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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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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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Sorting items by code or name in number lists
Description of the enhancement: New items are added at the bottom of a list or at the bottom of a node when there is a Parent. How this enhancement will improve you processes: Re-ordering or sorting a list is a one-by-one manual operation that can be time consuming.
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Hold and Release functionality
It would be great to have "Hold and Release" functionality extended to NUX as well. Break back seems to be working fine with NUX but sad to see missing hold and release functionality. Hope this feature will be added soon. Thanks, Sandeep
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User list used as a dimension, allow to create a subset to reduce module size
I would like to use the user list as a dimension so users are not overwriting each others settings, but the module with the data the settings select is big and so is my user list, so this adds a lot of unnecessary model size. Can't there be the ability to create subsets of the user list when used as a dimension, like for…
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Order List Action for End user
Hello, do you consider enhancing the Order List Action functionality by making it accessible for the non-admin users? It would be really great the end user to be able to apply such an order whenever he consider it useful. Thank you Best regards Kristina
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Dark theme/Night mode
As an Anaplan user/model builder, I find the white can be a little too much some times and not too easy on the eyes. It would be great is there was a night mode or dark theme that swapped the colour palette for something not as bright. This may also help with accessibility Thanks!
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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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New Modelling Experience: New formula editor goes straight into edit mode
In the new modelling experience, when expanding the formula bar to display the whole formula in the new formula pane at the bottom of the screen it goes straight into 'edit' mode. This means that if you then click on another line item it adds '+[Line Item Name] onto the formula without you meaning to do so. Anaplan need to…
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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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Improved Formula Editor/Bar
If the following features could be added to the formula bar in Anaplan it would make model building and maintenance a lot easier! * Colour coded statements and keywords (e.g. IF THEN ELSE, line items, constants) * Ability to indent and enter new lines. Particularly useful for IF statements * Keyword autocompletion *…
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In blueprint view, show if a line item is used in a filter
In blueprint view, we can see if a line item is referenced by a formula, but not if it's used in a filter. When cleaning models, we can end up deleting items used in filters and breaking filters with no warning.
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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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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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Summary Default to None for Numeric Line Items
Can the default Summary for numeric line items be None rather than Sum. This way it's a conscious action to turn the sum on, rather than a need to remember to turn them off. I know there's another post to have this an option that can be set by each module, which would be advanced, but I continue to hear about sums being…
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New Modeling Experience Idea: New formula editor box to be avalilable in deployed mode
With newest UX for modeling I found the missing opportunity to see the pretty syntax highlighting in models being in deployed mode. The double-chevron icon is unavailable during deployed mode so i can't switch to "New intuitive formula editor so you can highlight syntax to improve accuracy and easily read formulas" which…
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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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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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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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Creating New Model with No Access to others by Default
When a new model is created why does Anaplan provide access to other users within that workspace by default. It would be great if this gets restricted to the user who creates the model and then users can be added incrementally.
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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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Add formula drill down in NUX
Suggest to add formula drill down to NUX. When working with the NUX, there is no formula drill down option. This is a key feature for our users as they need to see how the numbers are being calculated when doing root cause analysis. At the same time, the specific values going into the formula should be shown as they are…
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Assign Action - Disable unassign
Assign Action dialog window allows end users to assign new elements, but also to remove already assigned elements. In some scenarios it is not desired, as modelers are no in control here (we cannot put any validation if an element can be removed / unassigned). The idea is to add a configuration option (Boolean) to allow…
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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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Show Used in Dashboards on a line item level (similar as with module)
To clean up old line items it is handy to now it hasn't be published to any of the dashboards.
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Ability to disable/remove the cancel button for users running a process.
Description of the enhancement: To allow removal of Cancel button when triggering multiple steps actions (Process). How this enhancement will improve your processes: To prevent users from aborting the multiple steps actions resulting in corrupted or deleted tables. For example, user aborted run after deletion of table and…
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Display the Action IDs in Actions list
Description of the enhancement required: Display the Action's IDs in Actions list so that Interface (Anaplan Connect or Rest API) can work with action's IDs (not with captions (Action Names)) A story for why they want the enhancement, (how would it help their business process): At the moment, to refer an action by ID we…
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Make the round function work as intended
Description of the enhancement required: The ROUND Function is not working as expected. An example of the enhancement: Make the ROUND Function work as intended. A story for why they want the enhancement, (how would it help their business process): It has been documented on Community…
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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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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…