October 2024 platform releases

GingerAnderson · 2024-11-08T17:02:01+00:00

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Check out the latest Anaplan feature updates and enhancements from October 2024. Our full list of release notes can be viewed here.

Mobile

Create Workflow tasks on mobile
Workflow owners can now create page and group tasks directly from any Anaplan page on Mobile. Assignees will receive a notification and can complete the task on Web or Mobile, as usual.

UX

Workflow: Assign notification steps based on line items
In a model, users who should receive notifications at key points of a process can now be defined. This allows specific users or teams to get alerts when project changes or requests are related to them.

Recording available from our recent platform release event

If you missed our platform release event on October 30, watch the recording to hear about recent feature releases and how to take advantage of these in your environment. During the session, our experts covered Workflow enhancements, enhanced formatting options, page access update, separation of duties, Hierarchy charts, and more!

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Comments

Alessio_Pagliano

Thanks @GingerAnderson ! I would add both the security and formatting enhancements here and in the release notes.

Something that can still be found in the video recording, which was great.

For the security. There's now a new "Settings" sections in the Tenant Admin Panel which allow limiting workspace admins adding or removing users. There's then a new Role "User Admin" which drives who can/can't add/delete users from within the models.

This is actually key and the first of a series of security enhancements I am really waiting for.

However, I think there's a bug as it doesn't work for me. Although I am enabled as a "User Admin" the Add/Remove Users buttons within the models are still disabled. So for me this is a bug (already raised with the support).

Anyone else experiencing this ?

PS For the changes to take effect it seems it's necessary to log off from Anaplan (a refresh is not sufficient, unless it's a timing issue).

Thanks !

GingerAnderson

Hi @Alessio_Pagliano!

The security release for settings to create a user admin role and manage users was released in August and was included in our August update.

For the manage user settings to be fully in effect, a Tenant Admin needs to toggle on the "Limit adding and removing users to user admins only" in the Settings area of Admin and then ensure that appropriate individuals are assigned the User Admin role. These changes take several minutes to propagate, so patience is needed when you're first activating this setting. Here's an Anapedia article if needed. If the "limit users" setting is toggled on and you're assigned User Admin role and still not seeing the ability to add / remove users in the model, a support ticket is your best bet.

Let me know if you have additional questions — thank you!!

Alessio_Pagliano

Thanks a lot @GingerAnderson

I'll grab a coffee when "playing" with those settings ;-)

Unfortunately I am experiencing an issue: with the settings enabled and the User Admin role assigned, I am unable to Add/Delete users from the model. Support is investigating: initially they told me the new toggle would always ever remove the ability of adding/deleting users from within the model, regardless of the User Admin role assigned but they now acknowledge that's not the case (as showcased in the quarterly demo as well).

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