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Warning when attempting to change a saved view used by an action
No small amount of problems have been caused in our model by someone unknowingly altering a saved view that is used by an import action. It seems reasonable to me to tell the builder who is about to delete, or overwrite a saved view that is used by an action so they can make a decision to proceed or not. Ideally, it would…
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Import User List into the model in Deployed Status
Being an Anaplan admin, I would to be able to upload User List into the model in Deployed Status following general approach of imports from files (with ability to upload .csv file). Currently, the only way to do it is to check the import in the system as "Production Data", re-upload source file directly in production model…
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Applying filtering on Tabular Single Column Exports
Being an Anaplan builder/user, I would like to be able use set on the view filters for export option "Tabular Single Column". Currently, if you prepare a view with set filters, if you run "Tabular Single Column" export, Anaplan will ignore filters and include all items from all dimensions in the extract. It has two major…
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Export configuration
When I export a module with a layout: Grid, all Pages, I get 1 excel sheet per item from my list in page which is the result I want, My only issue is that the excel tab is generic whereas I would need it to have the name of the item in the page, Is it Something that could evolve?
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Specify a destination for Export
All exports are to the users download directory, is it possible to be able to select a location before downloading. We use some csv downloads as a source of data for an Excel process, and the main spreadsheet looks for a source, if we have it for several users, and the source is in different C:\users\.....download folders,…
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New UX needs to have a multi-lingual user interface to allow non-english language implementations
Hi Anaplan, The New UX does not currently support a multi-lingual interface. Many of our clients are asking for this to be implemented. It would be really beneficial for many Anaplan Users across the world (Europe, Asia, Africa, South America) for the new UX and UI to support a multi-lingual interface. Great idea suggested…
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Ability to import from subsidiary view with one dimension or from module without dimensions
Description: Being an Anaplan Builder, I would like to be able to perform imports from subsidiary view with one dimension and from modules without dimensions. Example of Enhancement: Working with different models, it is sometimes required to perform and import from line item without dimensions or with only one, but being…
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Being able to copy a cell with lines of text separated by a line break from Anaplan to Excel
Posting on behalf of Thales Example: Car 1 and Car 2 are separated by a line break When copying the above cell to Excel, we get: It creates two cells. To keep the text in one cell, the current workaround is to use a space instead of a line break in Anaplan, but for some users, it is easier to separate two distinct elements…
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Import period format to Time Periods or Date formatted line items
As we drive to remove Text from our models, dealing with Dates is troublesome. When mapping files to Time Periods in modules, we can choose periods and define the format. For example, in my file I have YYYYMM. However, when I am trying to bring this data into a formatted list I do not have this choice. Even when formatting…
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Excel Add-in for Mac
Some of our clients use Mac computers and it would be great if you could develop excel add-in for Mac OS too!
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Update export actions created from a saved view when saved view is modified
I think the title says it mostly, but to be clear I'd like to be able to do the following: 1. Create a saved view of a module 2. Create and export action using the saved view as basis 3. Modify and re-save the saved view (i.e. add a new column, change the filter etc.) 4. The export action should update itself based on my…
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Add a "CREATE" action in a process
Dear Team, I think it would be very helpful to have the possibility to add a "CREATE" action in a process, It will help to push default values by default in list properties or line items Thank you
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Real Time Integrations!
Enhancement: As an Anaplan Workspace Admin, I would like the ability to do real time integration imports & exports directly in user facing models WITHOUT impacting the user experience. Problem Statement: Today we run an export every ten minutes, from a user facing model. When we run that export the blue processing box…
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Develop error when adding to a subset parent
When creating elements in a list that has a subset as parent, we can get an error because some element have the wrong parent. It would be very useful to have a more detailed error, with for example the rejected lines.
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A way to identify import target
When a process contains several import with different input files (IDS) with targets that have long names it's impossible to distingush which file file stand for what. The screenshot below displays a situation when you can see two identical rows making it very confusing for an end user: Admin in this case may guess the…
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master data list synchronization between models
Master data lists needs often be synchronized between the Data Hub and spoke models. At the moment we do this as follows (for incremental loads): In the spoke model: 1. Set the property 'in use' of all list items on FALSE 2. Load in the data from Data Hub to your spoke model (incl. the TRUE flag for 'in use' property). 3.…
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Automatic unique codes for nonumbered lists
A unique identifier is required for items in a non-numbered list. There shouldn't be an option to edit it even by administrators (analogue of #-code in numbered lists) An example of the enhancement: Add another system property called for example (system code) and make it noneditable but accessible through formulas and…
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Ability to authenticate as an SSO user with Anaplan connect
-Submitting for the client - United Laboratories Inc. At the moment, any user has to be made "exception user" to run actions through Anaplan connect. Let's say, the user has access to multiple work-spaces. In some work-spaces, the user is toggled as an "exception user" to use Anaplan connect. In some workspaces, the user…
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List Item Count Reset Accessible via Anaplan Connect
Description: The ability to trigger the “Reset” action/button in the list configuration tab (for numbered lists), using Anaplan Connect to automate this process. Example of Enhancement: Anaplan Connect has an operation that enables reset of a list. And the index for a list can be reset without limitation (i.e. it doesn’t…
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Custom return code for API / Anaplan Connect
It would be nice to be able sending custom return codes/messages to the API / Anaplan Connect. This will help us in be more proactively in case of errors. Think about a validation dashboard, which check data consistency. It could be that after a new data feed some functional data errors are flagged up at this dashboard…
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Remove "Display Name" duplication for numbered lists during export
When exporting the data from a numbered list field "Display name" is duplicated by a property that is selected as a displayed name. One of them should be removed as it adds additional clutter and confuses the customer. This would help to tidy and organize lists/number lists a lot better. Currently it's confusing for end…
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Aggregation function for non-list data type
Currently the aggregation functions only work towards list data type. This disallows to fully replace VLOOKUP function in Excel. Please add at least some additional functionality: for example to search for FIRSTNONBLANK using text data type. That would allow to more easily deal with data without need to maintain excessive…
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Process UI with Many Actions
When clicking a button to run a process that has several actions (20+), there should be a vertical scroll bar for the list of actions so that the UI box does not go off of the screen and a user does not have to scroll to see the Run button.
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Mapping on Codes
Allow for mapping on codes in a list that is not numbered.
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Line Item Data Connections
If a line item name changes in the source, keep the mapping in actions so that it pulls from the new line item name automatically.
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Dynamic Data Sources
Have the source model and source object name dynamically update in Import Data Sources as changes are made in the source.
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Maintain Flat File Mapping in Copied Models & Model Mappings
When we move models from workspace to workspace, the Anaplan model to model connections remain intact, but all flat files need to be reuploaded and mapped. This causes a large amount of work per model that we move. Adding this feature would make the workspace governance process run much more smoothly.
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Update API import error messages to display process and action name instead of task and import IDs
Import error records from API only display task or import ID, which makes troubleshooting difficult. Recommend to display process name and import action name instead.
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Add Search Field
Add a search field when setting up an import source from another Anaplan model. Currently, we have to scroll to look for the desired list, module, or saved view.
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Add to Top of List
When automating list additions, it only allows you to add to the bottom of the list. Would be nice to be able to add to the top as well.