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CA Certificate Quick Start Guide using Sectigo
Creating an Anaplan CA Certificate using the Sectigo Personal Email Security (S/MIME) certificate involves several steps. Here's a quick start guide to help you through the process: Step #1: Purchase the Sectigo Personal Email Security (S/MIME) certificate from Sectigo's website. You can find it here. The cost is $15 for a…
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Anaplan's Device Grant API Flow: A Seamless Machine-to-Machine Authentication Option
In the world of modern application development, seamless authentication is key to providing a smooth user experience. Anaplan, a leading platform for planning and performance management, offers a versatile approach to authentication through its Device Grant API Flow. In this blog post, we'll explore the Device Grant…
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Anaplan's Authorization Code Grant API Flow: A Seamless App-to-App Authentication Option
In the realm of contemporary application development, achieving seamless authentication is paramount for delivering an exceptional user experience. Anaplan, a prominent player in the realm of planning and performance management, presents a flexible and robust solution for enabling resource authorization between Anaplan and…
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OEG Best Practice: Anaplan Python OAuth Example
The Anaplan Python OAuth Example demonstrates using the Anaplan REST API with OAuth with device-based authorization. The code highlights how to generate a device_id, access_token, and refresh_token. Additionally, the code highlights a multi-threaded approach to request a new access_token while performing other,…
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Use fake week to replace default week calendar
Author: Kay Kuang is a Certified Master Anaplanner and Principal Data and Insights Architect at Anaplan. Some businesses run their planning or operations by weeks. However, setting the Anaplan model default Calendar Type to Week format can be inconvenient. For example, converting dates to monthly format can sometimes be…
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OEG Best Practice: Using Anaplan Connect with OAuth
How to Use Anaplan Connect with OAuth Authorization Anaplan Connect is a powerful command line interface that allows you to automate your Anaplan environment, enabling seamless data integration and synchronization between Anaplan and other systems. While Anaplan Connect offers various authentication methods, including…
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Bi-directional Integration: Bridging Workday and Anaplan
In today's fast-paced business environment, seamless integration between different enterprise solutions is crucial. This post delves into the specifics of establishing a bi-directional integration between Workday and Anaplan, two leading platforms in their respective domains. Workday to Anaplan Integration Extracting Data…
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Data distribution design from Data Hub to multiple spoke production models
Author: Hanwen Chen is a Certified Master Anaplanner and Principle Solution Architect at Anaplan. Use case You may have encountered a situation on your Anaplan project where the model size is too big when you try to load data from different business units (BUs)/GEOs/product groups in a Data Hub into a single spoke model.…
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Set up Aligned DCA and Selective Access Management
Author: Kay Kuang is a Certified Master Anaplanner and Principal Data and Insights Architect at Anaplan. On a list level, you can use two ways to manage the access: Dynamic Cell Access (DCA) and Selective Access. There are benefits and limitations for both approaches. I'd like to share an approach that could leverage the…
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Update Current Period Action
From April 24, 2021, model builders will be able to update Current Period via an action. Workspace Administrators (WSAs) can always update the Current Period manually via the Model Calendar, however, this may not always be convenient. The Update Current Period action enables the WSAs to increase efficiency and reduce…
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Setting current time period
This guide will walk through the Time setting in Anaplan models, as well as some best practice recommendations on automating the current time period to simplify formulas and dashboard views. The Time setting is a critical component of the model structure and should factor in long-term objectives and the purpose of a new…
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Guidelines for model impacts when removing a user from a workspace
Removing a user from a workspace There are two different ways to prevent a user from seeing and accessing models: You can set the user's model role to "No Access." This is set on a model-by-model basis and will prevent the user from seeing the model on the Tiles screen, as well as completely preventing the user from…
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How to review models and applications to drive improvement
Author: Andrew Martin (@andrew_martin_1), Operational Excellence Director at Anaplan. Overview Many stakeholders ask this question for different reasons. Examples include: A CoE leader needing comfort that best practices have been followed in the build A Solution Architect seeking affirmation that the architecture is the…
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Matrix Inverse using Optimizer
In the following article, we will discuss how to use Anaplan Optimizer to compute Matrix Inverse. Matrix Inverse as a functionality can be used to solve a Multi Linear Regression Problem in Anaplan. Using Matrix Inverse, we are going to solve the following Multi Linear Regression equation: Y = b0 + b1x1 + b2x2 + b3x3 +…
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RESTful API How To
You can interact with the data in your models using Anaplan's RESTful API. This enables you to securely import and export data, as well as run actions through any programmatic way you desire. The API can be leveraged in any custom integration, allowing for a wide range of integration solutions to be implemented. Completing…
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User Access Management: Part 2 - This is how we do it
At Anaplan, we are using Anaplan internally for many of our business processes; this is how we set up our User Access Management. Note that the examples here leverage the Bulk API for adding new users to models. If you have enabled the tenant-level option to Manage users in Administration only, then you will need to…
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How does Authentication with CA Certs work?
Why CA Certs? The purpose of this blog series is to give a deeper look on the use of Certificate Authority (CA) Certificates, especially on how this method of authentication works and how to use them for your different integrations. A Quick Recap On Anaplan APIs Authentication We recommend our readers to have some basic…
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OEG Best Practice: Data integration decision app
We built this app to make getting started on your Anaplan data integration journey simple with a quick questionnaire and helpful information and links. A common question that arises during Anaplan implementations (or even after go-live) is "How can I automate data feeds into and out of Anaplan?" While the ultimate decision…
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PlanIQ - Probabilistic forecasting using forecast quantiles
Probabilistic forecasts & forecast quantiles PlanIQ produces probabilistic forecasts. This means that PlanIQ algorithms output a distribution of possible values, rather than a single point forecast typically outputted by other solutions. This distribution can be divided into quantiles. Applied to forecasting, quantiles…
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OEG Best Practice: Formula structure for performance
Thinking through the results of a modeling decision is a key part of ensuring good model performance; in other words, making sure the calculation engine isn’t overtaxed. This article highlights some ideas for how to lessen the load on the calculation engine. Formulas should be simple; a formula that is nested, or uses…
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Unlock Your Next Level Model Building Potential with Improved Anaplan DX
Hi Anaplan Community! I’m excited to present you Improved Anaplan DX by valantic, a Chrome extension, that also works seamlessly on Edge. This tool is designed to make your Anaplan model building experience smoother, more efficient and supercharge your productivity. Download the Improved Anaplan DX today to bring your…
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Building a pyramid visual using a bar chart
Author: Subham Garg is a Senior Data & Insights Architect at Anaplan. Anaplan doesn’t have a pyramid chart option for reporting. However, there are certain metrics that work better with a pyramid chart than any other chart format. For instance, sales pipeline or number of employees at different ranks in a company are best…
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Anaplan API Live: Unlock the power of Anaplan APIs with this comprehensive instructional guide
Author: Anirudh Nayak is the co-founder of Elite EPM and an Anaplan Community Boss. Introduction Whether you're a model builder, a business owner, or an enthusiastic Anaplan user, harnessing the power of Anaplan APIs can be a game-changer. To help you on this journey, I am excited to introduce a new instructional guide in…
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The art of the possible: Predictive profitability
Achieving and maintaining predictive profitability is a common strategic imperative. Anaplan can help organizations with this strategic imperative more effectively manage and optimize their margins. Doing this effectively crosses finance, sales, supply chain, and marketing. Anaplan allows each part of the business to…
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Using Python 3 with the Anaplan API
* Getting Started * Authentication * Getting the Information Needed for Each Script * Uploads * Multiple Chunk Uploads * Single Chunk Upload * Imports * Exports * Actions * Processes * Downloading a File * Deleting a File * Standalone Requests Code and Their Required Headers * Get Workspaces List * Get Models List * Get…
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User provisioning
We know how good it feels when you start exploring Anaplan on your own. One very important area that needs special attention from you is the Users section in Anaplan. This is the section where you add users into Anaplan or remove users from Anaplan. There are other things as well that you can do in the Users section, but I…
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Calculate the difference between two dates (days/months)
Calculating the difference between two dates is a common requirement and one that you will likely need to do at some point. Below you will find the best practice for calculating the difference between two days, and the best practice for calculating the difference between two months. While there are multiple ways to get to…
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Improve Productivity: How to Optimize Scheduling of Products
Business Problem In manufacturing and production planning use cases, we often come across problem statements to solve for optimal product sequence on a production line. As different combinations of products can have different changeover times, a sub-optimal product sequence can impact the productivity of the production…
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HyperModel: five tips to improve your experience
Are you considering HyperModel for your ecosystem, or have you recently deployed it? Fantastic! We've compiled a shortlist of the top five tips to help make kicking off your HyperModel experience as smooth as possible. Check out these top five tips to improve your experience: 1. Recognize that the Hyperblock has not…
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Dynamic Display by Language Selection
Problem Statement Ever wonder how to display your data in a different language format in Anaplan or simply just want to cater to language display options based on user selection? Step-by-step guide We need all the lists that require translation to be defined and it is best to have modules with definitions of each language…
