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Ability to Reorder Users
It will be very helpful if there is an option to reorder the names in the Users list. Since we can use users as a dimension now, some of our use cases need users in alphabetic orders or to have all users in one role together. This will help in user administration as well.
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Bug when creating a delete list action
Hi there, not sure if this is just me but I noticed a possible bug when trying to create a delete action from list using selection for a while now. Specifically, when I'm trying to choose the specific list to delete from using the list dropdown, and start typing the first few letters of the list, it keeps jumping to other…
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Enhancement Request for the ability to assign list items to a subset using a formula
I would like the ability to populate a subset based on a line item attribute in another import module that contains the full list.
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Most Recent Duration (MS) is different for each User Same Import
In a Level 2, looking at the Actions panel, noticing the Most Recent Duration (MS) is different for each Model Builder in class. How is this number determined?
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Unlocking the power of Polaris: A guide to efficient model building
This article is part of a series on Polaris best practices. Click here for more Community content or visit Anapedia for detailed technical guidance. Polaris is Anaplan's next-generation calculation engine, designed for highly dimensioned calculation at scale. It represents a paradigm shift in the ability to model business…
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Saved views
We have a number of saved views across various modules in our model, does the number of saved views impact model performance at all?
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Save UX pivot settings
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: We are encouraging our users to stay within the Anaplan environment as much as possible when manipulating data. Analysis requirements…
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Formatting time: Period instead of month
Would be great if a customer could choose how to format the months not just Jan 21 but P01 21 or P1 21 or P1 FY21. Now the period notation is only possible when selecting "13 4-week periods", but not if a customer selects any of the other option, like a month model or a week model with 4-4-5.
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番号付きリスト表での判別
下記のような、番号付きリストをディメンションにもつデータがあります。Answerの式を作りたいです。 まず、CheckにXがあるものを対象に、PRDとLineを確認し,さらにPRD-Line-Vesionがいくつあるか確認します。 例えば、A-1は、A-1-A2の1個しかないので、Answerは1とします。 A-2は、A-2-A2と、A-2-A3となります。この場合、1つめのA-2-A2には1,2つめのA-A2-A3には11とします。 さらに、FlgがTRUEなら、12とします。 お知恵をお貸しください
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Multiple header (in different line) for same column
Expected output where each column has two header i.e account (in 1st line- green) and Description (in 2nd line - yellow) To achieve desire, result in Anaplan I have created two separate list account and description. It is giving me the expected result, but this module will be referred by multiple models. I will have to use…
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Alternate Hierarchies - Use Cases
Hi All The topic of Alternate Hierarchies is very interesting for me, as we are exploring this topic as a future development for the product We are looking to build functionality that will allow multiple parents off a single child member and specify which hierarchies should be used in which part of the model This will…
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Can I rename an Action used in Anaplan Connect
Hello, I have multiple actions used in Anaplan Connect that we would like to rename… Do you know if renaming has an impact on good operation of my API ? If so, do you have best practices to share ? Thank you !
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SSO on different Tenant
Dear Community, I need your help, in my group some users need access to a Model hosted in a different Tenant, let's say Tenant 2. On Tenant 1, users are in SSO and it works perfectly fine. On Tenant 2, users are in non-SSO and it works. However, I am challenged by security team to switch for SSO and I do not know how to do…
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How I Built It: Upload Anaplan data — account hierarchy and key accounts
Author: Saikrishna Bandaru is a Certified Master Anaplanner and Sr. Anaplan consultant. In this video, I demonstrate how to create a user-friendly Anaplan UX page that allows end users to upload or update specific data directly into Anaplan. The example covers account mapping, enabling users to mark accounts as "strategic"…
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Possibility to make formatting options more flexible
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: UX limitations – lacks flexibility, constrained by predefined rules, and formatting is not easy (line items need to be formatted one…
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How to create a user in Anaplan to be able to access export APIs?
How to create a user in Anaplan to be able to access export APIs? I didn't find out any information about how to create a user in the documentation. is it something which needs to be done by Anaplan?
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Timesum check
I want to do a timesum for a value from first month of current year to last month of current but it is not returning value. I have used logic as TIMESUM(Amount,First month of CY, Last month of CY,SUM) Where amount is value, first month of CY is Jan 25 and last month of CY is Dec25. Amount line item has time on whereas for…
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UX formatting
Hello everyone, Is there a way to format within a UX page so that a user selection (boolean based) will make a chart and/or grid visible to the end user? I would like certain grids and charts to be visible to the end user for their planning based on their boolean selection of planning method, and other grids and charts to…
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Model Calendar vs Time Ranges
Hi, My model calendar is currently using FY time with start period being Jul-June. For another module I need a time range that uses Calendar Year, Jan-Dec. I am not sure if it's possible. I tried the Time range function, but it defaults to Jul as a start period. Is there a way to accomplish this?
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Line Items not Showing for 'Create Shipping Export' in the Level 2 Conclusion
Hi - I know this is a frequently asked question but I believe there's something missing in all of this that I can't spot. I've been dwelling on this for days and this is due tomorrow. Can anyone help spot the issue(s) I'm encountering? All Modules: INV01 Table View: INV01 Blueprint View: INV05 Line Formula: TRA01 Grid…
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Request for making Anaplan be able to accept various forms of date formats in CSV import.
Excel opens CSVs and changes CSV's date formats depending on users' PC regional setting whereas Anaplan only accepts single date format in importing CSVs. When users import CSV files to Anaplan, they edit source CSVs in Excel. However, in case of apps for multinational users, depending on regions of users date formats vary…
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Architectural Use Cases for setting Action Imports / Import Data Sources to Production Data
There's only 1 practical architectural use case I can think of at the moment why you would consider setting actions as production data but would like to check in with others if there are other use cases I have not considered. The one use case I have considered is if you are splitting the same model in to regional models,…
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How can you mark the first week of every month in a timescale as TRUE
Hi Community - I'm having a hard time trying to figure out a formula for a boolean filter that marks the first week of every month as TRUE. This filter will be used to isolate the first week of a month and sum values across a couple modules. And before anyone asks, I haven't been able to try much because I'm unsure of…
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The ability to add a dynamic sub total to a grid
I would like the ability to add a dynamic subtotal to a grid, so when rows are filtered out the total is updated on the fly
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Restrict Characters in Open Text Line Items
It would be great if text formatted line items that are user inputs could be restricted to only allow certain characters. When users are allowed to input an escape character or newline, it can create problems for exports.
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How to Pull Data from Non-native Versioned Source Modules into a versioned module?
I have a Report module that uses native versions (Actual & Budget). I need to pull data from two separate source modules: One module contains Actuals data (not versioned). Another module contains Budget data (also not versioned). Since the source modules do not have versions, how can I pull their data into my versioned…
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Creating a two-layer ranking system in Anaplan
Author: Laiza Tagumpay is a Certified Master Anaplanner, former Customer Success Business Partner at Anaplan in the Philippines, and is now a Solution Architect at an implementation partner in Canada. When developing effective plans, companies often rely on multiple layers of prioritization criteria. In this blog, we’ll…
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Is there a way to get a timestamp automatically added to an export file name
It would be super helpful to have the timestamp as part of the export file name in Anaplan, especially when clients run reports every day during the budget season. Is it possible to do? And do automatically?
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Spring cleaning: A step-by-step guide to optimizing your model
Author: Ekaterina Garina is a Certified Master Anaplanner and EPM Consultant at Keyrus. Does your Anaplan model feel cluttered with too many line items and modules, making it difficult to find anything? Are you dealing with redundant calculations? Need a little optimization? Or perhaps you have a large model that needs…
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App Folders & Better Organization Options for COE
As a COE, we would like a better way to manage applications across a large organization. It seems the only ways to do this is prefixes, access and deleting/ restoring (which has an expiration I believe). Would love to organize training applications, POC apps, etc. in specific folders or groupings to ease general…