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Level 3 User Story 1.5 Detailed Sales Targets
Hi Community, Can someone help me out? I've been stuck on this user story for several weeks now spending at least 40 hours trying to figure this out calculation below. For line item PY Country and Product Family Sales I can't get to the correct value in order for the Initial Account Sales Target line item to calculate to…
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Changing source file name
Hello Community! I´ve been working with Anaplan for several years now and whenever I´ve needed to change the import file for an import action I´ve just created the action again using the new file. This usually isn´t a problem so I haven´t given it a second thought but what if you had 15 actions that are included in several…
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July 2025 platform releases and what’s next
Check out the latest Anaplan feature updates and enhancements in our July 2025 official release notes. The information below offers supplemental information to that post. Planning experience External URL navigation button Page builders can configure navigation action buttons to link to external URLs, including non-Anaplan…
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Dynamic External URL Navigation Based on Page Context
The external URL navigation button would be significantly more powerful if its destination could be driven by a line item. This enhancement would allow URLs to dynamically reflect the context of the page, enabling more tailored and relevant navigation experiences. For example: SharePoint Integration: Link directly to…
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Constant Disaggregation for Breakback
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: CONSTANT disaggregation for breakback line items. Currently, only summable line items can utilize breakback. So, editable line items…
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Common Reasons you cant add a dimension?
Hi all, I have a very complex model. It won't let me add a Product dimension to it. The processing time is so long (25 min) that it just times out and never gives me a reason. I was wondering, what are common reasons you can't add a dimension to a module? thanks in advance
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Design standards for a superior user experience — Part 1: Effective dashboarding
Author: Aaron Overfors is a Certified Master Anaplanner and Principal Architect at Spaulding Ridge. A strong user experience is the key to almost every Anaplan solution’s success. A well-designed Anaplan model that scales, performs well, and is easy to maintain will become shelf-ware without a thoughtful, purposeful user…
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Lookup error : invalid lookup list X is unused
Hi guys, I am facing an error for the first time and I was wondering if anyone had an idea on how to get throught it For some context I have : LI1 reference dimensionned by "Dimension A" format number LI2 target dimensionned by "Dimension B" format number LI3 dimensionned by "Dimension A" format "dimension B" (a basic…
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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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Join Southwest Airlines FP&A Tech Team!
At Southwest Airlines, we're not just about getting people from point A to point B; we're about connecting hearts and creating memorable journeys. As we navigate the skies of innovation, we seek an Anaplan Deployment Expert to be a pivotal part of our mission. 🚀 Why This Role? Strategic Impact: Lead the design and…
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Send dynamic notification to multiple users
The dynamic notification is an excellent tool to increase collaboration between users. However, you can only send a dynamic notification to one user per action. To make the tool more powerful, you should be able to send a dynamic notification to an "user group" or to be able to bundle notifications, in order to notify all…
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How can I change my email id
Hi, Please help me here as I have changed my organization and for new organization I will be using different mail id. How can I change my email id from old organization to new organization in Anaplan community. Thanks, Vicky
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Solution for indent diabled for hierarchical list when the page has more than two axis
Hello fellow Anaplaners, I have a question about the UX for Anaplan for hierarchical list. If I have a list with multiple layers, say P1, P2, P3, and P4, and the workpage had 2 axis, list and line items, in its vertical axis and time in its horizontal axis (see figure below) The list is shown without indentations, and may…
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Introducing New Resources for Anaplan Polaris: Benchmarking Performance
I'm very excited to share two new comprehensive technical resources that showcase the exceptional performance capabilities of Anaplan’s Polaris calculation engine. These documents provide detailed benchmarks and real-world performance metrics that demonstrate how Polaris delivers the scale, speed, and interactivity…
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Reverse BOM recommendation based on Attributes
Hi, Consider this scenario for a Diamond Industry supply chain Demand for Diamond from customer comes with various attributes [cut, carat, clarity, etc etc] Prospect has made over the years diamonds with various attributes. This historical data is available [both BOM and Recipe]. There is a unique Stage 1 BOM and Stage 1…
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Propagate data from branches/parent lists to leaf lists
This one is not for the faint hearted lol. Functionality is to have ability to capture business policies at different levels of the hierarchy. Business policies have customer and product as dimensions. The customer/product list levels is configurable. Customer list has the following hierarchy: Country ⇒ Channel ⇒ Customer…
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Loading Data at Parent and Child Level but avoiding double counting
Hi Community, I am stumped on how best to handle this situation. I have to ingest data at multiple levels of a list hierarchy. i.e. Parent Level (fruit) and child level (eg. apples) but I need to avoid double counting when reporting? I am struggling with how best to handle the situation without double counting or excessive…
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Recording now available! July 30 platform release event
If you missed our July 30, 2025 platform release event, the recording is now available! In this webinar, we highlight the most recent feature releases and how to take advantage of these in your environment. Our expert-led session demonstrated new features and innovations, provided a technical deep-dive and “how-to”,…
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Level 3 Establishing Sales Targets: 6.3 Check your Build.
Hello Team How to check the build? the example is not provided. Checked it using excel nevertheless
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Stuck in L2 sprint 1 exam
Here's an analysis of the provided image, which shows a question from an Anaplan Level 2 Model Building - Sprint 1 Exam: Question: When importing into a list, you get an Invalid Parent error. Assuming the file has correctly identified the parent, which of the following could be a valid reason for that error? Select all…
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One Role, two different Page, Read or Write Access for two Pages
Hi Everyone! I would like to get a better idea or a solution for the below (Except DCA) Details: We have "PFF Consumer" Role in the model We have "Global Consumer" Module in the model We have two pages one is "Consumer Summary" 2nd is "Global Target" We have Global Consumer Module in both the pages. Scenario 1: I want the…
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Anaplan Polaris – Optimizing Calculation Performance Using Inline Conditions
This article is part of a series on Polaris best practices. Click here for more Community content or visit Anapedia for detailed technical guidance. This article explores a technique to optimize calculations in Polaris. We examine the practice of including formula conditions directly (“inline”) in the formula itself to…
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Ability to create ragged hierarchies with numbered lists
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: The ability to create a ragged hierarchy with parents of the list member being present in the same list help with certain…
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Level 3 - DAT02 PY Revenue to CY
Hello all experienced MB's Created a Module to Pull PY revenue to CY, Module has dimensions A2 Account>Product# and G2 Country. Whatever country I select the value shown is for ALL regions This is something to do with aggregations, but I'm struggling to figure out which is correct, surely SUM is incorrect. Any suggestions?…
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Level 3 Establishing Sales Targets - TAR01 Detailed Sales Target module
Seen a question regarding TAR01 Detailed Sales Target module, I still have doubts though. In this Module there is a line item "PY Country and Product Family Sales" this value is to be fetched from DAT01 PY Revenue to CY, however there is no hierarchy between Country & Accounts in the training so far. I assume we have to…
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Selection of multiple option from list on UX pages
Hello Anaplaner, Please find the attached Excel sheet along with the use case description below. We have a use case where the end user requires a selection option on the UX page from a list (Product & Company). As you may be aware, there is currently no option available on the UX page to select multiple list members from a…
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Time Period Formatted line items dependency on Time Range
Currently dropdown for time period formatted line items shows all time periods for Model Calendar. There should be an option to make them dependent on Time range applicable to that particular Module/Line Item. For Example: If Model has 5 years, a Month formatted line item will show all 60 months in dropdown even if that…
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DKIM Signature on Support Emails
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: Following the release of the Anaplan Care Portal, we noticed that all support-related emails sent from support@anaplan.com are being…
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Ability to disable commenting on a card/grid
As a Page Builder, I shoud have the ability to disable "COMMENT" feature on a card/grid so as to view all the comments for a context at once in Comment section.
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Page Settings: background color
Can we have option of changing background color of the page like dark theme, light theme?