Modeling

Allow Week Format for Timescale Weeks:General
Description of the enhancement required: Improve Timescale Weeks:General An example of the enhancement: Ability to define a week in 3 ways, like in other timescales: W/e, W/c and Week No A story for why they want the enhancement, (how would it help their business process): A number of industries are very seasonal. Think…
Increase 60 minute, no activity model unload
A description of the enhancement required: As an Workspace Admin I want a solution that prevents Anaplan to go out of in memory after 60 min because I need to prevent my end users to be confronted with a long load time. An example of the enhancement: Could be an option to set time slots when a model should always be kept…
Use line Item of a Module as Filters on a Dashboard
Hi , I want to use a combinaision of line items in a module I published as a Dashboard as filters for that Dashboard. This without creating a Button for refreshing the result in the dashboard but to have it updated automatically according to the selection of those 2 lines Items. Is this possible and how ? Thank you in…
Getting the maximum value
Hi, Could you tell me how to get the maximum value of a line item? I would like to get the maximum value of the 'Number of Days' line item in the attached screenshot. ('Seq No.' list is applied to Row and Line item is applied to Column in this module.) Best regards, Maki Yasuda
Sorting and Filtering options
Dear Anaplan Developpers / support First of all, I'd like to say Hi and thank you for the great job you guys are performing. I do have one question for you Anaplan developpers / Support... Do you plan to add a kind of Sorting and filtering functions in the dahsboards and modules tabs in order to filter or sort the…
Calculate median value
Hello, the MEDIAN Anaplan function doesn't exist ("No native Anaplan function: can be built using calculation"). I have all the wages of my company and I need to calculate the median wage per job type. How can I do ? Thank you for your help.
How to populate a boolean to child list
Hello, I'm working with 2 list with ("Product Family" and "Products"), and "Product Family" is parent of "Products". In my list "Product Family", I have a Boolean "Forecasted Family" used to know if the family need a forecast. I want to have the same boolean in my "Products" list, based on the value defined in the "Product…
Sum based on attribute of input
Hi All, I am a beginner in Anaplan, just finished my training course and started building my first model. What I am trying to achieve here is to sum a column (input) based on each record's category (another input, formatted as list created previously). For instance, This is my input: Value Category 100 A 200 B 500 A 50 C…
How do I sum across dimensions other than time?
Hi All, I have a question about how to calculate sum cross specific dimension. For instance, I have a input like this: X1 X2 Y1 1 5 Y2 3 3 Y3 6 2 Now both X and Y are lists that I created and put into module's page selector so i can toggle. I would like to create a module to such that when i choose X1 and Y2, there will be…
History Enhancement: More details around changes to lists
Description of the enhancement: We would like to see which of our users unchecked the Product Data box for a list. There is no logging to identify this and history in the model only shows this as a "Change list". The same applies for workflow, selctive access, and making a list a numbered list.
Rephrase action delete dialog so it is clear what is begin deleted from the model
A description of the enhancement requested: The customer would like the "Confirm Delete" message for deleting Actions in a model rephrased to not sound like they will be deleting all data within their model. An example of the enhancement: After selecting the Actions you wish to delete, the "Confirm Delete" message will…
Date comparison
Hi all, I've got a line item where I import date from AWS everyday. I also have a list called Split Week where I have two 'Date' formatted properties called Start of Week and End of week. Is there any way I can check if the Date of import lies within the 2 properties? Thanks in advance. Prateek
How to filter Line Items in a Page Selector
Hi, I have a module that is used to create a chart on a dashboard. The module has 10 line items and the line items are used as page selectors in chart on my dashboard however I want the page selector to show only 5 of the 10 line items that are relevant to the chart. How can I apply this filter on the line items?
Workflow applied to a line item update process
I like the basic concept of workflow and want to use it to flag progress against various processes that my model supports. Organisation is used throughout my model and so there are several processes I need to track by Organisation - the status of various assumption builds, as well as progress in signing off the overall…
Select different levels under different pages
I have a row of 3 levels' list (L1,L2,L3) as rows and two versions (forecast and actual) as pages. Under forecast page, I want to show details till L3. while under actual page, I only want to show L2. However, it seems that levels on different pages will sync, are there any ways to show different levels in different pages?
Comparison (calculate a difference) of two selectable parameters
Hi, Anaplaners I am expecting to compare two parameters (in the attached file, May vs April) which users can select. (Please see the attached file). I would like your pointers on how to acheive this. April, May, and Jun do not have to be TIME dimension, but may be a list. Thanks in advance. Regards, Greg
Summing Across Different Levels of a Hierarchy
Hello all, The model we currently use at my company currently does not have many hierarchical lists, however I am trying to sum a line item in a module with a hierarchical list as a dimension and it is doubling the result of the sum by adding up the parent's total as well as all of the children that belong to that parent.…
Copy Branch should have the option for list formatted line items that are copied to update to the co
Description of the enhancement required: When using Copy Branch, Anaplan should give the user an option about how it copies blue (editable) cells - particularly for List formatted line items. The user should have the option for list formatted line items that are copied to update to the correct list item automatically. This…
Model save activation threshold should be reviewed
Description of the enhancement: Currently, if a model has six or more users it will save after 600 seconds worth of changes, and if it has less than six, it will save after 60 seconds worth of changes. There are development-stage models with more than six users that would benefit from saving every 60 seconds. Example of…
Improved ALM Error Reporting
Description of the enhancement required: Add more detail to error messages for ALM sync failures An example of the enhancement: When there's a ALM sync failure the current message to the customer is "An internal error has occurred", however most of the time the specific cause of the failure is captured in the logs. You…
Allow admin to restore corrupt or unusably slow model from outside model
The scope is only to allow a workspace admin to RESTORE (not copy) their model to the necessary point before it was corrupted, without opening the model. Here are some requirements: * The model may have to lose other changes that were made, but we want to implement this change in a way that will minimize the lost changes…
Referencing Previous Row
In the attached file i've a column of data that goes up and down and in the 2nd column it's a more smoothed set of numbers. Essentially if row B is bigger than row A give me row A based on column 1. But what I want to do is if row B is bigger than row A give me row A but from column 2 so that where there's the 55 and 70…
Ability to export and import model time settings
Description of the enhancement required: We would like a way to take the 'time' settings from one model and add them to another e.g. allow an export of the time settings and import them to another. Example of enhancement: Have a model with time settings and allow to push or pull that data to or from another model.…
Request to 'tone down' Quick Sum Bar warning
Description of the enhancement: The mixed data types warning is confusing and distracting to my users. Can it be toned down? Example: The yellow looks too much like an error and could be viewed as there being an issue with the data selected. How it helps my business process:
How should I debug to see what's happening exactly in my formulas?
Hello, One of my client is operating some models which drives a connect Supply Chain Network, and they need a stepwise debug execution so as to see what's happening exactly in the formulas. Due to the fact that most of formulas are bid over complicated, step by step debug execution would be nessary. Any ideas and comments…
Calculating the IRR for a subset of cashflow
Is it possible to use the IRR function to calculate only a subset of the cashflow? For example, in Jul 18 I'm looking to calculate the IRR of the cashflow from the beginning to Jul 18 and then on Aug 18 it will be from the beginning to Aug 18. In excel you can simply have the formula as IRR($H2:I2) and apply that across…
Dropdown (Time dependent)
Hi community, we currently working on a anaplan project and can't fix one major "Dropdown/Selection" problem. Background: It's for a HR Planning Tool So we have our module "position planning" where Employees were assigned to a position. Therfore we just made a Drop Down, where we can assign them. But now there comes the…
Creating a formula to directly change a User's "Model Role" as well as read/write permissions
I have created and set up Model Roles, Selective Access, Content Access, Permissions and a defining value applied on the lowest level of the list heirarchy for what I would like security permissions to be. I have 4 levels of security with the highest being Full Access, and the lowest being No Access. The inbetween levels…
Need help in Formula
Hi, guys! I'm doing a logical formula in my module that says if a Unit (Line Item) is classified as Current (List: Sales Type) then it will perform a certain calculation otherwise if it is Non Current (List: Sales Type) then it will display zero. Can you please recommend me a formula for this? Note: I have uploaded the…
Align Dashboard Columns
Attempting to publish 2 views to a Dashboard but just different versions so to be able to visually compare the 2. I hid the Department List column on Published view 2 so you would only see: Department, Column 1 results (Version 1), Column 2 results (version 2) The issue that occurs is the column 2 results will not align…

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