Modeling

Hello, Former Anaplan Support member here. I was just about to create a Support Ticket for this intermittent error message, I wanted to see if there were others who have run into this message before? 1) I am checking to see if other users are facing this issue. 2) This is not model or workspace specific. I have already…

Author: Alexandru Pavel is a Certified Master Anaplanner and Solution Architect at Keyrus. In manufacturing, supply chain planning, and production management, it is often necessary to determine the quantities of raw materials required to produce a finished good. This process, commonly referred to as BOM (Bill of Materials)…

Hello everyone, I encounter a problem concerning the formula of "Offset Volumes for 1st Forecast Year" . I wrote the formula that seems logical to me but it doesn't work. Can someone help me correcting it ? Thanks in advance. N.B : The first image represents hints for the formula and the second image is the formula that i…

It would be great to have a function to get current date and time. Timezone settings could be common for all users and maintained in the settings section

Author: Daniel Badura is a Certified Master Anaplanner and Solution Architect at Dr. Oetker. A consistent, transparent planning approach offers many benefits, but applying it across an international organization is no small task. Markets differ in priorities and business practices: customer preferences and buying habits,…

Hi everyone, Has anyone run into this issue before? I am trying to import data into a Marketing model list using a saved view (Update B3 Product Dist in Mktg) from a source model (FinancialPlanning_Dev_Polaris). However, when I try to set up the import action, I get the following error: Select SourceFailed to retrieve…

Hi, I received an error msg regarding the workspace exceeding the size limit when I wanted to add more lists into “Applies to” as I added an additional context/page selector and needed to add up the figures with an additional criteria in the formula bar using the sum function Is there a way to resolve this issue? Kindly…

Hello everyone, Working with a client on a model which (due to workspace constraints) is utilizing primarily snapshot versions. After a recent increase in space (pending finalization), we’re looking to incorporate custom versions to all of the modules feeding the P&L for the upcoming budget cycle. Today all inputs, calcs…

It would be helpful if we could change the Module Name “Style” setting to improve visibility, similar to the Line Item “Style” setting.

It would be helpful if users could select the time scale (e.g., Year, Quarter, Month, Day) when creating a new module.

Author: Hanwen Chen: Certified Master Anaplanner and Professional Services Sr. Manager at Anaplan. Dynamic Time Filters and Dynamic Line-Item Filters are common features in Anaplan models that provide users with greater flexibility when viewing reports. Dynamic Time Filter A Dynamic Time Filter allows users to select the…

Author: Pranjal Agrawal is a Certified Master Anaplanner and a Senior Anaplan Consultant at Hinduja Global Solutions Limited (HGS). The challenge I was working for a client who at the start of their fiscal year introduced some new functionalities in Anaplan. They initially estimated that the additional data flowing in for…

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…

Hi, I am struggling to return any values and wondering whether this is even possible? I have created a fake Period End list and can determine according to the day in the time module (ACC04) what the Period End should be. I then created another module dimensioned by Period End and summed Day in Office but its coming up as…

As a model Builder I would like to use Booleans as a Basis for Conditional formatting. For example. I have a Boolean/ Checkbox which indicates that not all fields in a new Item/ setting has been filled. I would like to be able to use that boolean directly instead of reverting to a number. The advantage would be to save on…

Description of the enhancement required: Allow for Workspace Admins to configure the Platform in English but support alias tables that allow end-users to switch between different languages (i.e. English to French, etc.) An example of the enhancement: Allow the end-user to set their own language preference within their…

I have two actions one that pulls a list, using code, from model A to model B and then a second that pulls data associated with that list. The first one works perfectly - every item with it's associated parent is there but on the 2nd action some of the data points don't get pulled across. I've cleared the list a couple of…

Level 3 - Ask the Stakeholders Designating Sales Reps to Accounts Process Questions This forum is for asking the stakeholders of the Unicorn Candy Company questions about the Designating Sales Reps to Accounts Process. The Anaplan Academy team will be monitoring this forum during US Central standard business hours. Please…

Author: Avirup Sen is a Certified Master Anaplanner and a senior consultant and solution architect at EyeOn. A key reason for Anaplan’s global success story is how it is adopted easily across organizations for its ease of business adoption. Users globally love the platform, not only for the performance and scale of…

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Hi everyone, I am trying to make a UX Page with today's date as default. That means, everyday when I enter in my UX page, I will see today's date (so the date will change everyday) and the figures related to the date, will change accordingly. Any ideas or tips&tricks? I need to men tion that I need to use ADO and not…

Hi I'm received this error and it took a while to work out what it was. In the "Source Models" it was pointing to the wrong environment, this is confusing because I could still see the "Saved Views" to click on, it would bail out straight after that with the error. The complete error is: "Failed to retrieve field list from…

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: It is not possible to export the modules view from the new modules experience. It is possible, but fiddly, to highlight and copy,…

Hi Anaplan Team, We now only have one option for extracting history: selecting a date range. It will benefit all model builders and Anaplan workspace admin users who truly take part in model development if we can offer more options, filters, or criteria. History Extraction Options along with Data Range: based on a specific…

Hi Anaplan Team, Model builders could work more quickly and efficiently if we could display the list of filters and import actions. When we attempt to delete a line item, Anaplan shows the referenced line items, but it does not indicate which line items that specific line item is using in filters and import actions.

I am trying to create the exact replicate of the screenshot; however, it is not going well. For DAT03 Historic Volumes, I have the following Blueprint view, where the Summary = None, and Time Scale = Week: I also have only this filter setting: These give me the following table: Meanwhile, my only Time range is And the…

when multiple users open a sharepoint file, sharepoint has avatars at the top right showing: who's in the file/location where in the file they are and whether they are making changes, or just have it open it looks something like this: anaplan should also have this function. when multiple model builders are working thru the…

Hi, is there in Anaplan the possibility to retrieve current time (date and time)? I know that now this is possibile only via integrations, but I will need to know if there is a native function.

Hello Anaplanners, I'm looking for advice on the best modeling approach for a DCA use case. Scenario I have an input module called "CC-Account Activation". It is dimensioned by: Cost Center (CC) Account Users can select an Activate? boolean to indicate that a Cost Center / Account combination should be activated. I have a…

Hi I have set up a Property on a list so that I can filter the list for only certain items in a user filter. I have successfully done this on another list but for the one I am currently working on, the dependent box is unable to be selected. Can anyone guide me as to why this checkbox could be greyed out? Thanks in advance.