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Your feedback please - 2022 Platform Release Calendar
At Anaplan we always aim to minimise maintenance platform downtime for our customers. In UK, downtime if required, is provisionally Sundays circa 12.00-2.00am in order to lessen business impact as much as possible. With this in mind please see the below to review our provisional 2022 Maintenance Schedule. As stated,…
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Save your seat! Day in the Life: ALM
We're bringing @BeccaR back to walk through a "day in the life" for model builders using ALM. She will be sharing best practices & demoing capabilities in both the back-end models and user experience apps. Registrations are capped at 50, so RSVP today! This session will also be recorded. Please drop any questions you have…
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Here's Why In-Store Experience is Still Relevant
Retail enthusiasts! Well, this article will wrap up this month's theme about the importance in-store experience has on retail, and in particular, the Anaplan planning aspects necessary to support them. In this article from Chain Store Age, Dan Berthiaume, shares the results of 1,000 shoppers survey respondents, lending…
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Sept 16 Quarterly Leader Meetup | Registration and Agenda
Our next Group Leader meetup will be on Thursday, September 16 from 10:00-11:00 am CDT. Register here if you can join! Thank you for your agenda input. Based on your questions and ideas, we'll be covering: * Engagement strategies: growing your Group and engaging your members. @JaredDolich will share how he grew the Retail…
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Google Sheets not working properly using Subsets
We are experiencing some strange behaviour from Google Sheets Addon when the Module uses Subsets, if the Module has a No Data formatted Line Item as the first Line Item, normally we use this as header for our Line Items inside the Modules, to confirm that I've made some tests using different combinations of Line Item…
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Sandbox for restructuring planning
Hi there! I would like to present a case and pick your brains for a bit of brainstorming. Within the context of a Workforce planning process, how would you provide a sandbox to the leadership team, so they can plan for scenarios such as restructuring, merger & acquisition, etc... that have a heavy impact on the company's…
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Recording of Group Event - II 26th Aug 2021
Here is the recording of today's event https://vimeo.com/592772547 Agenda: * Difference between OFFSET and POST * TEXTLIST and the workaround * Management Reporting * Python Use Case on Automating Pdf exports Misbah
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More Welcomes to the Texas Group!
Hey Hey Hey! We have more new members to celebrate and welcome today: @MuratDilek , @Sheru , @Indelasyam , and @Ketika! If you feel comfortable, please introduce yourself and let us know where you're at in your Anaplan journey! ALSO -- GENERAL OPEN FORUM -- If you are a newer Anaplanner -- no worries -- we're here to help…
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Amazon Stores Opening | Here We Go!
Hi Retail Team, Well the time has come. I think our theme this month is digital only stores that are discovering the importance of opening stores. Now it's Amazon's turn (well, attempt #2, I guess). What are your takeaways? Was Michael Presyman, CEO of Everlane, correct? How would you modify your planning process to…
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CloudWorks - bumping up again - model to model import is here!
NEW FEATURE RELEASE Scheduling model-to-model imports has never been easier Model-to-model import is now available in CloudWorks! Easy to set up and ready to use, model-to-model import lets you effortlessly move data from one model to another—on the schedule that’s right for you and without relying on additional IT…
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REMINDER - Domain and IP Allow Listing - upgrade schedule October 11th
Just a reminder on this - for added security we are making updates to our allowed domain and IP ranges. Don't forget to check here and update your settings if necessary by October 7th to ensure a smooth transition. If you have any queries please contact your BP. Anaplan Product will also be in touch separately via email…
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NEW L1 Training Drop-In Sessions - view the UKI Commercial Events Calendar
From September 1st we will be offering free drop-in sessions for anyone doing their L1 on-demand training. This will take the format of 1 hour where Catherine/Richard will be available to take questions on the material and help you with any issues - be that build approach or a specific with a formula. Please note this…
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Excel Add In Best Practice
I was just sharing this documentation with a customer as they start to investigate the use of the Add-In some more, and it occurred to me it would be really useful to share that here. I know this is something used by a number of our UKI customers and so hopefully this can give some more insight! Excel Add-In Best Practices…
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Shape up for Management Reporting
Add images and shapes to your Management reports to add that wow factor. Learn how to create and store shapes and images from this article. https://community.anaplan.com/t5/How-To/Management-Reporting-How-to-handle-Icons-and-Shapes/ta-p/115424 For more info, join our webinar on 9th Sep 2021…
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Group Leader Recruiting
Hi, everyone! We're beginning what will be a long-term initiative to recruit more Group Leaders from among the wider Community of customers and partners. There are currently several Groups with open opportunities for new Leaders, as highlighted in today's Community blog post: Make an Impact—Be an Anaplan Group Leader!…
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User Stories Workshop Recap
Big thanks to @BeccaR for helping us navigate the art and science of user stories today! I have attached the meeting materials here and the video will posted once it is available. My favorite part was reviewing some real-life user stories and seeing how they could be improved. https://vimeo.com/586334501 Big take-aways: *…
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What are the retail trends right now? Watch this!
Ethan Chernofsky of Placer.ai spent an hour with Robin Lewis describing all the retail trends taking place right now. What I like most about this 1 hour presentation is that Ethan backs up all his findings and theories with evidence. Ethan debunked a lot of myths for me, particularly the ones related to the pandemic.…
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Show previous Forecast Actions execution
Currently, I’m only able to see the latest forecast action execution in PlanIQ; I want to see the full execution history.
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More visibility in PlanIQ Execution failures
When actions fail, sometimes it’s complicated to understand why, since no explanation message is presented in PlanIQ.
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June & July 2021 Release
Check out the latest features released during the month of June 2021 and July 2021. Enhance Model Object Search: Model Object Search capability has been extended to Saved Views and Line Item Subsets. Now Model builders can search for Modules, Lists, Line item Subsets, Saved Views and Dashboards from the Model Search…
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IMPORTANT! 2022 Recertification
Retail Anaplanners!! Just a heads up. To get recertified as a model builder or solution architect for 2022 you must take this 10 question quiz on new Anaplan Features. Don't worry. It's open book and you can use Anapedia (highly recommended) https://learning.anaplan.com/course/view.php?id=1536 Tag: @ChrisMullen…
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Introducing Anaplan Management Reporting webinar - Thu 9th Sep
Catherine and I are delighted to invite you to our Management Reporting webinar on Thu 9th Sep at 0930. Join us to see how you can produce highly formatted reports to share across the entire organisation, quickly and easily. All from within Anaplan. Proposed agenda * How and when to use Management Reporting * Using images…
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10 Tips to create Magnificent Reports!
As you know we are very excited on the lunch f the Reporting feature in UX - for me this really elevates the platform and delivers on the agenda we set for total connected planning. So here are 10 tips for leveraging the functionality to the max - have a play, join us on our upcoming session for a feature demo, and get…
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5 Best Practices for Management Reporting
Delighted to have seen so much positive feedback and interest in the new Management Reporting features. As we all continue to play, experiment and explore the possibilities, here are 5 best practices to help guide you along the way.…
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OTIF | How do you define it?
Retail enthusiasts! Ran into an interesting article/topic. Nancy McCurdy, Anaplan Account Exec out of Dallas, TX, mentioned this article in LinkedIn. It's about the trouble with defining OTIF, or on time, in full. We all know how important this metric is, especially when measuring supplier performance, but how should it be…
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Closed: We would like your feedback on Anaplan's Management Reporting
I am looking for customers to take part in a study about Anaplan's Management Reporting. I am looking to have a discussion about how you are currently using reporting within your organisation and discuss any thoughts you have on Anaplan's reporting suite. The study is open to customers in organisations who have trialled…
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Reminder - upcoming maintenance window
Just a reminder that there is platform maintenance scheduled for this coming Saturday 14th August: London (United Kingdom) Saturday, August 14, 2021 at 9:00 PM (BST) Remember - if you subscribe to Platform Events Calendar and Status Updates you can receive automated reminders and release information straight to your inbox!
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Welcome to the Texas Group!
Hey there everyone! Just wanted to start a trend of welcoming our newest members: @MerveGollu , @SevdaK , and @jupiter ! If any of you are comfortable, please introduce yourself and let us know your favorite Anaplan feature. If you don't have one -- that's cool, too -- hopefully we can collaborate and find a new favorite…
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Save your seat! Upcoming User Stories Workshop
Join the Four Corners User Group for an interactive user stories workshop! Anaplan Solution Architect Becca Robertson will be sharing best practices for writing effective user stories. We invite you to bring a user story to discuss with the group and gather feedback on how to take it to the next level. Registration will be…
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Management Reporting
Ok, so who has built something cool yet? If you hide the confidential info, can you share it? I had a go with the L1 training model. It's a first (ish) attempt (the real first attempt was dreadful) so be kind.