Did You Know: Mastering Anaplan color matching
Author: Brent Orr is a Certified Master Anaplanner and Global Data Architect at Accenture.
Hello Anaplan Community!
The objective of this ‘Did You Know’ tutorial is to guide users on how to match the background colors of Anaplan management reports to maintain consistency with other pages in Anaplan.
The video is below, but here are the key steps:
- Right-click anywhere on the background of the page you want to match the color.
- Select "Inspect" at the bottom of the menu that appears.
- Look for the "background" attribute under the "style" section in the HTML elements.
- Identify the specific color by scrolling through the code or using the search function.
- Copy the color code.
- Go back to the report you want to edit, enter the edit mode, and navigate to the background settings.
- Replace the default color code with the copied color code.
- Save and publish the changes to apply the new background color.
Cautionary notes:
- Be careful not to modify other elements of the code while searching for the background color to avoid unintended changes.
- Ensure that the color code copied is accurate to achieve the desired color match.
Tips for efficiency:
- Use the color sample provided in the code to narrow down the search for the specific background color.
- Experiment with different color codes to find the perfect match for consistency across pages and slides.
- Utilize corporate colors or specific color schemes to maintain branding consistency within Anaplan reports and presentations.
Questions? Leave a comment!
P.S. Check out my other tutorial — How I Built It: Optimizer for work and play. In the video, I give a live demonstration of how to use Optimizer. I show an example of creating the modules necessary to set up a successful Optimizer run, and then use the tool to solve a fun golf problem that I recently experienced.
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