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Read/write access by line item
Description: Enable read/write access by line item. Examples: Hide intermediate calculations, and don't let the end user see them even with Show All. Disable data entry where some line items are imported.
Request for keyboard navigation and selection in TreeView of List Settings
Description: With the mouse, I am able to select multiple tree nodes and drag-n-drop them to a new location. This is great. I would like to be able to make the tree selection using keyboard and close with the drag-n-drop, or a Copy-Paste operation to complete this action. Example of enhancement: Steps would be: 1. Focus…
"Show Hidden Content" negates restricting access to Roles
Description: If you are not a WSA and certain views have been hidden from you in the "Contents" tab, you can show them using "Show Hidden Contents". This was always possible but wasn't as explicitly available as it is now. Users can edit these 'hidden' modules, probably because they have Write access, but this is not…
Dynamic Versions in Anaplan
Hi Team, My model has 4 versions: Actual Version: Monthly Input Forecast Version: Once yearly Input Q2 forecast Adjustment: Q3 Forecast Adjustment: Let's suppose we have forecasted for whoel year and users are done with Actuals input of Jan,Feb,Mar,Now the Higher management wants to adjust there forecast for Q2 in which Q2…
Ability to archive versions in a model
Desription of the enhancement: We would like the ability to 'archive' versions within a model, so that we can save the data and look back at it later, but it will not take up space. Note that version subsets will not fully meet this requirement, because if you remove a version from a subset in a module, you will lose data…
Include slicer functionality similar to excel - i.e. save filters in a button
Description of the enhancement required: Enabling slicer facility in Anaplan tool like the one in Excel https://support.office.com/en-gb/article/use-slicers-to-filter-data-249f966b-a9d5-4b0f-b31a-12651785d29d How would it help your business process: Customer would need this facility of Slicer enhancement due to multiple…
Improve error message where you are unable to give a list item a child
Description of the enhancement: Improve error message where you are unable to give a list item a child, if it has a child item in a different list You are unable to give a list item a child, if it has a child item in a different list. Error: "Parent item has a child item that is in a different list: You can only add a…
Filter option should select highest parent hierarchy as default
Description of the enhancement required: When there is a filter (dropdown) in a dashboard, customer wants the biggest parent as the default selected item. For example, "Total region" is always selected at opening. How would it help their business process: They use filters in all of their dashboards, and as admin or user,…
Match subsets automatically in import mapping when names are identical
Description of the enhancement required: If we create Subsets in a new target list with identical names, Anaplan should be smart enough to match those with the source subsets when running import. Unfortunately, the system appends " / Is Member Of" to the source, causing the matching on name to fail. This causes the user to…
Ability to wrap text on line item names
Description of the enhancement required: Word Wrap for Line Items and/or Rows instead of just Columns An example of the enhancement: Ability to wrap text on a dashboard without having to publish the line item as a "selected line item" How would it help their business process: Majority of the line items or members on rows…
Custom time period format
Description of the enhancement required: Include a way to format weekly dates by Start/date - end/date such as in excel. A story for why they want the enhancement: Currently we have a gantt chart view in Excel which shows run dates on the columns with the activity detail in the middle of the grid. It is easier for us…
Add new function AllPeriodsValue
Description of the enhancement required: Add new function AllPeriodsValue An example of the enhancement: The AllPeriodsValue function would work like YEARVALUE, but utilizing periods rather than year. It would have a parameter to choose whether a Brought Forward value should be included in the result. How would it help…
Ability to add brought-forward value in time totals
Description of the enhancement required: Enable the option to include Brought-Forward value in 'All Periods' time total. An example of the enhancement: When turning on Brought Forward, the user could specify when selecting 'All Periods' for this item, if the resulting value should include the Brought Forward value in that…
List cell "Contains" Typeahead
Description of enhancement: List cell input typeahead to work by "contains" typed text, not "starts with" (or make this a setting in blueprint format options). Example: The test list contained regions EMEA, APJ and NOAM. There's a list formatted line item in the module and if I type in the letter A, user wants all the 3…
Increase limitation on the number of cells drilldown can handle
Description of enhancement requested: Currently the drill down feature has a limitation on the number of cells that can be shown which is an issue when the data I am utilizing has a significant amount of data. I have one division alone that has 200 departments and when I need to drill into that division to try to find why…
Filtered pick list for time dimension
Description of the enhancement required: The possibility to filter the date within a drop down where the year is a dimension. An example of the enhancement: This will be useful for our team to better build out a budget model and make it easier for the contributors to enter their data. It would prevent the model builder…
Ability to group actions by functional area
Description of the enhancement required: Create Directory/Grouping functionality for grouping Actions An example of the enhancement: Actions would be able to be grouped by function/area, similar to functional areas. How would it help you business process: I currently need to make a fake action to create a line in actions…
Ability to use Enter key for all confirmation dialog messages
Description of the enhancement required: Add shortcut for "clicking ok" within format changes. Typically enter. An example of the enhancement: A hotkey that gives an alternative to clicking the confirmation. How would it help their business process: I would like to start using more keyboard than mouse. Currently, that is…
Top 10 filters on tables
Description of the enhancement: Top 10 filters on tables. We need to create top 10 tables that are able to be filtered by different criteria. Today the only alternative we found is to make a calculation for the "ranking" of the items in the table, but this is static information, so it is not dynamic when filtered. How this…
Mapping between dimensions at minimal cost
I want to pull data from line item, M1.LI1, into another M2.LI2. The 1st line item is dimensioned by standard list SL1 and numbered list NL1, the 2nd is dimensioned by SL2 and SL3. NL1 has a property formatted by SL2 whilst numbered list NL2 maps SL1 to SL3 (SL1 are financial weeks and SL3 are calendar months – some…
Blank dates should not be taken into account when a line item is date formatted and the summary ****
Description of the enhancement required: Blank dates should not be taken into account when a line item is date formatted and the summary method is set to "minimum". Anaplan should designate the lowest applicable date when this summary method is chosen An example of the enhancement: If there are three child nodes under a…
Ability to more broadly reference Versions in Anaplan functions
Description of the enhancement: Ability to more broadly reference Versions in Anaplan functions At present, Versions are restrictive to work with functionally. There is no ability to use the Version dimension as a list format, or to reference a version such as IF versions.Q3 Forecast THEN xyz
Automatic ordering of dimensions within modules/line items
Description of enhancement: When re-dimensioning a module/line item by using the applies to dialogue box, it would be very useful if the order of the "applies to" was automatically ordered from the largest to the smallest. Business case for wanting this enhancement: Consistency of the dimension orders has a big impact of…
Enter formulae in data entry cell
I want to be able to enter formulae in data entry cell, e.g. (100+30+40)% and pressing enter shows the result
Allow the Users list & Selective Access to be used as the source of an Import action.
Description of the enhancement required: Allow the Users list & Selective Access to be used as the source of an Import action. An example of the enhancement: When selecting the source of an import using 'Connect to an Anaplan Model', the Users list should be an option for the data source. A story for why you want the…
Prevent customers accidentally creating an excessive number of line items
Description of the enhancement: Can a limit or warning be implemented to prevent a user accidentally creating so many line items via a blueprint import? Business reason for requesting this enhancement: We have had multiple instances in the past, of importing a file into blueprint mode, which we actually intended to import…
More rounding options
Description of the enhancement required: More rounding options An example of the enhancement: ability to easily adjust summaries between whole dollars, thousands, millions.
Comparison reports formulas show ID rather than names
When comparing two models, if you download the comparison report it shows when a formula has been edited. If this formula references another line item/property/list item/etc, it shows the ID rather than the name of the object To reproduce, Make a model devM, add a module Mod, add line items a, b, c set the formula for a to…
Better User Auditing of Who Uploaded Data
Description of the enhancement required: We wants easier tracking of who uploaded data, within the list or module itself (as additional cells is an idea). We want the name of the person who uploaded/created an item of the hierarchy to be recorded in a cell. We would like the following included: * Email ID/Name of uploader…
Ability to manage different summaries in a different way for different levels
If the user has Quarters, Half Year, and Year summaries, they want to be able to set the summary method for each summary. eg, for quarters set sum, for half set none, for year set sum. Currently you can only set the same summary for all levels

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