April 2025 platform releases and what’s next

GingerAnderson

Check out the latest Anaplan feature updates and enhancements in our April 2025 official release notes. The information below offers supplemental information to that post.

UX

• New UX for Models section in Administration
  The Models section in Administration has been redesigned with a more intuitive interface. Tenant administrators can now view essential details in one link via a panel, including all model-level metadata details, category, and associated details. Model categories can also be more easily managed for the tenant, including bulk assignment of categories.
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• Hide 'maximize' and 'comments' options on text cards
  Page builders can now hide the 'maximize' and 'comments' options from the Card toolbar on text cards for all page types. Simply disable the toggle option in the new Card settings in the Overview tab.
• Reorder uncategorized pages
  Page builders can now reorder Uncategorized pages on the Apps contents screen using the grabber icon. They can also drag and drop pages within an app from one category to another, including the Uncategorized section. This enables page builders to create their own custom sequential view of pages to be displayed to end users.

Mobile

• Grid conditional formatting
  All types of grid conditional formatting are now supported on mobile — Background, Border, Font, and Morse. Page Builders will configure conditional formatting on Anaplan web as usual, and the applied formatting will show up in the Mobile app.

Planning and modeling

• Edit module names and notes in the New Modules Inventory
  In the New Modules Inventory, model builders can now edit module names and notes directly in the Modules Beta experience. By opening the right-hand panel of any module, users can seamlessly update this metadata, making it easier to manage and maintain models for more efficient workflow. Additionally, the character limit for notes has increased, providing users more flexibility to document key details, assumptions, or context.
  

What's next?

Please note: The information here is subject to change right up to release go-live time. This post is not a commitment to provide any features by a certain time frame and enhancements to the product may change before release.

1. General platform enhancements: Improvements in main menu logic
   Anaplan is improving the main menu of the platform to only show only the capabilities the selected tenant has access to. This is especially useful for users who work across more than one tenant, as the list of platform capabilities will now change based on the access in your current (selected) tenant. By only displaying the capabilities available for the selected tenant, users can focus on what’s relevant to them at the moment, reducing the risk of errors. This makes the platform more intuitive, saving time and enhancing the overall user experience.
2. Applications: New security role for better application management
   Anaplan applications are pre-built solutions designed to accelerate the deployment and use of our connected planning platform. In line with our constant endeavor to keep our platform secure and agile, a new security role called the Application Owner will soon be available. The Workspace Administrator for any customer tenant will have the possibility to assign this Application Owner role. The user assigned this role will be able to see the applications deployed to their tenant, initiate the generation of an application, and accept a new version update for each application. This role will further enhance operational efficiency with robust application governance.
3. ADO: Preview dataset before mapping to model
   When selecting a dataset to map to a model link or as the source of a transformation view there is now the option to see a preview of the data in grid view or a definition of the dataset in blueprint view. This feature improves accuracy and efficiency during dataset selection — leading to more reliable models and smoother data transformations.
4. Platform administration: License Management Reporting (LMR)
   We are soon introducing a new capability for tenant and user administrators of the Anaplan platform to streamline license management. With LMR, you will now be able to view, allocate and track usage against the licenses your organization has purchased. LMR brings transparency and control to license management — helping you further optimize your use of the Anaplan platform.

Recording available from our recent platform release event

If you missed our platform release event on April 30, watch the recording to hear about recent releases and how to take advantage of these in your environment. During the session, our experts covered new features, such as:

• User Management: Limit exception user assignments to admins.
• Calculation Effort: Visibility to help you optimize model performance.
• Data Presentation: Override column widths and use absolute sizing in charts.
• ADO Navigation: Additional ways to create transformation views and view objects.
• Workflow Enhancements: Context in notifications and improved task completion checking.

brettnish

are the embedded gifs not loading for anyone else? They work fine if I click the link and open them in a different window

GingerAnderson

@brettnish It's not just you — this issue has been elevated to our platform provider. Thank you!