IBM PLANNING ANALYTICS · RULES & FEEDERS

Reprocess TM1 feeders.
In the PAW rules editor.

In Planning Analytics Workspace, use the “Process feeders” button to reprocess a cube’s feeders without starting a separate TI process.

The short answer

Open the rules for the relevant cube and select Process feeders at the top right. Confirm the runtime warning. The button calls CubeProcessFeeders for that cube.

Available from PAW 2.1.19 · also in the 3.1.6 release branch

German transcript

Schreibst du Rules in Planning Analytics? Dann weißt du ja, was Feeder sind. Nach Rule-Anpassungen müssen oftmals die Feeder neu berechnet werden. Bisher musste die Neuberechnung der Feeder immer per Prozess angestoßen werden. Das hat man mit dem Prozessbefehl CubeProcessFeeders gemacht. Für diese Neuberechnung der Feeder gibt es ab Version 2.1.19 jetzt einen eigenen Button im Rule-Editor. Diese und noch zwei weitere Neuerungen habe ich in einem kurzen Onepager zusammengefasst.

Der Link dazu ist in der Videobeschreibung. Den Process-Feeder-Button findest du so: Öffne dazu den Rule-Editor. Hier habe ich eine einfache Rule zur Berechnung meiner Umsätze. Hier gibt es jetzt ein Symbol, das etwa so aussieht wie ein RSS-Symbol. Wenn du hier daraufklickst, werden die Feeder im Hintergrund direkt neu berechnet. Du sparst dir also zukünftig das Ausführen eines eigenen Prozesses zum Setzen der Feeder.

English transcript

If you write rules in Planning Analytics, you will be familiar with feeders. After changing a rule, feeders often need to be processed again. Previously, this had to be triggered by a process using the CubeProcessFeeders function. From version 2.1.19, there is a dedicated option for this in the rules editor. I have summarised this and two other enhancements in a short one-page guide.

The link is in the video description. To find the Process feeders option, open the rules editor. In this example, I have a simple rule that calculates revenue. You will now see an icon that looks similar to an RSS symbol. Click it to process the feeders directly in the background. You no longer need to run a separate process for this task.

STEP BY STEP

Three steps in the rules editor.

01

Open the cube’s rules

Open the relevant cube in the Modeling Workbench and its rules editor. Check that you are working on the correct cube.

02

Select Process feeders

Select “Process feeders” at the top right. In the video, its icon resembles an RSS symbol.

03

Confirm and check the result

Confirm the processing-time warning. Wait for the success message, then check the relevant values and consolidations in your cube view.

WHAT THE BUTTON DOES

Reprocessing does not mean deleting.

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

Any questions?

Do I still need a TI process?

Not for the manual action in the rules editor. CubeProcessFeeders remains relevant in TI processes for automated workflows.

Do I need to click after every rule change?

No. Saving edited rules normally processes feeders already. Check the reason for an additional run.

I cannot see the button. What should I check?

Check your PAW version and that you have opened the cube’s rules editor. IBM lists the feature from PAW 2.1.19 and 3.1.6.

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Checked on 19 September 2026. Based on my video and the following IBM documentation.