Connecting to IBM Planning Analytics

Connecting to IBM Planning Analytics

Question

How do we connect Digital Hive to IBM Planning Analytics?

Answer

As a Digital Hive administrator, connecting to IBM Planning Analytics can be accomplished via the following steps:
  1. Open the Digital Hive Control Center
  2. Click on the Connectors and select New Connector 
  3. Select IBM Planning Analytics with Watson 

  4. Provide a name for the Connector
  5. Select PAW Authentication as the Authentication Method (whether authentication mode 1 or 5 is being used, PAW Authentication is the correct setting)
  6. Provide the System Credentials which will be used for indexing the Planning Analytics content
  7. If the system credential used is not the same as your credential, select the A different account option within the Your Account section
  8. To connect successfully, the base URL for the PAW Server must be provided. For example:
     
  9. Once all the values have been supplied, press the Next button which will bring you the dialog where content needs to be added to the Digital Hive environment

Once the connector has been added, source content will have to be 'enabled' to be accessible from within Digital Hive. Please consult this document for further steps: https://support.digitalhive.com/portal/en/kb/articles/enable-connector-content-in-digital-hive


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