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Converting Fake Time to Native Time in Anaplan Polaris
In the world of Anaplan, "Fake Time" lists are often a necessity when native time doesn't offer the flexibility your specific business case requires. However, the real magic happens when you can map those custom list items back to Native Time Periods. If you are working in a Polaris-enabled model, efficiency is the name of…
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Prevent Dependent Dropdown Disruption
Problem Description: When a dependent line item used to filter a dropdown is deleted or has its format changed , Anaplan's underlying dependency link for the filtered dropdown can become stale. While the UI might show a newly created line item with the same list format as the dependency, the filter itself remains…
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Unavailability of Native Weighted Average(SUMPRODUCT) summary method in Anaplan like- Sum, Ratio etc
In as much detail as https://us.v-cdn.net/6037036/uploads/NLGXLGZX89CB/anaplan-weighted-average-summaries-problem-statement.docx Description: - Weighted averages are heavily used in cost sheet KPIs (e.g., Cost Rs/T, SPC Kg/T, Rate Rs/T) across tracks in TSL. The current workaround is a numerator/denominator + RATIO and…
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Add YTD and YTG to Polaris engine
Hello, It would be a significant advantage to have YTD and YTG calendar items in Polaris. Regardless of the calculation density, these are essential for our reporting requirements—whether supported natively or through a workaround. Thanks in advance.
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Avoiding Unnecessary Hierarchies in Anaplan: Escaping the “Top Level” Trap
In multiple Anaplan implementations across FP&A, S&OP, and operational planning use cases, a recurring design challenge is the overuse of hierarchical lists with Top Levels, especially on large transactional or operational lists. In many projects, hierarchies are introduced early with the intention of providing “future…
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Additional Week Formatting Options
In as much detail as possible, describe the problem or experience related to your idea. Please provide the context of what you were trying to do and include specific examples or workarounds: The "w/e" prefix is quite bothersome, especially when it appears on our graph axis labels. My business and executive users often…
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Delete Action in NUX
In as much detail as possible, describe the problem or experience related to your idea. Please provide the context of what you were trying to do and include specific examples or workarounds: there is ability to create this in actions tab but not to expose in NUX. NUX has been out for long time and this i bucket with…
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[Polaris] Allow for the use of Suppress 0's functionality on saved views for Model to Model exports
In as much detail as possible, describe the problem or experience related to your idea. Please provide the context of what you were trying to do and include specific examples or workarounds: While understanding there are potential updates in the works, an alternative solution for Model to Model import challenges within…
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Import any month value into the rest of the months
Hi everyone! Been working on a import module where the import is set to have the base (salary) for a selected month. Then I need to use that number and import it into the rest of the month of that year. For example: Import → $1500 USD on January Then need to import o add that value for each month from February till…
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Ability to rename/delete native Versions via import action
Anaplan currently provides the ability to create versions via an Import action, and update Version settings via an Import action. Ability to use an action (of any type, Import or otherwise) to do the following: - Rename Versions - Delete Versions Business Need: As we seek to continuously improve our planning process…
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Default value for Booleans or other types
I would like to pre setup input Booleans by default to true in the blueprint view //GP
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Custom Calendar Scheduling for Workflow
Currently Templates can only be run on a certain day of the week or selected date of the month. It would be great if it can have more options to trigger workflows
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Flag levels in Simple List
Before we start, here's a quick description of what are simple lists. Then, I will share how each level in a simple list can be flagged. Simple lists contain list items in a single list with a parent/child hierarchy. For example: It's often tricky to apply logics to this list because you can only add data to child list…
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Grouping Modules or Module Folders
We got several hundred of modules. I think it could be usefull if modules can get sorted/filtered by (dynamic) groups or even in folders in the modules overview. Maybe the Data Tags could used with this. //GP
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'Summary - Formula'' on Imported Line items
In the calculation module, the line item's summary method is set to "Formula," which correctly calculates values at the summary level. However, I'm importing the same line item into another model via an action for dashboarding purposes. In the target module, since the line item is imported, I'm unable to apply a "Formula"…
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Enable Summary Method Ratio & Closing Balance in Polaris
Hello, We need the ability to apply both summary methods in the same line item in the Polaris engine as we do in the Classic engine as soon as possible, please! Thanks.
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Deactivating Modules
As Model Builder it would be usefull to have a switch on the module in the model view to deactivate a module We use some Modules manually rare or temporary and the rest of the time they just consume space. (of course external references from outside need to be cut before) Right now i need to switch all line items in order…
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Model Map - Exporting Functionality
While the Model Map functionality already exists in Anaplan, it becomes difficult to navigate when working with large models. I would like to see enhanced support for full export capabilities of the model schema (DISCO). This would greatly streamline documentation efforts and save time when capturing model status across…
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Enable User Input in Subsidiary Views
In as much detail as possible, describe the problem or experience related to your idea. Please provide the context of what you were trying to do and include specific examples or workarounds: Let's assume I have a module with Customers & Products dimension and line items Volume (Input), Price (Input) and Revenue (Volume x…
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Ability to save views with Zeros Suppressed in Polaris
In as much detail as possible, describe the problem or experience related to your idea. Please provide the context of what you were trying to do and include specific examples or workarounds: Within Polaris there is the ability to suppress cells with zeros values within the module or grid of the UX but currently there is a…