July 2024 platform releases (Polaris and Workflow

Check out the latest Anaplan feature updates and enhancements in our July 2024 release notes:

  • Hierarchy Chart: You can learn more about how to use this feature in this overview video , a short training course , or Anapedia documentation
  • On-Demand Calculation in Polaris: Polaris will now only calculate aggregate-level intersections when needed. This means that model size is reduced, and calculation performance is improved significantly. 
  • Workflow: Scheduling, new workflow view, Create tasks and approvals from Management Reports and more.

If you missed our July 30 platform release event, the recording is now available, Check it out here. Our next platform release event will be in late October 2024.

The information below offers supplemental information.

Planning and modeling

  • On-Demand Calculation in Polaris
    Polaris will now only calculate aggregate-level intersection when needed, resulting in reduced model size and improved calculation performance.

UX

  • Workflow: Scheduling a workflow 
    When creating a Workflow template, builders have the option to "start immediately" or "start based on a schedule", including options for start and end dates, times of day, and workflow repetition.
  • Workflow: Approval decisions stop on reject by default
    When adding a decision task to a template, the default will be to "stop workflow on rejection", saving Workflow builders time. This setting can be switched off, if needed.

  • Workflow: Flowchart visualizations everywhere 
    The flowchart visualizations originally introduced in the builder tool are now the default view throughout Workflow, for example when overriding settings or tracking progress of a workflow.

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