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Top 25 Anaplan features released in 2024
Author: Misbah Ansari is a Certified Master Anaplanner, Anaplan Community Boss, and CEO/Founder at Miz Logix. Anaplan has released hundreds of features in 2024 to enrich its platform with more flexible planning, dynamic reporting, and scalable offerings. These features have been released throughout the year across all the…
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Exam 3 - A 2019 Actuals
Hi, I successfully loaded the provided 2019 Actuals file and updated the Sales Planning model and I am still getting incorrect answers for the first 2 exam questions which are based on this file. I hit every check point in the Level 3 lesson sprints and successfully loaded the file, so I'm not sure why my numbers are off…
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Month Number respective month.
I want a line item where I can select the month by drop-down. For this respective month I need the number value of the month. How can I achieve this.? Like October is 10. I am thinking to create a month flat list and use it, but how can I get the number? And i would very appreciate you if you share screenshot.
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Activity 4.6.4
When importing the excel file I keep getting an error message saying “import complete but with failures” and the failure is an invalid code. It says US is not the correct code. Anyone know how to help?
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Sankey (Flow + Magnitude) Charts
Hi Anaplan, We've had a few requests now for Sankey charts to show flow direction of data as well as the magnitude of this flow. Especially pertinent in allocation processes where you it would be great to be able to visualise the movement of data from one location to another i.e. Allocation of L3.C to G5.A & G5.B; or Sales…
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Interpolation
How can we do interpolation in Anaplan? I need to interpolate scores from the following criterias: a. Min number with equivalent score b. Max number with equivalent score Thank you!
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Level 2 Sprint 1 - 1.5.7.2 Add Formula to SYS13 Line Item
Hi, Can I please get some help with the formula for this? Thanks
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Data Import from Model A to Model B
Anaplanners, Had a query, i have data in Model A, in Revenue Module which is dimensioned by Country List, Time & KPIs as line item. I need to import this data into Model B, in same Revenue Planning Module, which is again dimensioned by Country, List, Time & KPIs as line item. However here we have an additional plan type…
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Removing unnecessary Top Levels
Removing unnecessary Top Levels (or better yet, not adding them in the first place!) Author: Allison Slaught, Certified Master Anaplanner and Principle Solution Architect at Anaplan. To improve efficiency in your models, it’s important we only calculate where necessary. One way we can do that is to only use Top Levels…
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Adjusting Statistical Forecasts: Utilizing different Methods for varying time horizons
Hello Anaplan Community, currently we have a very simple statistical forecast tool in Anaplan. We can select between 15 forecast methods for a forecast category. We generate the statistical forecast using a single method for the next 5 years. We aim to introduce a logic that enables selecting two distinct forecasting…
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Error : Evaluating the forecast in Hold Periods ～ Statistic forecast
I'm trying to evaluate the statistical forecast by using Apply Hold Periods. But when I set them, the almost of product's best-fit forecast is set to New Item Forecast. How can I correctly evaluate the forecast?
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3.3.5.3 check your work
Need some help please, as per example, Safety stock target line item is blank In my module have got summary values here, any pointers please?
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Performance Comparison - YEARVALUE(x) vs x[LOOKUP: FY]
Hi all, Was hoping to get some insight into the performance implications of obtaining the year value of a line using either YEARVALUE(x) or x[LOOKUP: FY]. Both will retrieve the same result assuming summaries/timescales are setup correctly, but they are definitely not calculated the same (based on anecdotal tests). From…
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How I Built It: Time and Version filters
Author: Stacey Gibbens is a Certified Master Anaplanner and Solution Architect, Financial Planning & Analysis at Globe Life. Greetings, Anaplanners! Today I’m excited to share my ‘How I Built It’ tutorial on minimizing import/export toaster time by utilizing time and version filters on source data saved views. In my video,…
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Model Building - Avoiding Circular Reference
Working on a use case to reproduce following psuedo code in Anaplan Start Recommendation_given=0 for tranche 1 to 6 if tranche =1 then tranch_contribuiton = 0 else if tranch recommendation <= recommendation_given or tranch_recomendation = 0 then tranch_contribuiton = 0 else tranch_contribution = tranch recommendation -…
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Dynamic Line Item Label
One recent scenario was where the Line Item Labels are shown as CY, CY-1,CY-2,CY-3 and users wants this name to be dynamic like 2024,2023,2022,2021, I want this label to change in all modules each year as the current period changes. There were many occasions where there were requirements to change Line Item Label, which…
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Show Total in Module even after applying filters
Hi All, In one of my moduel having a column "Rebate Payment Amount" which has values, and also we set the show TOTAL on Above for giving total aggregated values as single value, it works only if we didn't apply any filters on the remaining columns in the module. How to show the 'Total' i.e. sum of all rows for the column…
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Drill to Transaction Functionality in the New UX
Drill to Transaction Functionality is considered critical for some partners/clients as it's functionality that has no alternate solution. I have heard specifically from FP&A implementations regarding allocations, as well as ICM use cases, but would love anyone giving kudos to leave comments with additional examples of it's…
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PREVIOUSITEM() - PREVIOUS() on a list
Referring to the previous item in a list is a nightmare: You can write a lookup to find the previous item, but as soon as you try to use it you get a circular reference. Sometimes you can get round this with creative use of the CUMULATE() function on your list, but sometimes you can't and you need to map your calculation…
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Black Box Timesum Drilldown
One of the best things about anaplan is the ability to drill through the model to see where values come from. sadly, anaplan is now quite limited in how you aggregate over time. at some point changes were made that more else require you to use the timesum function to aggregate over time specifically (SUM: does not work).…
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How I Built It: Creating functional P&Ls using line item subsets without COLLECT formula
Author: Austin van der Linden is a Certified Master Anaplanner and Senior Model Builder at Hubspot. Hello Anaplan Community! In this 'How I Built It' Tutorial, I show how you can build functional P&Ls using line item subsets as a mapping tool. One of the cool functionalities provided with line item subsets is that you can…
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Ability to add Folder structure to Lists, Modules, Actions etc
Being able to keep a model clean and well organised is really important in allowing model builders to understand and work with the model going forward. Often we find that as a model grows, the number of lists, modules, actions etc grows quite large and can start to become difficult to manage. This enhancement idea is to…
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Docusign integration
Hi , I have a requirement where i want to send document to employees in batches. E,g country managers want to send letter to their employees on specific dates . While going through docusign documentation it is mentioned that hierarchy is not supported . Please help to understand how it works .
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Setting up action naming conventions that will withstand the test of time
Author: Taylor Giesler is a Certified Master Anaplanner and Director, Enterprise Performance Management at Alpha Alternatives. I have been a consultant for nearly four years now, and I have seen a lot of models, some easier to follow than others. The person building the model isn’t always the same person maintaining it…
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What is Managed By functionality?
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Issue with Text Data Flow Between Models
Hi Anaplan Community, I'm facing an issue that seems simple but has me stumped. I have a module (A.1) in Model A with a single line item that is a text field. I have a similar module (B.1) in Model B, and I want the text input in A.1 from Model A to flow into B.1 in Model B. Both modules have no dimensions. While mapping,…
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Customized Drill Down
Anaplanners, We have a module (Module A) that displays the monthly income for each department across various locations. Module A includes the following dimensions: Department, Location, Time, and Value (Line Item) We are presenting this data at a higher granularity in another module (Module B):Module B includes the…
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SYS00 Time Settings'.Forecast Period? is not a recognized line item or list member
Hi team am receiving an error
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Seasonality Chart—Simple as That
Comparison By Year Comparison By Year Several times I have been asked for a chart with the possibility to compare seasonality or month over years. It´s proven to be both popular and useful in its own simplicity. In a regular line chart, you’ll have all time periods after one another, whereas, in this version, you´ll be…
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how to calculate WEEKNUMBER of a particular date in a year
Hi Anaplanners, i am stuck with one the calculation ,which requires me to calculate WEEK NUMBER of a date in the year.In excel we can use WEEKNUM Function to get the number of the week . eg,WEEKNUM(2020-03-02) = 10 How can i achieve this