We've been building a tool called aplan4sheets and we'd genuinely like input from this community — both on what we've built so far and on what we should prioritize next.
The problem we set out to solve: Anaplan's Excel add-in is Windows-centric, and there's no real native way to pivot Anaplan data in Google Sheets. We needed that for our own work, so we built it — and it's grown into something bigger than we expected.
What we have working today:
- A true pivot engine for Google Sheets — pivot Anaplan data natively, with page filters and hierarchies, on Mac, Windows, or ChromeOS.
- Repivot any module right in Sheets, the same way you would in the Anaplan UX.
- Scheduled refreshes — export any module, saved view, or predefined export, then set it to refresh automatically.
- Multi-Grid configurations — import them from a UX board or build them from scratch in the tool.
- Linked configurations — sync page selections across multiple pivots that share a common dimension.
- One-click slide deck creation with AI-generated commentary and analysis.
- An AI analyst that crawls your model and answers natural-language questions — for example, "What drove the revenue miss in Q1 2026, Open Forecast vs. Budget?"
- Intelligent, AI-guided write-back to your Anaplan model.
Where we'd really value your input:
- Which of these would actually change your day-to-day workflow — and which feel like nice-to-haves?
- What's missing that would make this a tool you'd open every day?
- For anyone on Mac or ChromeOS: how are you working with Anaplan data today?
- On write-back specifically — does anything give you pause (governance, ALM, audit trail)? We want to get this right.
We have an active roadmap, but we'd rather shape it around what model builders actually need.
If you'd like to try it, it's at aplan4sheets.com. Happy to onboard a few people who want to kick the tires and tell us what breaks.
