Embracing the journey: reflecting on 2023, anticipating 2024
I was recently reading a LinkedIn News article, 34 Big Ideas that will change our world in 2024, and one quote from it made me laugh — “Humans just aren’t very good at predicting” by Freakonomics Radio host Stephen Dubner. While this normally may be true, my first thought was, “I can — with 100% certainty — predict that the Anaplan Community will continue to show up in 2024 in the way they have in the past.”
As I write this recap of 2023, and look forward to what 2024 will bring, the underlying theme is that this Community can always be counted on to help others, and each person is dedicated to making themselves a better version of themselves. The knowledge-sharing, thought-leadership, and problem-solving we see daily is something I know will continue in 2024!
To kick off this recap, I asked a few internal Anaplan folks (names you may recognize!) to share their highlights from this year. Take a look:
Thank you to @EricS @becky.leung @DennisL @JamiesonC @KasG @StaceyBrooks @rob_marshall @R_Goza and @QuinE for taking time to share!
Now let’s get to our popular content from 2023.
Top-viewed 2023 articles* authored by Community members
- Top 25 Anaplan features released in 2022 by Certified Master Anaplanner and Anaplan Community Boss @Misbah
- Implementing Polaris: Lessons learned by Certified Master Anaplanner and Anaplan Community Boss @PhilippErkinger
- September Community Q&A Challenge — A great collection of thoughts from over 30 Community members on best practices when it comes to model changes
- Two approaches to ragged hierarchy by Certified Master Anaplanner @Amaya
- Change management tips for redesigning processes in Anaplan and also Best practices for technical documentation of a model by Certified Master Anaplanner @ArunThakar
- Tips for learning Anaplan by Certified Master Anaplanner @bramirez
- Integrating AI with Anaplan to summarize table formatted data by Certified Solution Architect @Lehtohen
- Anaplan API Live: Unlock the power of Anaplan APIs with this comprehensive instructional guide by @anirudh, from Elite EPM and Anaplan Community Boss (this was the article @QuinE mentions in the video above!)
- How I Built It: Solving world’s hardest Sudoku with Anaplan Optimizer by Certified Master Anaplanner @tristan.colgate
- Introducing PlanaPY - A Python library for simplified Anaplan API integration by @eschau from The Duckhorn Portfolio
Top-viewed 2023 articles* authored by Anaplan (internal) experts
- Introducing the Anaplan Integration Script Generator: Simplifying Anaplan Connect Scripting by @QuinE
- Build custom ‘process log’ within Anaplan by @NoahJ
- [Part 1] Enhanced Reporting of the Anaplan Audit Log Summary by @QuinE
- [Part 3] Anaplan Audit History Data in an Anaplan Reporting Model by @ChrisStauffer
- Integrating Securely: Using the Anaplan REST API with Certificate-Based Authentication by @QuinE and @AdamT
- Displaying your data as a Calendar view, by @LeonardiT
- Using the Anaplan Certificate with the Anaplan REST API: A Comprehensive Guide by @QuinE and @AdamT
Other notable highlights
- Over 1,500 questions were asked in the Community Forums, and over 5,150 answers were received – WOW!
- We introduced Journey | an Anaplan Community podcast, and in our nine episodes featured a variety of talent in the ecosystem.
- Thirteen new ‘How I Built It’ tutorials were sent in this year by our creative and smart Master Anaplanners! And spoiler alert: we have five more already in production!
- There were over 450 new ideas added to our Community Idea Exchange! In 2024, we will begin to highlight those ideas, and which ones are becoming a reality.
- We highlighted nine exceptional Community members in our spotlight series!
“Our Community is only as good as the members that we have, and I like to think that we have some of the best Community members possible.”
– Dennis Lemoine, Anaplan’s Director of Customer Engagement & Experience (quote from the video above)
There isn’t a big enough THANK YOU that the Anaplan Community team can convey — but please know how much we value the time and energy you devote to helping others and educating yourself on best practices and Anaplan news. 2024 will no-doubt be even better!
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*Data collected January 1 – December 4, 2023. Articles published early in the year had a slight advantage!
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Thank you Community leadership team! Great year. And thank you to all the article contributors - some of the best content yet - appreciate all the learning I had. Looking forward to 2024!
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Another incredible year for the Anaplan Community! Can't wait for 2024!
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Truly honored to be part of this awesome community! Thank you so much Quin for the shout-out, it means a lot :)
Looking forward to 2024!!
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Glad that to be part of it. And hey our work up there :) Feels great!
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Thank you all for all of the learning you have provided to me and others this past year. Great Team!
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