IBM Planning Analytics 

AI-Capabilities Powered by Watson X

With Sami El Cheikh, IBM Product Manager

February 26, 2025, 11am-12pm EST

We hosted a great session with Sami El Cheikh from IBM to walk through the recently released AI-powered capabilities in IBM Planning Analytics. These new features are integrated in IBM PA and leverage Watson X to help increase usability and adoption of the tool by all types of users. They are currently available in the platform.

The session covered the following items:

• AI Capabilities Powered by Watson X
  • IBM PA Assistant - Manipulate and source IBM PA content for review and analysis
  • Chart Insights - Obtain insights and key points in natural language
  • Outlier Analysis - Identify outliers in a specified data set
  • Impact Analysis - Discover dependencies and correlations across multiple variables
  • Rule Tracer Explains - User-friendly explanation of cell calculation logic
• Feature Availability (Cloud, On-Prem, Licensing)
• Future Roadmap
• Q&A

You can access the session recording by filling out the form on the right.