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Store Operations: Can they be Agile?
Hi Retail Team. Ran into this article today and thought I'd share it because it poses an interesting question about how planning, typically starting at the top and cascading down can be transformed to be more agile where top and bottom iterate with each other. What do you think? Can this be implemented in Anaplan?…
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Do not miss February 2021 Releases and March Sneak Peek!
* Released in February * Modeling Enhancements * Collaboration Updates * UX Updates * Mobile Enhancements * Admin Console * HyperCare 3.0 * Ideas Delivered in Feb * Targeted for March * UX Updates * Extensibility Updates * Security Enhancements * Upcoming scheduled maintenance: Released in February Modeling Enhancements *…
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Wow! The March Anaplan Release is all about Retail!!
Retail Anaplanners, If you haven't read @VickiA sneak preview or release notes before, this is the time to give it a try. https://community.anaplan.com/t5/Releases/February-2021-Releases-and-March-Sneak-Peek/ba-p/99663 In March the retail industry will be handed a major gift! In March, we should be getting these features:…
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Retail Group Virtual Meetup March 16th 11-12PM EST - Teaser #3
Retail Anaplanners! Less that a week away, March 16, for the Retail Anaplan Group quarterly meeting! We'll take a closer look at how OTB is used in Anaplan and how retailers are reacting to the Pandemic in record time. As a bonus we'll also see a demo of price management in Anaplan. Our special guest is Alicia Crowther and…
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Weekly Tip: 3 Benefits of Smaller Events
Hi, everyone! Each week @HannahT and I will post tips for event success, boosting engagement, and other bite-sized ideas for helping you lead your Groups. Please let us know how you like this new feature, and be sure to react to the tips each week. We value your questions and comments! This week's tip: Events don't have to…
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Platform updates - remember to subscribe to Status Updates
Hi all - just a reminder we have a scheduled maintenance event taking place this Saturday 9pm GMT - for future reference the best way to keep up to speed on these and if they affect you is to subscribe to platform updates - as always if you have questions please just reach out to your Business Partner.
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Set Your Calendar | March 16th 11AM-12PM
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Retail Group Virtual Meetup March 16th 11-12PM EST
Hope you all can make it. Here's a promotion I put on LinkedIn. We'll cover open to buy in Anaplan, Price Management: Markdown planning, and the UX Research Program. You can register here. https://usergroups.anaplan.com/events/details/anaplan-retail-presents-retail-anaplan-group-q1-2021-virtual-meetup/#/
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Automate Current Date Import Using Python
Import and Automate Current Date Import to Anaplan Using Python By Jared Dolich Retail Planning Enthusiast Summary As a supply chain Anaplan data integration modeler, you might be asked by your business partner to display actuals for elapsed periods and forecasts for unelapsed periods. If you are not using the current…
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[2 minutes | Question] CLOSED: Lifting the 1m cell limitation
All, I am pleased to confirm that the next version of Excel Add-in will not have a 1m cell limitation anymore as per this idea. Instead, the next limitation will be 5m, which should leave you enough room to do all sorts of reports and ad-hoc analysis in Excel. There are however two points to consider: * Even if you create…
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ZEN of the Anaplan Decoded - Zen 1
Just because you CAN doesn’t mean you SHOULD We all know that Anaplan is so powerful and so flexible that anything you can think of building on this platform can be built. But does that mean we should be doing it? That’s why this Zen of the Anaplan is my personal favorite. This is so broad a statement but it is so…
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New Member Welcome! March 2021
We had one new member join us in February - welcome @jjayavalli! Please introduce yourself to the Four Corners group, and let us know how we can support you on your Anaplan journey. Lauren
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Retail Anaplan Group - February 2021 Update
Retail Anaplan Group Monthly Summary - 2021 February Headlines * @Stacey_Gibbens did a masterful job explaining Transactional API's 2/25/201. Check them out. * 1 New Members joined, raising the membership count to 134 * The Retail Group Leaders @Dsabo @BobD and @JaredDolich will be hosting a quarterly virtual meetup on…
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Q1 2021 Retail Anaplan Group Virtual Meetup
Retail Group!! Hopefully, you all got an invitation to join the Q1 Retail Anaplan Group meeting March 16th, from 11-12 a.m. EST (New York City). I know that's really early for you on the west coast and really late for you in Europe and Middle East. (sorry) I'm pretty sure these are recorded so if you can't make it we'll…
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Closed: We would like your feedback on e-signature software
We are looking for customers to share their thoughts on e-document signing/e-signature software (Docusign, Adobe Sign, Hello Sign etc) used in their organisations. We are looking to have a discussion about how you are currently using this software and to ask for your feedback on some ideas that Anaplan is considering. This…
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Recap: San Francisco & Bay Area Group Meeting - Tuesday February 23rd 2021
Thank you all Anaplan San Francisco & Bay Area community members for joining us on Tuesday February 23d. The event page has been updated with a wrap-up. See below agenda with direct links to recordings on Anaplan's YouTube channel! 11:00 AMIntroductions11:15 AMNew User Experience at Chevron11:45 AMCloudworks and Time…
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Retail Group Quarterly Meet Up Proposal
@BobD @Dsabo Retail Anaplan Group! We're planning a get together (virtual still) in mid-March, tentatively 3/16 11a.m. EST, invite will be coming soon. Let us know if you have any particular topics you want to learn more about or discuss, we'll make sure we get the appropriate experts invited or demos created. For now, the…
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Making the Finance dept a true team player
The Finance dept should be at centre of everything an organisation does. Do you agree? Is it the case in your organisation? How can you make the finance department the true team player? How is the Anaplan platform helping your Finance function be that true team player? Read through the advice and observations from article…
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Virtual UG Recap - New User Experience - February 2021
We held our inaugural Four Corners User Group today, and I enjoyed "meeting" so many members of the Anaplan Community. I'm definitely looking forward to having coffee or lunch once we are able to host in-person meetings. Big thanks to @sprender for sharing a UX demo and discussing our Product Roadmap. We were unable to…
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[1 hour | User interview] CLOSED: Microsoft Office Add-ins and UX
We are looking for customers to take part in a study about Add-ins and the UX. We are looking to have a discussion about how you are currently using add-ins within your organisation and to ask for your feedback on some ideas that we are exploring. The study is open to customers in organisations that have adopted (or…
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Closed : We would like your feedback on Anaplan add-ins
We are looking for customers to take part in a study about Add-ins in the UX. We are looking to have a discussion about how you are currently using add-ins within your organisation and to ask for your feedback on some ideas that we are exploring. The study is open to customers in organisations that have adopted (or…
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[10 minutes | Online task] CLOSED: Anaplan for Microsoft 365
Hello, We would like to invite you to participate in an upcoming research study with Anaplan, to explore how we can create a Microsoft 365 experience for Anaplan users. The sessions for this study are online tasks, which can be completed at any time before 12 February 2021 and can be accessed [link removed]. Allow…
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[1 minute | Question] CLOSED: What is the top use case for the Excel Add-in?
According to you and based on your experience: What's the top use case for the Excel Add-in? Reporting Analysis Planning Other (please explain your reply in the thread) pollcode.com free polls
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[2 minutes | feedback] CLOSED: Confusing Anaplan add-in V4.1.1 message windows
We found the Duplicate connections message confusing/misleading. A user can have files open with duplicate connections, they just cannot refresh both. Suggested text revision: Duplicate connections detected. If you want to refresh <filename being opened>, please close other workbooks which contain the same connections.…
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Anaplan Live Planning
Hi Everyone, Hope you are doing well. We are planning for an APAC-friendly Anaplan Live event. Anaplan Live: This free, virtual event series is packed with valuable insights from top Anaplan experts and thought leaders. Designed with model builders, end-users, and even new learners in mind, the reoccurring event lets…
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Planning an organization’s workforce while considering internal and external factors
"Operating and planning a business is like solving a complex puzzle: an organization can have all the correct pieces for its business but at the end of the day, the right people are required to put it all together." Check out recent blog from @Brett.Francis on Planning for a Company’s Most Valuable Asset—its…
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Hi! Just joined the Chicago group...looking forward to being a member!
Hi! Just joined the Chicago group...looking forward to being a member! Lucia
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Register for Anaplan Live! Spotlight: Transactional APIs
Join the Anaplan Community’s next Anaplan Live! Spotlight on Thursday, February 25 at 10 a.m. CST to hear how the latest updates to Anaplan APIs can benefit model builders. Connect live with top Anaplan experts to learn about what has changed, including the new transactional APIs, and how you can use them to create more…
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Anaplan Live! Spotlight: Transactional APIs is on Feb. 25
Join the Anaplan Community’s next Anaplan Live! Spotlight on Thursday, February 25 at 10 a.m. CST to hear how the latest updates to Anaplan APIs can benefit model builders. Connect live with top Anaplan experts to learn about what has changed, including the new transactional APIs, and how you can use them to create more…
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PLEASE SHARE WITH YOUR GROUP: Anaplan Live! Spotlight is back
Our next Anaplan Live! Spotlight event returns soon, and this event series is tightly focused on providing content and value for Model Builders. We want all Group members to know about this event and have the chance to attend—and that invite will be much more meaningful coming from you! Please share the following blurb…
