatically clear those temporary files
• using Notepad++ (portable) to search in files, typically .pro files and .rux files, but also .vue and .sub. Is this a capability that will come to PAW, searching for a string in all/certain processes and rules ?
• how to copy from prod to dev, is FileZilla or other FTP client the only solution ? Some companies block that traffic so no solution for them. With 1 rdp and 2 File Explorer's side by side was so easy.
• using 7zip (portable) to be able to create a daily backup from a chore
• using WinMerge (portable) to compare files and folders, for instance when migrating objects.

Will we still work with an ACLS.txt text file for folder rights ?

While I do understand the reasoning, this change can be quite severe for actions like outlined above.