Modeling

Identifying if a list item is a property on a separate list
Hi, I have two numbered lists, City and Product. Product has City as a property. All Products have a City as a property, and multiple Products can have the same City as a property, but not all Cities may be linked with a Product. In a module with City list as a dimension, how could I identify if a City has been linked with…
Create a composite hierarchy from a file where parent-child relations are expressed as two columns
Hi, Anaplaners I have a question regarding how to create a composite hierarchy from a file where two columns alone indicate a hierarchy (parent-child relationship). Please see the attached for the detail. Is such a transformation possible ? Thank you. GregModeling
Test if a specific month is selected then do something
Hello, I have a module,and within it I use Time as a Page selector in it. My time is formatted like this : Calendar Type : Calendar Months/Quarters/Years, Fiscal Year Start Month: Jan, Current FY : 1 Jan 2018 - 31 Dec 2018. For a specific line item in my module I want to test something like this : IF Jun is selected THEN…
HOW TO READ CURRENT PERIOD BY USING FORMULA
Hi, In one module i want to read current period.Can you please suggest me what formula i use Foe suppose we are in jan-19.I want to read current Period(Jan-2019) in Filter module. Regards, Uma
Is it Real to make dynamic List
Dear Anaplanners, I have a modeling issue. We have an "Agreement Register" in anaplan, it has the structure you can see in attached photo: The values for each agreement are being changed every month. Also every month we need to Export "Unique code + Value" to other system, and each line there becomes enrighed with…
requires cell info loaded in particular year
Hi All, I am trying to write an formula which should plot "year" info, where it was loaded in a list. This is about dates we manually loaded in a particular year. Now i want to extract the year info on the cell where this was loaded and not the year that the date mentions. For example we loaded 31-Dec-2018 in Year "2019"…
Hide Blank Rows
Hi, I have a module in which few rows have blank value with changing parameter. Can i put some formula or any way in which only the rows which are non blank will be displayed irrespective of there changing parameter?
Version formula with valid Circular Reference error does not appear only until a new module with Ver
Description of the enhancement requiredIt would be useful to have a preventive check that would prevent Version formula with valid Circular Reference to be saved during initial setup of the model prior to any new module creations.An example of the enhancement:When creating a new model from scratch, when the model builder…
Ability to export model history in an action that may be published as a button
Description of the enhancement required: Ability to export the Model History (via button from dashboard) for Non-Workspace admin users. An example of the enhancement: Create an Audit History for a defined time range eg. 1-Jun-2018 to 30-Jun-2018 Save the Export while extracting Publish the Export (saved from #2) to one of…
Summing from week to quarter between timeranges
Hi everyone, I have encouterend a problem that keeps bugging me, so I would like to share this with you guys! In a model I have two timeranges: Model timerange: 2 years, months, no quarter totals. additional timerage "Long term": 5 years, quarter totals. Module A: Model timerange: Lineitem 1: timesettings: weeks Lineitem…
If a model saves during a process, the progress bar will read as 'Generating failure dump' which is
When running a process, if the model saves it incorrectly tells the user that it is 'Generating failure dump' instead of 'Saving model'. This is causing confusion for customers as there are no failures after the import has completed.
Ability to select multiple items in the Manage Views screen
Description of the enhancement required: Ability to select multiple items in the Manage Views screen An example of the enhancement: Within a module, select Views > Manage Views. Be able to hold Ctrl/Cmd or Shift, and select multiple items in the list, and then Delete them. A story for why you want the enhancement (How…
Circular References - CUMULATE
Hi, Anaplan is returning a circular reference eroor in the following circumstance (below are the line items - simplified); 1. Opening balance 2. Variable that depends on opening balance (1) 3. Cumulate of 2 4. Closing balance (sum of 1 & 3) - circular reference error message. Any ideas how this can be resolved? If I manage…
Include data changes by actions in model history
Description of enhancement requested: Capture all before/after values in history - show what values were before and after for all changes, even if executed by an action How would this help the business process: Administratrators use this information to see what specifically was changed
Import Mapping
Hello, please see the attached screenshot: can anybody give me a hint why the "automatic" mapping does not work thought the strings are equal? (None of the pairs do...) Kind regards, David Mandl
Hide models I don't wan to see
There are a ton of models on my list everytime I log into Anaplan. I would like to hide the ones I do not care to see. I know I can mark favorites and sort them, but I just don't need a zillion other models on my list. It's messy. Is this going to change with the new UI?
How to Apply two dimensions
I'm creating a scenario model which is based on two measures. I'd like my model to only apply a specific forecasted % to a row, if the measure is "total company" and profit share measure "Construction". However, I cant use the NESTED IF function which I would use in excel as its not letting me use multiple items on the…
Can anyone provide me an explanation of how calculation of numbers with decimals is being done?
I have been trying to sum up the decimal numbers in "Data" column , the column "indicator" is converting individual values from "Data" column into Text whereas "Bool" is converting the Summary of "Data" into text. Can anyone provide me with an explanation why I am getting a lesser value in Bool ?
Time List
Hi, I'm using week calendar type & using 4-4-5 for week grouping into months/qtrs in the model. So whenever i used month as a time scale in a particular module and tried to use month() function, it's showing peculiar values, as shown in the attached screenshots. Can anybody tell a workaround to fix this.
Date Formula
Hi, I need to get the number of days spent to finish a task. What I have is "Date Start" and "Date End", currently, in excel its a simple Date End minus Date Start and it will give the number of days spent. I tried to convert date to text or number, but it doesn't convert it that way. How can I do this in Anaplan? Big…
Calculation of MODE in Anaplan
Does anyone know how to obtain the MODE of a set of values (in Anaplan)? For example, lets say I have a list of employees and each employee has a salary. I'd like to find the salary that occurs most often in a group (i.e. the MODE). Working with MODE in Excel, there will be times when a MODE value doesn't exist (because…
Order of subsets in applies to should respect order in general lists
Detail description of the enhancement that is being requested: There is a current inconsistency between the order subsets are shown in the applies to dialog and the order in the general lists screen The order subsets are shown in the applies to reflects the order in which the main lists were created, not the current order…
Time where a value is max
Hi, guys What I am trying to acheive is pretty simple as in the attached file. I would like to identify a month where "sales" is maxium among "TIME" dimension(Jan 2018 to Dec 2018) Any pointers? Thanks in advance Greg
Diagonal sums over flat list dimension on Anaplan
Hello, To put the problem simply, I need to know how to do the diagonal sums of an array in Anaplan. To explain in detail: I have a module called "Daily Matrix". It has the dimensions: Time, Days after Registration (a List, that "Applies to" the entire module), and one of the line items in this module is a "Daily Rate %"…
Anaplan Connect 1.4 Null pointer exceptions
I am getting NullPointerException errors from Anaplan Connect when I include -process -execute instructions. I started from the example.sh script. The process runs two Import actions that import from the same file, first into a List and then into a Module. Here is my script: #!/bin/sh # This example uploads a file and runs…
Allow list imports to retain the order of the list items in the source file or source module.
Description of the enhancement required: Allow list imports to retain the order of the list items in the source file or source module. An example of the enhancement: When importing to a list, the list should reflect the position of new members of the list as it does in the source file (or module) instead of adding new…
Best practice for Organisation Hierarchy in Matrix Style Business
Hi, My company uses a matrix style hierarchy where we look at client and country on separate dimensions as per the below image. I'd like to recreate this view in Anaplan (without the sparsity). Where client leads can see their client across all countries, and country leads can view their country across all clients. I'm…
Limiting on time selection
Have a module for marketing deals that have start and end dates inputted as weeks (eg W/e 19 Jan 2018), but whenever somone loads a new deal this defaults to the first week in the model, in this instance it's the start of 2016 which means a lot of scrolling / typing in the right date. Is there a way to have the drop-down…
Do not count null cell values when creating modules
Hi, I would like to suggest you do not count null cell values when creating modules.
MAILTO should also use list formatted line item as a parameter
Currently MAILTO function does not work when there is a parameter (To,CC,BCC) with list formatted line item to select which email ID to select for email notifiaction. Currently either it must be text formated or hardcoded in the MAILTO formula.End user should be able to select the given list of approvers if there is a…

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