The 'Data Write' action functionality in Anaplan App (UX) is great and provides the ability to 'Use current date'. This means that by pressing an action button on the page, a module with a date format will be updated with today's date. Seamless and simple! Below I have 2 simple use case examples for this:
1. Workflow - E.g. Adding a timestamp for a performed process or 'date reviewed'
2. Data - Data Hub where the day of an upload for manually uploaded files can be stored/traced and referenced
On point 2, the Data Write option is better than manually choosing the date on a date formatted cell, but if uploading a file (or in a spoke model using an action to pull data from the Data Hub) currently the user would need to first press 1 button and then another. Ideally 'Data Write' could added to an existing model process, or 'Use Current Period' could be added as a model action to combine with an existing process. This will improve and simplify the ability to time stamp data/ data loads.
