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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…
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Global search/navigation - I want an easy way to find objects and data points as admin/end user
Description: Implement a global search across all modules/line items in the model. Please consider including the following: * In other software, there is a smart search feature when looking for a class, where I can type a couple of letters in upper case and it will match on words that begin with those letters. So the…
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Ability to use hotkeys to scroll page up/down
Description: Add Ctrl up and down shortcuts (or ctrl+Home or ctrl+End) to get to the first/last cells in the module Example of enhancement: Adding a page-up or page-down hot key would allow for quicker navigation through large modules/lists. Benefit/impact: Scrolling or clicking one by one is inefficient, and the faster a…
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Group models on the main launchpad by user defined groups.
Description: Group models on the main launchpad by user defined groups. Example of enhancement: Admins will be able to define groups in their workspace, which can be applied to models in the workspace. The models on the main screen will then display based on the group that they have been assigned. Benefit/impact: Currently…
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Auto size columns
Description: As a model builder, I'd like to be able to auto-size my columns Example of enhancement: Auto resize option in column settings
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An NPV formula that calculates as Excel's does
Description: To have an NPV formula function that calculates NPV exactly as Excel's period-based NPV formula does. Benefit/impact: Current NPV formula returns results as Excel's XNPV formula does (using elapsed days instead of periods). We are in a position of having prospective customers and existing customers use…
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Summary of Selected Cells Displays on Dashboard
Description: When selecting several cells in a module within a dashboard, we would like to see the summary (and perhaps average and count) of the selected cells displayed as well. This is similar to the customized status bar in Excel that shows the Average, Sum, and Count of selected cells.
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Ability to collapse/group module views
Description: Currently Views when they are setup are listed under a module. It would be useful if there was a way to hide views, only show relevant views to users (i.e. they MUST be able to decide what they want to see not an ADMIN), or at the very least a way to collapse/group the views. Benefit/impact: Currently one of…
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History Enhancement: Details of changes to workflow status
Description: Currently changes to workflow status appear as follows in model history. ||ID||Date/Time (UTC)||User||Description||Previous Value||New Value||Module/List||Line Item/Property||Target User|| |0001|2017-01-01 00:00:00|user@anaplan.com|Model change (no details available)| | | | | | This does not give any…