Here’s an example of how your TM1 application would like if you replaced TM1 Web with Canvas. For this example the TM1 Web and Canvas user interface have been built on top of the same TM1 cubes:

TM1 has by far the most powerful calculation engine on the market, but it is also well known that it is missing a modern user interface. Lots of companies using TM1 for planning and reporting also use an extra Business Intelligence tool for management reporting.

In the previous article we went through some simple GET requests to retrieve a list of cubes and a single cube. We are now going to expand on those examples by using two OData query options: $expand and $select. 

Building reports in Excel is a great way to build TM1 applications but you can easily reach the limits of Excel. Canvas will help you to extend the reach of your TM1 applications as you will now be able to easily build a modern and intuitive web front-end for your planning and reporting TM1 applications.