Recent Blogs and Best Practice articles
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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 convince business stakeholders to invest in large digital transformation initiatives. This is often the case when positioning…
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February 2025 Community Member Spotlight: Puneeth Kumar HP
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 Boss. Check out his Anaplan journey and contributions below! About Puneeth I am currently working as a Solution Architect for…
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How I Built It: Effective project-based planning
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-based planning. Also, how integrating a custom workday calendar can enhance the flexibility and accuracy of your planning…
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How I Built It: Dynamic source data selection
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 showcase how you can set up end user selections to vary data sources across one or more hierarchies. This is a dynamic way…
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The 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 Hubs. Downtown is where financial planning models reside, and in midtown are sales and revenue models. The streets are paved…
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Dear Anaplan, A love letter
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 possibility, to the late nights where I dreamed of solutions we may create together, I have loved you dearly. Past lovers be…
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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, self-service tools, and dynamic case submission form to reduce resolution times. Topics covered include: Seamless access to…
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How I Built It: Effective filtering in Polaris
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 with Polaris, and a general approach to designing efficient exports in both Polaris and Classic. There are limits on applying…
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January 2025 platform releases
Check out the latest Anaplan feature updates and enhancements in our January 2025 official release notes. The information below offers supplemental information to that post. Integrations & Extensibility Metering improvements in ADO The metering lozenge on the Overview page now includes consumption of storage and datasets,…
