Anaplan Weekly Challenge

Hello Anaplanner's,

I would like to know if we already have a Weekly challenge' section for Anaplan.
We have it in Alteryx and also in Power BI.
The challenges help new learners identify, understand and use Anaplan in a better way, all while being a part of the group.

If not, I would like to request respective members to see this post as a humble suggestion from someone who wants to learn and excel using Anaplan to it's full potential🙂

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SriNitya

@vfrank
To my knowledge there are no weekly challenges, it is good idea to have.
we have monthly Q&A challenges sometimes.

Dikshant

There are monthly community Q&As that are somewhat similar, but it's more of an open discussion about a single topic. But this is also good to have a weekly challenge, and community members can participate and propose respective solutions and ideas.

TristanS

@vfrank I have a challenge you might be interested in. Not really sure whether Anaplan would be able to do it either. I've seen recursive / loop algorithms outside Anaplan but doing this within Anaplan would definitely be a good challenge.

https://community.anaplan.com/discussion/157883/best-fit-algorithm-for-bundling-grouping

PujithaB

@TristanS, Yes, I agree

https://community.anaplan.com/discussion/157883/best-fit-algorithm-for-bundling-grouping

This is a challenging one and I would like to learn this can be solved in any way of Anaplan.

GingerAnderson

Love this idea! Out of curiosity, how would you say a "community challenge" post would differ than a question asked in our forums? Is it bringing extra visibility to it? Or a situation that applies to all? We have done the monthly challenges and are open to new ideas and suggestions for sure!

Thank you!

Ginger, Community Manager

Olek P

I like a weekly challenge idea from Anaplan. Shouldn't be too hard to do.

Olek P

@GingerAnderson

It could even be a question already asked on the forum. I would like to see a separate section, and someone is responsible for posting it every week.

EthanFinn

@fnaf I'll definitely consider this as a way to help new learners better understand and use Anaplan.

FranklinF

Too glad to witness that we have an active community always looking out for fellow learners and keeping an open door for any suggestions and ideas.

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