Tracing TM1 references

Homemade TM1 reports can get quite convoluted and users might get a hard time updating them as it is difficult to tell where some TM1 formulas are pointing to.
The excel formula auditing toolbar can be useful in such situations.

  • right click next to the top bar to bring up the bars menu
  • select "Formula Auditing" bar

Formula auditing setting in Excel

  • Activate tracing arrows to highlight precedents

trace dependents arrows in Excel

This is quite useful to get the scope of a cube or dimension reference in a report or to see which elements a DBRW formula is made of.

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