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A TM1 Sandbox is a functionality related to the IBM Cognos TM1 solution. Sandboxes are versions of cube views saved locally. This feature allows users to have their own personal workspace with a personal copy of the data on which they can do simulations. The sandbox feature can be disabled or enabled by adding a line in the TM1s.cfg file.

IBM Cognos Map Manager is a Microsoft Windows program that you can use to import maps in reports. Map Manager can be installed together with Framework Manager and is also part of IBM Cognos Express. The maps can be used in Report Studio and viewed in Report Viewer. It is possible to create aliases of existing layers or to compose own maps or layers based upon existing layers within Map Manager. 

IBM Cognos Express is an integrated Business Intelligence and CPM-solution for the mid-market.

TM1 Perspectives is a standard TM1 standalone application and needs Microsoft Excel to run. It uses Cube Viewer features while taking advantage of MS Excel functionality via an add-in for Excel. In fact, TM1 Perspectives does the same as TM1 Architect besides the fact that it needs MS Excel and enables you to use the powerful Excel features to perform complex analysis on data stored in a TM1 server.

IBM Cognos TM1 is a solution with a client-server architecture and TM1 Architect is one of the standard TM1 client components that can connect to the TM1 server. The key components of TM1 are TM1 Architect, TM1 Perspectives, TM1 Web and Turbo Integrator.A complete TM1 model is build in TM1 Architect using Turbo Integrator processes. It lets you create, analyze and manage business data using the Cube Viewer. Administrative capabilities are only available through TM1 Architect Server Explorer.

An IBM Cognos TM1 TI Process stands for a Turbo Integrator Process. It lets developers import data into cubes from data sources including ASCII files, ODBC and other cubes.

TM1 Turbo Integrator is part of the IBM Cognos TM1 solution. TM1 Turbo Integrator is used to create dimensions and cubes based on ODBC data sources or flat files. Within Turbo Integrator the developer can make use of advanced scripting features and can create and schedule chores. Turbo Integrator can be considered to be the Extract, Transform and Load utility for use with TM1. TM1 Turbo Integrator is part of TM1 Architect in which a complete TM1 model is build. 

IBM Cognos Business Insight is a business intelligence workspace accessible from IBM Cognos Connection. The tool allows users to create dashboards based on already created reports or analysis. It gives users the ability to assemble and analyze virtually all the data in the company in a personalized way. Within Business Insight you can also make use of the reporting capabilities to create reports.

IBM Cognos Report Studio is a Web-based professional reporting tool, part of IBM Cognos Business Intelligence. It is used to create more complex and advanced reports. Within Report Studio report authors have the ability to create multi-page and multi-query reports and it has a large set of functions to make complex calculations and visualisations.

IBM Cognos Analysis Studio is the web-based analysis component within IBM Cognos Connection. The tool is used for multidimensional/OLAP- analysis and can deal with large sets of data. By making use of the drag-and-drop functionality you can explore, analyze and compare dimensional data in a quick way. Analysis Views can be stored in the Cognos Connection portal. Analysis Studio allows you to create extra calculations, apply filters, sort on values, drill down and drill up, show values as percentages and even show them graphically in charts.