Custom Calendars

sjkabak
sjkabak
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Is there a way to create custom calendars in Anaplan? Our customers work out of different calendars and we would like to be able to enter and report data according to each specific customer's calendar, while at the same time being able to enter and report data according to our corporate calendar. Any advice or links to articles will be appreciated. Thanks!😀

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  • seymatas1
    seymatas1

    Hi,

    Is there a way to create custom calendars in Anaplan?

    Yes. There are 6 different calendars in Anaplan.

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    While Anaplan offers flexibility with calendars, such as switching the fiscal year start month (e.g., January–December to July–June or October–September), the selected calendar applies to all time ranges and modules that use time dimension.

    You can have a different aggregation level than the model calendar for a time range:

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    You also have different granularity options for modules.

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    we would like to be able to enter and report data according to each specific customer's calendar, while at the same time being able to enter and report data according to our corporate calendar

    For your scenario, one solution could be to create separate models for each customer's calendar. You can then consolidate the data into a central model by using imports. These imports can be scheduled through Cloudworks or another integration tool.

    I hope this helps!
    Seyma

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