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How can I return the current date in a line item?
How can I return the current date in a line item i.e. automatically get Anaplan to show the current date in date format so that it updates each day. Many thanks, John.
Using Filters in Anaplan
Hello everyone! We have certain problems in setting filters in Anaplan to get what we want to see. There is a discrepancy between how the filters are shown and described in Help and looks in live system. The position of the filter value box in live system does not match any of the criteria on the filter tab. If, say, we…
How do I have a forumla calculate data to a specific dimension member?
How can I have a formula calculate data for a specific member of a dimension and place a 0 for the others?
Using boolean line items to filter views
Line items are sometimes used for the sole purpose of creating filtered views. For example, I may have a list hierarchy that contains two level: Employees rolling up into Region. And for one particular view, I only want to show a flat list of Employees, regardless of the Regions they roll up to. To do this, I could add a…
Upload Flat File to Populate a Restricted View of a Template?
We have built a template that restricts the view of each of our distributors to a single column, with a number of prompts to be populated with numbers. Is it possible (if rows align perfectly with the template layout) for a user to upload their numbers to Anaplan from a flat file, or must each number be input manually?
Zero Out a Module
How do I zero out a module?
See where a list is referenced
How can I see where a particular list is being referenced in Anaplan?
Matching dimensions items between modules
I have Module A that uses an employee dimension where 1 of the employees is named Bob. In Module B I use a different employee dimension where that same person is named Robert. When I write a formula to pull data from Module A to Module B the employees are not matched and the data pull is incorrect. How do I get the 2 items…
Collecting the value of a parent list in calculations
Hi, I want to collect the value on the parent membrer for the employees list of my source line item to calculate my target one I did an example like this one target_lineitem=source_lineitem[SELECT: Employees.PARENT(ITEM(Employees))] but it doesn't work can someone help me.
Delete Bottom Level of a Composite Hierarchy
I have 3 lists and 2 of them have parent hierarchies. The first list and the top level is organization. The second list is cost centers, which has organization as its parent hierarchy. The third list is employees, which has cost centers as its parent hierarchy. If I want to refresh my employee list, deleting all existing…
"Select All" for Boolean
If I have a Property on a list or a line item that is Boolean formatted, is there a way to "select all" of the items?
Single module, multiple modules?
When should I break apart a big module into smaller modules? What's the cut off in terms of dimensionality and logical design?
Always Show "Current Version" When Opening a Module
In order to get your model to always open on the version you have marked as the Current Version, when you save the module view as the default view, you need to uncheck the box "Always open on current page" and the current version will always be the default.
Show current value for 'Day' timescale
A model I developed had KPI daily values loading from an external data source The challenge I had when working with the day timescale was the size of the time dimension (being days) and finding the 'current' day (most recent load) To resolve here is what to do:[list=1] * Create a list that is the 'load date', update this…
Rank function on LineItem Subset
I have a module containing: - timescale - versions - 1 list (offices) - lineitem subset based on PNL module - 2 lineitems (1 = collect(), 2 = rank(1)) I need to rank every PNL values independently and need help with formula or approach to do it Now by default - Rank function set rank for all values - e.g it compare values…
Limit on selections
Is there a limit to columns or rows I can use in selections? How many can I select and hide at the same time?
Refresh data in a module
How do I refresh the data in a module without refreshing the whole browser?
Can you Lock a Model?
Can you lock a model in Anaplan?
How do I do a daily switchover?
I know that in the versions section of Settings, I set a switchover date which has a 'month' default. But, what if I want to do a switchover in amodule by day? In other words, if I roll forward a day, how do I get my forecast version to display actual and forecast for the year, by day, up to the switchover?
Line item reference
I have a currency module containing Line Items, Time and Version with the line items as currency codes and the values as exchange rates. This has Line items as rows, Time as columns and Version as a page. I have a details module that contains amounts in local currency and a currency indicator. In another module I want to…
Module name
If I change the name of my module does it have an impact on entered data?
How do I sum across dimensions other than time?
Can't see how this was done in the allocations video. I have a list for products, and a line item for sales. I want to introduce a line item that returns the total sales for all products against every product. Beyond allocation use, is there a way to introduce a line item that returns the value at the next level up a…
End Users Creating Subsidiary View
Can an end user change the blueprint to create a subsidiary view?
How far does History go?
Does the Anaplan Platform keep ALL history for a model back as far as when it was first created?
Using Model Restore with Other Platform Users
If I go to the history and restore, will it just restore my changes, or will it wipe out the work that other users have done all day?
How to use a drop-down list within the PROFILE function
Hi - struggling to get my head around this. Not sure if I'm getting the syntax wrong, or whether what I'm trying to do simply isn't possible. I want the model user to be able to make a selection in a drop-down list from a number of different allocation profiles to use in the PROFILE function. To hold the different…
Create Subtotal of Existing Line Items
How do I make an existing line item a subtotal of other line items? Line items below: - Opening Stock - Purchases - Issue of Stock - Closing Stock Formula should be: Opening Stock + Purchases + Issue of Stock = Closing Stock

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