Configuring Slice – Settings


Slice Settings can be updated through the Settings button from the Excel ribbon:

Connection settings

  • Connect Remotely: Tick to connect Slice a a remote Arc server

  • Admin Hosts: TM1 Admin hosts that Slice will use to find all TM1 instances running with this host

  • Connections: Add name and URL to a TM1 instance (more details here)

Locally connected Slice

Remotely connected Slice

Add-In settings

  • Query Min. Batch Size: Min. number of DBRWs on a sheet required for batch

  • Picklist Max. Size: Number maximum of elements to show in a picklist

  • Calculate on Sandbox Change: Refresh data when changing Sandbox

  • Manual Calculation: Excel calculation mode

  • Calculate Before Save: Refreshes the workbook before it is saved to disk

  • Virtual Expression Prefix: Set of Characters to identify virtual expressions

  • Virtual Consolidation Prefix: Set of Characters to identify custom rollups

  • Delete AF rows on upload: Removes all rows except the first, when uploading

  • Confirm view export location: Enable prompting the user for an export target

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Pulse for TM1 integration

These configuration options enable Slice user activity to be tracked in Pulse for TM1.

  • Pulse Server URL: Points to the host and port where Pulse for TM1 is running.

  • Update Stamp: Useful when deploying Slice to end-users. This can help ensure the updated settings in Slice are used

  • Sheet Cell Seek Max Row: Maximum number of rows to be scanned for TM1 related formulas

  • Sheet Cell Seek Max Column: Maximum number of columns to be scanned for TM1 related formulas

  • Enable Simple TM1 Sheet Check: Checks for the presence of TM1REBUILDOPTION to determine if the worksheet is based on TM1

  • Recalculate First Sheet: Useful when configuration values, such as the TM1 Server Name are present on the first worksheet

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Log settings

Slice can produce logs, depending on the selected log level. In case of support issues, you may be asked to enable certain log levels.

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