⚙️ Configuration and Maintenance
Configuration and maintenance is where a Pulse deployment moves from "installed" to "fit for purpose". This section covers initial setup, ongoing administration, and the day-to-day operational tasks that keep your Pulse environment healthy.
What you'll find in this section
Getting started with Pulse
Step-by-step setup guidance for a new Pulse deployment on a self-hosted environment.
Why it matters: the first hour with Pulse sets the trajectory for the months that follow. A clean initial configuration prevents most of the support questions that come up later.
Getting Started with Pulse on Cubewise Cloud
The equivalent walkthrough when Pulse is hosted on Cubewise Cloud rather than your own infrastructure.
Why it matters: when Cubewise manages the platform for you, configuration steps and responsibilities are different — this article is the right starting point for cloud-hosted deployments.
Pulse Installation and Configuration
The detailed installation reference covering Windows deployment, service configuration, and the underlying components.
Why it matters: this is the canonical reference if you need to go deeper than the Getting Started guides — for example, non-default file locations or custom service accounts.
Pulse Data
How Pulse stores and manages its operational data.
Why it matters: understanding the data layer is essential for backup, capacity planning, retention policy, and disaster recovery.
Pulse — How to use alerts and use Pulse for thread cancellation
Two of the most-used operational features in Pulse.
Why it matters: alerts catch issues before they impact users; thread cancellation lets administrators respond quickly when something is already going wrong on a TM1 instance.
Pulse Migration Package CLI Utility Guide
Reference for the command-line utility used to build and apply Pulse migration packages.
Why it matters: the CLI lets you automate Pulse-driven migrations where the UI isn't appropriate — for example, in CI/CD pipelines or scripted release workflows.
Summary
Together these articles take you from "Pulse is installed" to "Pulse is operating reliably in production". Start with the Getting Started guide that matches your deployment, then come back to the more detailed references as your requirements grow.