Author: Valeria Sicuro is a Certified Master Anaplanner and Professional Service Consultant at Bedford Consulting.
In this ‘How I Built It’ video, I demonstrate how dimensionality decisions impact model design in Anaplan, and how the same business requirement can lead to different implementations depending on whether you are working in Classic or Polaris.
Starting from a practical use case, I walk through the reasoning behind dimension selection and show how data structures, calculations, and module design evolve across the two engines. Rather than focusing on theory alone, the video highlights the design choices that model builders face when balancing flexibility, performance, and scalability.
The main advantage of understanding dimensionality at this level is the ability to build more efficient and sustainable models. By selecting the appropriate dimensions from the start and leveraging the strengths of each engine, model builders can create solutions that are easier to maintain, perform better at scale, and align more closely with business requirements.
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