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Choosing the right EPM/IBP tool: Beyond the basics
Author: Piotr Weremczuk is a Certified Master Anaplanner and Manager at Deloitte. Throughout my career, I have guided both large corporations and smaller enterprises in selecting Enterprise Performanc…
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Last month we hosted a challenge inviting Community members to share their insights on ALM best practices. We received 25 comments with insights on how to best utilize ALM! Yesterday, we held an event…
'How I Built It' tutorial with Fabien Junod
Author: Fabien Junod is a Certified Master Anaplanner and Senior Solution Architect at Autodesk. Hello Anaplan Community, Let me ask you a question: do you have the same complex calculation in multipl…
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Author: Stacey Borne is a Certified Master Anaplanner, former Anaplan Center of Excellence Leader, and runs the Certified Master Anaplanner Program and Anaplan Center of Excellence Programs at Anaplan…
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Author: Marina Ketelslegers is a Certified Master Anaplanner and FP&A expert and independent Anaplan Solution Architect. In this 'How I Built It' tutorial, you'll learn how to create a dynamic and fle…
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Anaplan has just launched the new statement of direction for Anaplan Calculation Engines The full statement of direction can be read here. What is a statement of direction A Statement of Direction is …
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Breaking into the Anaplan ecosystem
Author: Ayesha Zoha, Certified Master Anaplanner and Manager at Cervello. Throughout my career, I've had the chance to connect with individuals from diverse technology and business backgrounds, as wel…
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Author: Avnish Goel is a Certified Master Anaplanner and Founder at ScriptStory. Recently, I led a model assessment initiative to identify suboptimal design elements in the data architecture for a lea…
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Author: Seyma Tas is a Certified Master Anaplanner and product owner at Caliber Collision. A guide to help you get the answers you need The Anaplan Community is an incredible resource to share knowled…
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March is Women’s History Month, a time to celebrate the achievements and contributions of women — including the incredible members in the Anaplan Community! Over the past year, women across the ecosys…
Challenges faced before introducing Anaplan
Author: Jonathan Cushing is a Certified Master Anaplanner and Senior Consultant at Vuealta Consulting. My first experience of Anaplan was building an FP&A model in the company I worked in group financ…
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Today, we’re kicking off our first Best Practices Challenge of 2025! This challenge series is an opportunity for Community members to share their expertise on a specific topic, exchange ideas, and lea…
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Start small to achieve larger implementation goals
Author: David Edwards is a Certified Master Anaplanner and Associate Partner at Columbus Consulting. Whether you are an Anaplan customer or implementation partner, it can sometimes be difficult to con…
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We're kicking off 2025 with a Community Member Spotlight on @Puneeth H P! Puneeth has been a valuable part of the Community for nearly six years (with over 100 helpful comments!) and is a Community Bo…
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Author: Soumya Bhattacharya is a Certified Master Anaplanner and technology consultant at Accenture. In this ‘How I Built It’ tutorial, I show how Anaplan can be used to demonstrate effective project-…
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Author: Erik Svensson is a Certified Master Anaplanner and a Principal Solution Architect at Anaplan. Hello Anaplan Community! Thank you for checking out my ‘How I Built It’ tutorial. In this video, I…
City of planning
Author: Arun Thakar, Certified Master Anaplanner and Vice President in the banking industry. Somewhere in the cloud lies Anaplanopolis, the city of planning. The airports and train stations are Data H…
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My Dearest Anaplan, On today the day of love, I must confess deep and fervent feelings. I love you, I love you, I love you! From the early days of our courtship where you filled me with visions of pos…
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Recording available: Understanding the new Customer Care Portal
If you missed our event today, Understanding the Customer Care Portal, a recording is now available. In this event, I provide a demo highlighting the value of the new comprehensive case visibility, se…
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Author: James Sharrett is a Certified Master Anaplanner and Sr. Principal Architect at Anaplan. Hi Anaplan Community, In this ‘How I Built It’ tutorial, I dive into a common problem people run into wi…
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Author: Audrey Neet is a Certified Master Anaplanner and Director at Tru Consulting. Data validation is the process in which business users ensure that the data in Anaplan ties to their source system.…
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Announcing the updated Certified Master Anaplanner Exam study guide: Essential Anaplan Topics Achieving Certified Master Anaplanner status is a significant milestone in your Anaplan journey, demonstra…
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Author: Misbah Ansari is a Certified Master Anaplanner, Anaplan Community Boss, and CEO/Founder at Miz Logix. Anaplan has released hundreds of features in 2024 to enrich its platform with more flexibl…
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Joe van Bolderen — Journey | Anaplan Community Podcast
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We’re kicking off 2025 with a bang and an outstanding Community member for our first podcast of the year. Join me in welcoming Joe van Bolderen (@Joe_VBCG) to Journey, an Anaplan Community podcast alo…
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Author: Stacey Gibbens is a Certified Master Anaplanner and Solution Architect, Financial Planning & Analysis at Globe Life. Greetings, Anaplanners! Today I’m excited to share my ‘How I Built It’ tuto…
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Author: Allison Slaught is a Certified Master Anaplanner, Anaplan Community Boss, and Senior Principal Solution Architect at Anaplan. Hello Anaplan Community! The objective of this ‘Did You Know’ tuto…
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Author: Arun Thakar is a Certified Master Anaplanner and Vice President in the banking industry. Whether you are just starting out as a solution architect, or you’ve worked on several models you may b…
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Author: Jonathan Cushing is a Certified Master Anaplanner and Senior Consultant at Vuealta Consulting. The labor government is aiming to deliver 1.5 million new homes by 2029; this could create an add…
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Whether you’re in recovery mode from the holidays or goal-setting mode for 2025, it’s time to start thinking about what you want to accomplish this year! To inspire you, five of our Community Bosses v…
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In the Anaplan Community, we believe that growth comes from connecting, collaborating, and sharing knowledge. Every day we see our members coming together to share ideas, solve problems, and support o…
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Author: Taryn Townsend is a Certified Master Anaplanner and Senior Manager at Deloitte Consulting. It is always an honor for me to be able to share perspectives with you, the Anaplan Community, as I s…
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Author: Chad Frantz is a Certified Master Anaplanner and Senior Technical Associate at Alpha FMC. Here we are at the end of another year. A perfect time to look back and reflect on what’s happened and…
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What’s that you say — 2024 is almost over?! I truly cannot believe we’re at the part of the year where we reflect on our personal and professional growth and look at what we want to accomplish in 2025…
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Author: Ryan Rist is an Anaplan Solution Architect at General Atlantic. Hello Anaplanners! I’m happy to share my ‘How I Built It’ tutorial today; a fun football game/tool. Football Survivor is a compe…
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Author: Abhishek Roy is a Certified Solution Architect , Sr. Platform Architect at Equinix and a member of their Anaplan CoE team. This article primarily covers a less explored API functionality that …
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Setting up Action Naming Conventions that will withstand the test of time
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Author: Taylor Giesler is a Certified Master Anaplanner and Director, Enterprise Performance Management at Alpha Alternatives. I have been a consultant for nearly four years now, and I have seen a lot…
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If you missed our event yesterday, November Challenge Recap: Model design best practices, a recording is now available. Last month, we invited the Anaplan Community to share their best advice for mode…
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As we wrap up 2024, we’re excited to feature @seymatas1 as our final Community Member Spotlight of the year! Seyma has been part of the Anaplan ecosystem since 2020 and has contributed over 120 commen…
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Author: Austin van der Linden is a Certified Master Anaplanner and Senior Model Builder at Hubspot. Hello Anaplan Community! In this 'How I Built It' Tutorial, I show how you can build functional P&Ls…
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