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  • 1.  Add GUI-based enforcement of minimum client version for Planning Analytics for Excel (PAfE)

    Posted Fri January 09, 2026 06:55 AM

    Hi TM1 / Planning Analytics Community,

    I just submitted a new idea to the IBM Data and AI Ideas Portal for Planning Analytics – it addresses a common pain point with outdated PAfE versions causing performance issues on the server.

    Idea Title: Add GUI-based enforcement of minimum client version for Planning Analytics for Excel (PAfE)

    Short summary: In older TM1 versions, we could block outdated clients via ClientVersionMinimum in tm1s.cfg. This parameter is now fully deprecated and no longer available in current releases (PA 2.1 / v11 and the new v12 engine, including cloud).

    Today, we can only monitor old PAfE versions in logs/reports and manually chase users – there's no central way to block them. This leads to higher RAM usage, longer loading times for views/explorations in Excel, and unnecessary server load.

    Requested feature: A simple GUI setting in the Planning Analytics Administration tool (or PAW Admin) to:

    • Define a minimum supported PAfE version
    • Automatically block older clients with a friendly error message
    • Optional: Auto-email notifications to users/admins
    • Integrate with existing monitoring

    Benefits: Better performance, less manual admin work, improved security, and faster adoption of new PAfE releases.

    Here's the direct link: https://ibm-data-and-ai.ideas.ibm.com/ideas/PAOC-I-1935

    Please vote if you think this would be useful! Every vote helps to get it on IBM's radar.

    What do you think? Have you run into the same issues with old PAfE clients dragging down server performance?

    Thanks everyone!

    Vitalij 



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    Vitalij Rusakovskij
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  • 2.  RE: Add GUI-based enforcement of minimum client version for Planning Analytics for Excel (PAfE)

    Posted 30 days ago

    Something like this?

    https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/planning-analytics/2.0.0?topic=datasources-version-control-datasource-compatibility



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    John O'Leary
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  • 3.  RE: Add GUI-based enforcement of minimum client version for Planning Analytics for Excel (PAfE)

    Posted 29 days ago

    Hello John, 
    yes, it might go to the right direction, however, it is not enough and at the end it would be better to have such a possiibility e.g. at the admin tile, not in a special file like tm1features.json.
    It should be valid for the PAW local / cloud and v12 and as latest as v12, you dont have the access to the files at all.



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    Vitalij Rusakovskij
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    Original Message


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