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Need a way troubleshoot a formula by stepping through it piece-by-piece
Much like most coding languages or even excel's formulas, to aid in writing complex code / formulas, there needs to be some way for a developer / builder to see how the individual components of it resolve one by one. I'd like a way to step through a formula to see where it's going wrong, and see values of the components so…
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Mousing-over part of a formula should show its current computed value
Normally when writing code I can troubleshoot my code by stepping through it piece by piece to see where things fall apart. In order to accomplish this in Anaplan i tend to have to create separate line items with pieces of my formula to see how they compute. To help a modelbuilder better troubleshoot formulas without…
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User-list filtering
A user-list filter that would show the current user on dashboard views and other outputs, to record who was looking at the user
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To have the functional capability to sort by column-specific attributes
A description of the enhancement required: To have the functional capability to sort by column-specific attributes An example of the enhancement The basic sorting functionality offered by excel, wherein one can sort column-specific data by alphabetical and descending / ascending order A story for why the enhancement is…
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Allow the Create action to work with a numbered list that has no parent hierarchy
The Create action only works with numbered lists that have a parent hierarchy. My numbered list does not have or need a parent hierarchy so to satisfy this rule I have to create a dummy list (e.g. a List called All with a single member called All) and made that the Parent of my numbered list. (I also checked whether I…
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Allow copy/paste from right click menu (without using hotkeys)
When you click copy and paste in the right click menu in Anaplan, copy works, but paste tells you to enter the hot keys instead. I would like my end users to be able to click paste and have Anaplan paste the value with out them needing to use the hot keys. This would be a benefit as it would help end users that are not…
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Relabel the time dimension
As a model builder I want to have the ability to relabel the time dimension using a specific property/alias so that I don't need to create extra complexity and I can use all the benefits/functions of the time dimension to meet the users's requirements. I will know this is successful if I could rename FY18 to YearXX and…
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Option to open Settings Menu Items as Tabs
In our model, we have 220+ dashboards and 400+ modules. When going between looking the list of modules and the list of dashboards, the lists reset my view at the top, causing me find the one I wanted to look at again, this can be very time consuming. Ideally I'd be able to open these Settings Menu items as tabs, so that…
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Make dashboard titles that appear in "Used in Dashboards" columns clickable hyperlinks
When trying to work in Anaplan I find there to be a lot of "dead ends", meaning I have find where I want to go, but I have to stop, back out and go there in an unintuitive way that breaks my workflow. The "Used in Dashboards" and "Referenced By" columns are helpful to trace where things are used, but I still have to leave…
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Ability to open a module directly from drill down dialog
Drill down is helpful, but once I find what I want to look at in order to open the module, I have to do the following steps: remember / copy the module name, close out of the drill down dialog, go to settings tab, select modules, search for the module, select it and click open. This is a workflow is tedious and pretty…
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Alert Model Builders of Incorrect Formulas/References Prior to Testing
Description: As a model builder, there are plenty of times where formulas or references to other modules are incorrect either by mistake/typo or due to lack of understanding formula syntax. Based on our model size, we have to allow ample time for Anaplan to return the error summary, even in test models. It would be great…
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Stop the mistake research processing
As a Model Builder, I would like to be able to stop the mistake research by using an action button. This processing can be very long when we are building an heavy model (5-10 minutes) and most of the time we already know where is the mistake (format, etc.). That's why we can save a lot of time if we could click to stop the…
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Bulk Copy by Month
In the model, Version section, a user would have the ability to run a bulk data copy between time periods/months across and between versions. The new functionality would include: * Bulk copy - ability to select the specific month(s) to copy from one version to another. * Bulk copy - ability to select the month(s) to copy…
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Showing Module Notes on Model Map
The new notes functionality allows a brief description of each module to be added to the Anaplan model. This is great as it provides in-model documentation and also forces model builders to really think of the purpose of each module and justify its existence in the model. This enhancement idea is to display these module…
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Ability to add Folder structure to Lists, Modules, Actions etc
Being able to keep a model clean and well organised is really important in allowing model builders to understand and work with the model going forward. Often we find that as a model grows, the number of lists, modules, actions etc grows quite large and can start to become difficult to manage. This enhancement idea is to…
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Configure Default Number format for an Anaplan Model
As a Model Builder, I would like to select a Number format for an entire model ("Global Default Number Format" ?). This could be very helpful for us to save time. This can work like the selection of the "Global Default Gride Style" in the Dashboard Settings.
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Format checker
I want Anaplan to check if the FORMAT of my line item correspond the the formula i'm entering BEFORE starting the calculation and if the format doesn't match the expected result, i want Anaplan to hold the calculation until i can change the format to match the formula results.
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FEATURE REQUEST: Universal List that can be used in all Models
Currently, the process to use same list across different models is a complicated process of importing lists from one model to another. If Anaplan really plans to be the a Connected Planning tool, they should have a feature of having a Universal List that can be used across all models without doing import. I am proposing…
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Add Syntax Highlighting
As a Model Builder, I would like to have "syntax highlighting" when I create my formulas in order to improve readability.
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Allow customers to reset list entity index by themselves
Description of the enhancement required Allow customers to perform list entity index reset for their lists that encounter "IllegalArgumentException: Maximum entity index value is 999999999" error. A story for why they want the enhancement, (how would it help their business process) Anaplan support needs to cooridate with…
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Allow Week Format for Timescale Weeks:General
Description of the enhancement required: Improve Timescale Weeks:General An example of the enhancement: Ability to define a week in 3 ways, like in other timescales: W/e, W/c and Week No A story for why they want the enhancement, (how would it help their business process): A number of industries are very seasonal. Think…
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Increase 60 minute, no activity model unload
A description of the enhancement required: As an Workspace Admin I want a solution that prevents Anaplan to go out of in memory after 60 min because I need to prevent my end users to be confronted with a long load time. An example of the enhancement: Could be an option to set time slots when a model should always be kept…
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Copy Branch should have the option for list formatted line items that are copied to update to the co
Description of the enhancement required: When using Copy Branch, Anaplan should give the user an option about how it copies blue (editable) cells - particularly for List formatted line items. The user should have the option for list formatted line items that are copied to update to the correct list item automatically. This…
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Model save activation threshold should be reviewed
Description of the enhancement: Currently, if a model has six or more users it will save after 600 seconds worth of changes, and if it has less than six, it will save after 60 seconds worth of changes. There are development-stage models with more than six users that would benefit from saving every 60 seconds. Example of…
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Improved ALM Error Reporting
Description of the enhancement required: Add more detail to error messages for ALM sync failures An example of the enhancement: When there's a ALM sync failure the current message to the customer is "An internal error has occurred", however most of the time the specific cause of the failure is captured in the logs. You…
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Support aggregation over time dimension
Description of the enhancement: Currently if the Source has a time dimension then the result must also when using SUM. Users would like to be able to aggregate over time dimension. How this would help our business processes: It would remove the need to do the following workaround. If you have: Result = A.a[Sum A.b] Result…
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Connecting two subsets in formulas
Description: I want to save server space and put all promo packs to a subset, but I have two types of promo packs, which have different calculations. Eventually I am obliged to sum them up without use of subset, which occupies a lot of excessive space. Example of enhancement: Create total promo packs subsets out of two…
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As a builder, I need to implement more advanced workflows
Description: Would be great to add workflow functionality that includes * Submission and approval workflows * Trigger an event on an action or on approval * Use workflow status in formulas
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Ability to select copy/paste from right-click menu
Description: We would like to have the copy and paste buttons added to the right click menu. Ctrl+C and Ctrl+V work, but not all end users are proficient at this. So the actual buttons are needed as in Excel. Example of enhancement: In the right click menu, please add in the parenthesis Ctrl+C and Ctrl+V, so that a hotkey…
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Ability to hide the email address from the blue toaster pop up
Description: We would like a way to eliminate the email address that shows up with the blue toaster box. Benefit/impact: We would like to eliminate this because we had a consulting group hang up the model and the end users were questioning why someone outside of the company was accessing our model. It created a lot of…
