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Extend the number of future years
For the purpose of calculating lease contracts in IFRS 16 it's sometimes needed to have wide time ranges in the model. Currently, the amount of future years is limited up to 50 years and past years up to 20 years (link). This means you have a maximum time range of 70 years. We experience that some lease contracts extend 70…
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Anaplan Model Builder Line Item Diagram View
As a model builder, it would be great to have a "diagram view" available when reviewing code/line items. This concept originates from an actuarial modeling software called "Prophet". Basically a model builder would be able to enable/disable diagram view. If enabled, a precedent/dependent tree would appear at the top of the…
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Make sorting lists easier
It would be nice to sort lists alphabetically with the same button used for sorting modules.
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Dependent dropdown list with Time Period
It would be great if I could create dependent dropdown lists with Time Period type. E.g. I have 2 line items with FY and HY types. And when I've selected FY18 in the first one, the second dropdown allows to select only H1 FY8 and H2 FY18, excluding items from other years
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Extend the number of future years
For the purpose of calculating lease contracts in IFRS 16 it's sometimes needed to have wide time ranges in the model. Currently, the amount of future years is limited up to 50 years and past years up to 20 years (link). This means you have a maximum time range of 70 years. We experience that some lease contracts extend 70…
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Limit user entry for Dependent formatted line item
Currently if you format a line item as a Dependent list, the user gets a dropdown of list items that correspond to dependent criteria, same applies if they are typing the value. However it is possible to copy a name of a list item that is in the list (but does not suit dependent criteria) and paste it without getting an…
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Save tabs & reopen tabs
As Model builder, I work with multiple modules and dashboards. After lunch or in the morning I need to search for all modules and dashboards I am working with and open them again. IDEA DESCRIPTION: In case I want to continue working with same modules and dashboards, I just click "save tabs" before closing my Google Chrome…
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Ability to view a column in module blueprint showing "Used in Filter", similar to "referenced by"
Similar to how a column for "referenced by" can show me other modules where a line item is used, and "used in dashboard" can show me where it's on dashboards, as a modelbuilder it would be helpfult to have a way to tell where a line item is being used to drive a filter.
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User List formula to include admins
A description of the enhancement required: Right now in the Anaplan if User List is used as a dimension, all non-admins can see themselves only. As for the admins, they can see all of the users in the dimension. Thus there is no way how to use personal filters (Booleans on user list dimension) for non-admin. Could you,…
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View a module's blueprint view side-by-side with its data view
I would like to be able to see the changes I make while in blueprint view of a module affecting its data view in real-time. Currently when I change something in blueprint (ie. a summary method) and have to toggle back and forth to see its affect. Unfortunately, depending on how far down in the list of line items the one…
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Enhanced Hotkey support across Anaplan
Some users prefer mouse, while others prefer hotkeys, and some like a mix somewhere between. Curently Anaplan feels 95% built around mouse-users, while keyboard users have a very low number of hotkeys to fall back on. Anaplan users would get a lot benefit if the platform considered hotkey use cases to be equally as…
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Add a "Close all Other Tabs" option to the right click menu
When building in Anaplan, it is common to find a LOT of tabs open. Currently right-clicking on a tab in Anaplan a user is presented with the "Undock, Close, Close All" options. It would be really helpful to have an option to "Close All Other Tabs", which would close all, except it would leave open the one I currently have…
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Collapsible Textboxes with ability for users to pin it open
For more complex dashboards, showing informative instructions can take up some major screen real estate. I find on first pass a user may want detailed instructions, but after they know how the dashboard works, they want them out of the way, instead of always having to scroll past them. As a model builder, I would like the…
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Copy model from point in history
Description: Take a copy of the model from a point in history, based on the model History ID. Impact: This would allow investigation and audit of production models without affecting the source model. But there could be concern about this affecting storage, if people begin to create more copies. Example of enhancement: I…