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User Access Models (UAM): Why managing access is hard and how to make it work
Author: Artem Shchaulov is a Senior Anaplan Consultant and Solution Architect with 8+ years' experience implementing global EPM solutions. In my experience, User Access Management (UAM) inside Anaplan works perfectly as long as the model footprint is small. The built-in UI allows administrators to add users, assign roles,…
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How I Built It: Codebreaker game in Anaplan
Author: Chris Stauffer is the Director, Platform Adoption Specialists at Anaplan. My kids and I enjoy code-breaking games, and so I wondered if I could build one in Anaplan. Over the years, there have been many versions of code breaker games: Cows & Bulls, Mastermind, etc. The object of this two-player game is to solve…
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End user documentation made easy with Anaplan
Author: Hillary Sich is a Certified Master Anaplanner and Senior Manager at Accenture. Do you actually enjoy creating end user documentation for the models we build? Are you creating end user documentation as a Word document with multiple screen shots per page? If so, then this article is NOT for you! Why not leverage…
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Accessible by design: Our new accommodations for certification exams
Taking a proctored exam can be intimidating, even for the most seasoned professionals. While certification validates a learner’s skills and expertise, the exam environment itself can sometimes pose unnecessary barriers. Our goal is to test your ability, not your endurance. That’s why we’ve made significant updates to make…
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Hybrid approach to planning and execution: Anaplan for Salesforce and ADO
Author: Miki Sato is a Product Manager, Product Management Team (Data Management) at Anaplan. In my previous post, I outlined the different ways Salesforce and Anaplan integrate — from the Embedded UX experience (Anaplan Tab) to data-level integrations such as the Anaplan Data Orchestrator (ADO) Salesforce Connector. Since…
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How I Built It: Customizing Summary Methods
Author: Mitch Aist is a Certified Master Anaplanner and Principal Consultant at Tru Consulting. In this How I Built It video, I share a unique method for creating custom logic for Summary Methods. Learn how to create line items that can identify the hierarchy level of list items. You can even use this technique to utilize…
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Exciting news: Anaplan will soon connect to Amazon Redshift
Author: Kira Wagner is a Product Owner at Anaplan. We're thrilled to announce that Anaplan is planning to expand our integration capabilities with the launch of our new Amazon Redshift connector. This addition will empower your organization to seamlessly bridge your cloud data warehouse with Anaplan's powerful planning…
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How I Built It: User Access Management
Author: Kevin Dale Bandelaria is a Certified Master Anaplanner and Solutions Delivery Head at OmniQuest, Inc. Solution overview The User Management process in Anaplan was developed to simplify how administrators set up and maintain model roles and selective access settings for users. Traditionally, configuring access in…
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On-Demand Calculation in Polaris
Author: Dave Smith is a Senior Product Manager at Anaplan. We are thrilled to announce the rollout of On-Demand Calculation in Polaris, a feature that significantly enhances performance and efficiency for our users. On-Demand Calculation is designed to compute values only when they are needed, leading to a more optimized…
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Combined Grids is now live!
Author: Calvin Magondo is the Product Manager, Enterprise Experience at Anaplan. Combined Grids and multi-module reporting We are excited to announce the much anticipated enhancement to the Anaplan User Experience (UX): Combined Grids. This powerful new feature and platform capability will address one of the most common…
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Recording available: Tackling frequently missed certification exam topics
Thank you to those who attended our recent event. If you missed it or would like to re-watch, here is the recording and a few resources to help with your recertifications! Don't wait to get the process started — you'll be glad you took the time to do it now before the holidays. Recording…
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How I Built It: Set up timestamps leveraging ADO & Workflow
Author: Jeffrey Glazner is a Manager, FP&A Systems at ResMed. Hello folks! I’m happy to share my ‘How I Built It’ tutorial with you all. This video shows a simple way to set up timestamps in Anaplan leveraging Anaplan Data Orchestrator (ADO) and Workflow, without the need for any additional scripting. While not…
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Less granular, more accurate: The "granularity = responsibility" principle in FP&A
Author: Taichi Amaya, Certified Master Anaplanner, and Financial Planning and Analysis Specialist at Pasona Group, Inc. Reading time: approximately 5-6 minutes. "We need more detail in our forecasts. Let's have each sales rep submit their numbers individually — that way, we'll be more accurate." Sounds reasonable, right?…
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Introducing Anaplan API Python SDK
Author: Vinzenz Klass is a Senior Data Engineer at valantic. Hey everyone, I wanted to share the Anaplan Python SDK with you. It's a Python Library that wraps all Anaplan APIs and makes it easier to interact with Anaplan programmatically. It is mostly designed with Data Integration Scenarios in mind, but it does support…
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October 2025 platform releases and what’s next
Check out the latest Anaplan feature updates and enhancements in our October 2025 official release notes. The information below offers supplemental information to that post. Planning experience Combined Grids This new capability gives page builders the ability to combine multiple modules into a single, unified grid on a UX…
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How I Built It: Chess in Anaplan
Author: Waleed Hakim is a Sr. Anaplan consultant. Hi everyone! I’m Waleed — a Senior Consultant working with enterprise clients to transform their planning processes through Anaplan. I've been in the Anaplan ecosystem for just under four years now, and while most of my time is spent solving complex business problems, I’ve…
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Ready for departure? What to do if your only Anaplanner is leaving!
Author: Clarissa Hassfurder is a Certified Master Anaplanner and CEO at Double10 Consulting. In many cases, when a team member departs a company, there is an ability to complete hand off with one or multiple team members. But what if your Center of Excellence (CoE) is a team of one? What if there are no other people with…
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Mastering Anaplan Workflow: Tips and learnings from real-world experience
Author: Shivankur Sharma is a Certified Master Anaplanner and Principal Architect at PM Square. Anaplan has long been a leader in the connected planning space, and with the introduction of Workflow functionality, it’s taken a major step toward streamlining collaboration and task accountability. If you’re a model builder,…
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Tips for onboarding junior model builders
Author: Evgeny Seledkov is a Certified Master Anaplanner and Sr. Consultant at Keyrus. Hello, I’m Evgeny, and I’ve been part of the Anaplan community for nearly ten years. Over the years, I’ve taken quite a journey — seeing this world from both sides: as part of a customer Center of Excellence, where I helped stakeholders…
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UX best practices for building impactful dashboards in Anaplan: Part 1
Author: Arjun Gandhi, Certified Master Anaplanner with over a decade of experience leading enterprise Anaplan implementations across industries. ———- “If your dashboard doesn’t tell users what to do within 10 seconds, it’s already failed.” 🧭 Introduction: Why UX design in Anaplan matters Anaplan’s UX is more than just the…
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Managing Anaplan maintenance windows: A comprehensive guide for enterprise planning teams
Author: James Cannon is a Certified Master Anaplaner, Solution Architect, and Senior Manager at Ernst & Young. In any enterprise Anaplan implementation, regular maintenance windows are essential for model stability, performance optimization, and ongoing business value. However, without proper structure, communication, and…
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Key recertification updates: Deadline and holiday support
To give everyone more flexibility during the busy holiday season, the recertification exam deadline has been extended to January 31st. The details Exams must be passed, not just scheduled, by January 31st. The promotion for Professional Solution Architects to take a free attempt at the Certified Master Anaplanners exam…
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Filter a table based on extra dimensions not present in the module
Anaplan page building would be greatly benefited by the ability to set a filter on a module based on a line item that has additional dimensions - those dimensions would then be added to the page selector area, and the filtered table would respond to changes in page selection. For example, if I had data dimensioned by SKU…
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New UX Filtering for Hierarchy sibling
I have A6 as the parent list and two sibling lists: A6.5 and A7. The A7 list includes an attribute that maps to A6.5. In the UX, the user will select A6.5 using a content selector, and the grid (dimensioned by A7) should display only the A7 items associated with that selected A6.5. Since the selector is a page context and…
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How to use Client ID and Client Secret for API request directly?
Hi all, The Client ID and Client Secret are available, intended for uploading and downloading files. Could anyone advise how to use these credentials DIRECTLY to make API requests? Thank you!
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’Twas the sprint before go-live
Author: Brent Orr is a Certified Master Anaplanner and Global Data Architect at Accenture. Set to the tune of 'Twas the night before Christmas'. ’Twas the sprint before go-live ’Twas the sprint before go-live, when all through the model, Not a calc was circular, not even a toddle. The blue cells were sparse, all formatted…
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ADO Certification - Cannot Create Migration Link
Hi - I cannot seem to create a migration for Assignment 3 and it will not allow me to update the hierarchy and proceed further. It seems to think that a link has already been created, but I don't see anything. Any ideas?
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Ability to rename/delete native Versions via import action
Anaplan currently provides the ability to create versions via an Import action, and update Version settings via an Import action. Ability to use an action (of any type, Import or otherwise) to do the following: - Rename Versions - Delete Versions Business Need: As we seek to continuously improve our planning process…
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Four Cornerstone or Five phases
In my recent recertification, there was a question, that asked about one of five phases, and the choices were - Data, Deployment, Model. Are these not the cornerstone and not one of the 5 phases?
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How to create a Dynamique Numbered List values ?
Hello, I would like to create a Dynamique Numbered List values and i dont' really knew if it's possibile. So, i have a normal list called version within this values (BP V1 2024, BP V2 2024, BP V1 2025, BP V2 2025) Another list (number list) called BP Year : Code Display Name (CY ? True) Display Name (CY ? False) #1 0 2025…
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TAR01 Detailed Sales Target module L3
Hi All my question is related to TAR01 Detailed Sales Targets — PY Country and Product Family Sales Line item I’m stuck and need some help. I came across posts suggesting to use SUM first and then LOOKUP, but I’m not fully understanding the logic behind it. I’ve attached the formula I used in the PY Country and Product…
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How can i export accuracy metrics from Anaplan Forecaster to Model.
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Level 2 - Sprint: Activity import Data into DAT03 Historic Volumes Module
Hi guys, I've been trying to inport the 'Historic volume.csv' to the DAT03 Historic Volume Module for the past 2 hours. I already watched all the videos about importing data to module, etc. But I keep receiving this error, "invalid line item identifier", and I don't know what else I can try. Could someone give me a hint?…
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FCR: Remove the Search Pop-Up in the Journal module
In the FCR Journal module, the Search menu always pops up when you first enter the module. This makes no sense when it is likely that the user will want to create a new journal more often than not. Remove the pop up and make create new journal the first option / page and allow the user to select search as an option
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Ability to import archived model to a different workspace
We would like the ability to import a copy of a model that is archived in one workspace to another one of our workspaces. Right now, to get at an archived copy of one of our production models, we have to archive the current live model, bring back the copy, import over to another workspace, re-archive the copy, and bring…
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Anaplan XL license issue
Hello , I recently started Anaplan XL course , added XL however not able to add license How to ad license
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Daily Date Format
Hi, I have a module with a time range as a dimension. I've set it with a daily time scale, but Anaplan's way of showing daily dates is for example "1 Jan 37" and I need it to be in numbers because when I export it excel doesn't recognize it as the date format that I've set in Windows (OS) (when a date as two digits it's…
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2025 Certificate Maintenance for Certified Master Anaplanners
The 2025 Certified Master Anaplanner Program has begun and there's incredible opportunity for 2025 Certified Master Anaplanners (CMAs) to demonstrate their thought leadership, technical expertise, evangelism, and mentorship capabilities across the entire Anaplan Ecosystem! At their core, a Certified Master Anaplanner is…
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Image icon selector
Does anyone know how to add this icon below? Would really appreciate your help !!
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3.3.5.3 Check Your Work
Hello, My numbers seem a little off anything you can suggest ? (last screenshot)
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TEXTLIST() vs [TEXTLIST:]
Hi All, I have read and re-read @rob_marshall's (and Planual's) cautions against TEXTLIST but wanted to check if there is a performance difference between Textlist the calculation function and Textlist the aggregation function? Maybe a performance difference would come basis how the functions read the data? Planual doesn't…
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4.6.7
I used the mapping column 3 family code to P2 product family column headers to parent column 1 product code to code I get the error another row has already been processed with this key and invalid name 53 failed
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Are there any plans to support actions to rename or delete native Versions?
If anyone is aware of idea exchange ideas that are currently being evaluated by the product team, if you don't mind linking them here, would love to give them an upvote. Thanks!
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3.3.5.2B Shipping Line Items
why thiserror is poping up again and again. Kindly assist.
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Hover Over Charts
In as much detail as possible, describe the problem or experience related to your idea. Please provide the context of what you were trying to do and include specific examples or workarounds: When presenting visualizations in Anaplan, users often try to hover over lines/bars/points in the chart with their cursor to point…
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MDX Custom Calculation Cell Reference in AnaplanXL (FluenceXL)
Can AnaplanXL (FluenceXL) reference an Excel cell's value to determine a list member needing to be referenced within a Custom Calculation? I need a Custom Calculation that dynamically calculates the difference between two versions, where one version is determined by an Excel cell's value. I cannot use fixed position…
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Level 3 - Designating Sales Reps to Accounts
What is the frequency of designating sales reps to accounts? Is it during Yearly/Quarterly Accounts Review?
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Action fails via cloudworks but works manually
I have an action in a process which is getting failed since 2 days when run via CloudWorks with below error . No issues when run manually . Same error occurs when run manually but as a warning "Import complete but with failures" This action is running since almost a year without any issue . No change has been made to…
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Introduction to Time Ranges
This course is an introduction to time ranges that provides the information you need to know to begin using time ranges in your models. It includes what time ranges are, how to set them up, and how to add them to a module or line item. It also provides guidance on when to use the model calendar and when to use time ranges.…
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From trade promotions to profitability: A digital oath to revenue growth management
Author: Tingting Xia is a Certified Master Anaplanner, EPM Manager and Supply Chain practice lead in Keyrus with 8 years of Anaplan experiences. She has been leading and wrapping up a trade promotion planning solution at one of the top global breweries. Client challenges prior using Anaplan First and foremost, the massive…
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Dark / Light Mode for Model Building
Anaplan's rebrand / new UX design has just been released, and it’s blindingly white. Brighter than a supernova. Meanwhile, the brilliant idea of Dark Mode has been marked as "not planned." Under this new design, Dark Mode is needed now more than ever. Please reconsider before we all develop permanent squint lines.…