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April Release Notes | by Misbah Ansari
Hi retail Anaplanners! Normally I write up the release notes each month but @Misbah has done such an excellent job I thought I would just post his link here. Check it out, Misbah adds examples too. Best feature in my opinion is the ability to SUM on a specific user. Big win.…
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April 2021 Release
Here is the list of feature that were released during April 2021. “Ignore Unmapped” Button for Imports: Working with User List: It is now possible to work with User List and perform calculations. New calculation functions include SUM & all other aggregation functions like TEXTLIST, FIRSTNONBLANK, LASTNONBLANK, ANY, ALL,…
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Jared's Power Series | May 18th | Markdown Pricing & Planning
Retail Group!! Next up in our monthly Retail Power Series is markdown pricing and planning. There's a good chance I'll have a surprise retailer showcased, so you'll definitely want to attend this one. You can register here at our favorite Bevy concierge . See you there - May 18th, 11 AM to 11:45 AM EST. Short, quick, and…
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April 2021 Releases and May Sneak Peak
Take a moment to review what's coming up next in our monthly releases **INCLUDING** - finally an Ignore Unmapped Button in Imports...Personally I am going to love this one!
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Sustainability
Retail Team! Great line up for Retail Brew's event tomorrow on sustainability. Both Rothy's and Cuyana will be speaking. Quick Meeeting 30 minutes! https://events.morningbrew.com/thecheckoutrtbsustainability?utm_source=morning_brew @BobD @SherylB @Dsabo
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New Modelling Experience - arriving 4th May
Available from 4th May, the new modelling experience will make the flexibility of Anaplan even greater and enable even faster and more intuitive development. Highlights include: * Enhanced formula editor, interface and navigation * Highlight and check syntax with the new intuitive formula editor * Open lists as discrete…
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New Modelling Experience
Had this switched on over the weekend (accessible via Models tab in UX)... what do you think of it? There's a couple of quite nice things I've noticed: 1. being able to open up any model via the bread-crumbs 2. the formula now being better to read via the toggle to the bottom of the screen as well as just being a whole lot…
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The New Modeling Experience is available for all customers!!!
You can now choose whether to open models in the new experience via a toggle on the Home page or continue to use the Classic experience. In the New Modeling Experience, model builders will be able to access new capabilities, such as a formula editor and fast access to modeling screens to improve productivity. End users…
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REMINDER - Maintenance Update coming up this weekend - 8th May
See here for details. For quick ref - the timings for UK are GMT 9pm on Saturday 8th. Don't forget to subscribe to those status updates too - they are invaluable.
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Hello from North Carolina
Hello, First time posting in the Southeast forum. I'm an Anaplanner operating out of the RTP area of NC and I'd like to connect with others in the area. To network, learn, and share best practices about Anaplan. Please contact me if you're interested in same. Many thanks, -Paul
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Mark your calendars for the upcoming Anaplan Boston User Meetup on May 20th at 1PM!
Come join the New England Customer Success team and other Anaplanners for an afternoon of virtual learning and networking. We are excited to have OneCloud, a modern iPaaS technology that provides administrators and users the ability to automate complex workflows, transform data, and simplify bi-directional integrations…
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NUX Collaboration and Spring Cleaning
Our Four Corners friends have extended the invite to their upcoming User Group on May 20th. Great topics on the new UX Collaboration and Spring cleaning your Anaplan models. Space is limited!
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Connected Planning with Anaplan on Anaplan - Recording Link
As Promised, here is the link to the recording of our April 28th User Group. https://youtu.be/u5gwFqtp7r4 Thank you!!
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Connected Planning with Anaplan on Anaplan - User Group Wrap Up
Thank you to all who attended our first of many Southern California User Groups. What a great topic and thank you to Pierre and Corey for their great presentation. It was great to see everyone again we loved the questions, interactions, comments. Keep it up! Thank you. I will be posting the recorded meeting shortly so…
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Looking for Sourcing and Procurement Use Case Ideas
Hello Anaplan Supply Chain Group - Anaplan is starting to help more and more companies with their Sourcing and Procurement Planning activities. This relates to purchasing decisions that happen downstream from traditional Supply Chain S&OP, Demand and Supply Planning workflows. Below are some example use cases we are…
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Article on How to Build a Workforce Planning Strategy that Delivers Business Value
"#WorkforcePlanning is a business activity. It is not an #HR activity. ... Done well it will accelerate your business strategy by providing recommendations based on fact, insight and deep knowledge of the workforce across the markets in which you operate." Read myHRFuture post…
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Unleash the Power of Find Feature on New UX
If you are an avid user of New UX you would have probably noticed it by now that there are many search functionalities (seen as magnifying glass icon) on a page be it Board or Worksheet. There are similar features on the Home page as well which searches thru all the models, apps and pages. However this article covers only…
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Demand Planning - A Cornerstone of Every Business Plan (Community Blog Post)
Cross-posting this blog entry here. Nice work, @AlejandroGomez! https://community.anaplan.com/t5/Blog/Demand-Planning-A-Cornerstone-of-Every-Business-Plan/ba-p/94993
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53 week calendars
Hi all, Two part question this, for anyone using a 53 week calendar: 1. Does Anaplan's 53 week calendar align with your company's calendar? 2. When using weeks, do you use Anaplan's native time functionality or use Fake time lists? I'm interested to hear not only your answers but any challenges you might have faced too.…
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Upcoming April 28 Anaplan Live! Spotlight event.
Thought you guys might be interested in this... "Join the next Anaplan Live! Spotlight on April 28 at 11:00 a.m. (GMT+8) to hear from Metro North Hospital and Health Service, an Anaplan customer, about why it's critical to start with the business process when designing a new application. See a demo of their app and model…
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April 24th Platform Update - Retail Perspective
Retail Anaplanners! Wow, some heavy changes to the platform yesterday (Saturday, April 24th). Here are the changes: * Perform calculations with User lists * Select to ignore all items you don’t want to map when setting up imports * Use the Update Current Period action to automate updates of Current Period as a stand alone…
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Group Leader All Hands - April 2021
Here's What You Missed... What a wonderful turnout! Thank you Group Leaders for attending our quarterly All Hands and a special thanks to our guest speaker and fellow Group Leader @Aaron.wasinger. If you were unable to attend, you can view the recording and find Aaron's slide deck attached. There were many great takeaways…
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L2 Model Builder Community Support Group
Hi All, The last of the series of community based trainings for now, is L2. Since there is no instructor led L2 training I structured this session as a support group and held office hours where anyone could dial for a 30 minute session in the morning, afternoon and another just before close of business. With the…
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Model Builder Level 1 Instructor Led Community Training
Hi All, Back for another in a series of Community based training examples. Attached are some templates you can use to help run an L1 Instructor Led community based training. A few of suggestions: Max attendance 12 (8-10 seems best). Depending on number of attendees, on Day 2 and 3 you may want to have an SA (Anaplanner or…
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April 20th Power Series Recap | Recording Link | Presentation
Hello Retail Enthusiasts!! Thank you all so much for attending the April 20th Power Series event where we introduced the new image in a grid and word wrap functionality. The bonus was we demonstrated a floor set, both front end and back end. Attached to this post is the presentation and the recording of the event is below.…
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The Anaplan Way -- Virtual Support Group
Hello All, During yesterday's Anaplan Groups call a question was asked about leading virtual community training events. I thought I'd post some examples with templates you can use to help get started. The first in the series of community trainings is The Anaplan Way (TAW). TAW is required for aspiring Model Builders to…
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More ways to access data - Transactional APIs
Check out this article by our colleague, Rebecca, to see the latest exciting developments on our APIs - opening up more ways to work with and process your data.
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Our FAQs - Part I
As Anaplan Business Partners, we are asked many different types of questions and we will always do our very best to answer them. Below are a selection of questions I am often asked with answers. I want to understand more about Data Integration options. Where should I go? Your starting point should be Data Integration on…
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CIM Update - phase 2 rollout
Just an update on CIM - this is a gradual rollout and first phase is awareness and simply assigning a User Admin. as per our earlier comms. Just to refresh/remind, you can see the below to familiarise yourself with the upcoming changes. Remember, no need to panic! This isn't changing overnight and existing WS capabilities…
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Group Leader All Hands - 2 Days Away!
Don't Forget to Register! Grab your hot coffee, tea or maybe even a cocktail! Whatever suits your fancy.... and join the Anaplan Groups team for some exciting updates, new metrics, and an exclusive presentation from one of our very own Group Leaders. Learn about his experience as a Group Leader and how he, and his…