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Automatically remap line items in import actions
As a model builder, i would need that in the following conditions : - an import mapping uses manual mappings for line items - the source line item name(s) are changed in the source module, that the manual mapping would be updated automatically or alternatively that we get a blocking mechanism that alerts us upon trying to…
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Native scheduling action in Anaplan (w/o API. Connect or 3rd party integration tool)
Could Anaplan action iteself allowing for scheduling? (i.e. a common use case would be you have an action that brings data from Data Hub to Spoke models and data in Spoke models need to be refreshed everyday) - It would be super helpful to have this function built-in at the time the action/import is set up in Anaplan,…
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Dynamic exports - Export actions linked to saved view with filters or user selection
As a model builder I would like to set-up exports that are connected to saved views and that synchronize with a dashboard to provide end-users with dynamic and efficient exports and ensure sustainable integration with other systems. An example: A module is published to dashboard with month as headers. I want an export…
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Use CloudWorks to solve CurrentDate/CurrentTimestamp in Anaplan WITHOUT using third-party tools
As Solution Architect / Model builder, I would like to be able to create a "connection" in CloudWorks Anaplan using a webservice managed by Anaplan which automatically updates in the backend a file that contains the periodically updated CurrentTimestamp in UTC (something like "2021-02-01T14:10:45"). I will know this will…
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Option to export conditional formatting in export to xls
Description of the enhancement: Add an option to include conditional formatting in exports to xls
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Provide capability to import blank values for dates and list formatted line items
I would like the capability to blank out cells. This is not currently possible without clearing target before import. Description of the enhancement required: Ability to blank out cells without clearing the entire module each time An example of the enhancement: During the upload, there is an option which allows user to…
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Ability to change Pivot in Google Sheets Add-on
The Google Sheets add-on doesn't let us change the dimensions in the Pivot when setting up the connection, unlike the Excel add-in. We need to create custom views in the model to be able to pull the data in the format we want. This is a big deterrent towards adoption of the Google Sheets add-in and restricts the…
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excel add-in : Select a level without creating a view
Hi, A new idea for the excel add-in is the possibility to select a level for a hierarchy. For exemple, I have a module with the level 8 for organization, I wish have the possibility to decide to show only organization level 7 or 6 without level 8. Best regards, Carine B.
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Restrict Characters in Open Text Line Items
It would be great if text formatted line items that are user inputs could be restricted to only allow certain characters. When users are allowed to input an escape character or newline, it can create problems for exports.
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Headers in export files
When Exporting files from Anaplan I would like the possibility to remove the list name from the header when adding properties properties in the export file. Today I can only choose Include or exclude Row Label headers. I would like to have the possibility to exclude the name of the list in the header. From above export I…
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Automatically generate Keys for Importing fact data into Data Hub module
Importing fact data into "flat modules" in a Data Hub is challenging when your data source is unable to provide a single unique Key to act as a List Item. That work ends up taking place between the extracted data and the import into Anaplan and oftentimes involves concatenating Key columns into a single column, sometimes…
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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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Google Sheet Addin: Remove leading spaces from Lists items
Our primary purpose for pulling data from Anaplan into Google Sheets is to use it as a data source. This purpose is made significantly more difficult by the formatting of list items brought in through the add in. Specifically, lists are formatted with leading spaces as you can see by the " Bookings" member in the…
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Change import default name while setting it up
It will be good to have ability to change an import name the same time when you first create the import. For example, having a special field on import setting window, like in screenshot.
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Export - Data Source
Hi Community, I am thinking that would be very beneficial for model builders to have the possibility to view Data Sources for Export Definitions. For the large models with lots of external integrations and different export actions is pretty difficult to follow the source of a particular export if you can have dozens of…
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Bulk Copy functionality available from Dashboards for non-model builders
As a Model Builder, I want to be able to create specific/dynamic Bulk copy processes so that end users can run them via dashboards. I'll know this is successful when I'm able to publish on dashboards specific bulk copy processes using the standards Anaplan out of the box functionality and without the need of creating…
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Add Bulk Copy to action list to be added in process chain.
Hi there, Current limitations with the version dimension mean we are not able to select Version as a list formatted line item (there is a separate ticket with community support on this topic). Because of that, we are forced to do a number of data moves using custom version lists, list subsets, and collect statements to…
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Setting to ignore elements when imported into a time dimension.
Hello everyone! I constantly face the problem that I described in this topic. The problem is that if, when loading data, you have time in the columns, and the rows have several non-embedded columns (reference for the user, outgoing measurement (and the mapping is done according to an additional LI: code), then at the start…
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Importing data directly from another Anaplan module
When a user is attempting to import data directly from another Anaplan module, they need to be able to use an identifier (code or link vs. the display name of the field) to ‘connect’ the records. For example: When a user exports from a ‘source’ Anaplan module, the user has the ability to export the ‘code’ or ‘list link…
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API Calls for "Export PDF" in Reporting
It would be great if Anaplan had API's that could call for the "Export PDF" in reporting. Allowing for this would give customers a flexible way of automating the exports at whatever consistent frequency needed. Thank you..