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Workarounds for coercing timescales in Polaris?
Hi, all. Polaris formulas don't coerce timescales like classic does and I'm looking for a workaround. I want to build a UX time selector like I have in my classic models: The way it works in classic is like this: The "Filter" line item looks at the month formatted, quarter formatted, and year formatted boolean line items…
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On-Demand Calculation in Polaris
Author: Dave Smith is a Senior Product Manager at Anaplan. We are thrilled to announce the rollout of On-Demand Calculation in Polaris, a feature that significantly enhances performance and efficiency for our users. On-Demand Calculation is designed to compute values only when they are needed, leading to a more optimized…
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YTG, YTD Summary in Polaris
Hi All, Wanted to quickly check if the YTG, YTD summaries are not enabled for Polaris model yet unlike the Classic model. Thank you, Harshitha
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Workaround for Formula & Closing Balance summary methods together in Polaris
Hello folks, Does anyone know how to work around the Polaris limitation of using the Formula or Ratio summary method alongside the Closing Balance within the same line item? I have a Business Unit list where the total (All BUs) must display the Corporate (1 of 20 leaf items under All BUs total) number of Unique Customers.…
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Moving a model from Classic to Polaris
Author: Mike Henderson is a Principal Solution Architect at Anaplan. There is growing interest in taking existing models that operate in the classic (Hyperblock) engine to Polaris. There are a variety of reasons motivating the move such as workspace optimization, accommodating natural model growth over time, and…
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Register for our October 29 platform release webinar!
Anaplan's next quarterly platform release webinar will be held October 29, 2025 at 8 a.m. Pacific Time. During this session, we will explore the latest features so you can optimize your Anaplan experience. Our expert-led session will equip you with a practical guide and live demonstrations to help you get the most out of…
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Enable Summary Method Ratio & Closing Balance in Polaris
Hello, We need the ability to apply both summary methods in the same line item in the Polaris engine as we do in the Classic engine as soon as possible, please! Thanks.
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Ability to save views with Zeros Suppressed in Polaris
In as much detail as possible, describe the problem or experience related to your idea. Please provide the context of what you were trying to do and include specific examples or workarounds: Within Polaris there is the ability to suppress cells with zeros values within the module or grid of the UX but currently there is a…
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Polaris workaround for FIRSTNONBLANK
Polaris doesn't support FIRSTNONBLANK as a function parameter. I have a solution workaround for this already but not too happy with it. So wanted to know what solution workaround people have done to get around this limitation
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Polaris : ma première utilisation “réelle” hier, retour d’expérience.
Bonjour, « Ce post est une œuvre de fiction. Toute ressemblance avec des clients existants ou ayant existé ne saurait être que pure coïncidence. » Je souhaite prendre un peu de temps pour vous parler de Polaris, le moteur d’Anaplan. 🚀 Premier contact Avec le moteur Classic, j’avais l’habitude de travailler sur des modèles…
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Streamline hierarchy management with Polaris's new ITEMLEVEL and HIERARCHYLEVEL functions
Author: Dave Smith is a Senior Product Manager at Anaplan. In the world of enterprise planning, working with hierarchical data is fundamental—whether you're dealing with product categories, organizational structures, or geographic regions, the ability to roll up and see your plans at a macro-level is essential. Until now,…
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Anaplan Polaris: A deeper dive into the Polaris Engine and model building techniques
This article is part of a series on Polaris best practices. Click here for more Community content or visit Anapedia for detailed technical guidance. Polaris is Anaplan's next-generation calculation engine, designed for highly dimensioned calculation at scale. It represents a paradigm shift in the ability to model business…
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Anaplan Polaris – Applying Formula Guards to Optimize Calculations
This article is part of a series on Polaris best practices. Click here for more Community content or visit Anapedia for detailed technical guidance. This is a deeper dive on the concept outlined in the Anaplan Polaris – Understanding Blueprint Insights and Optimizing for Populated Space article. A “guard” refers to an IF…
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Anaplan Polaris – Getting Started
Are you a seasoned Anaplanner ready to harness the power of Polaris? You’re in the right place. Polaris, Anaplan’s next-generation calculation engine, is designed for fast, highly dimensioned calculation at scale. While the model building experience remains fundamentally similar to Classic, Polaris introduces key…
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Unlocking the power of Polaris: A guide to efficient model building
This article is part of a series on Polaris best practices. Click here for more Community content or visit Anapedia for detailed technical guidance. Polaris is Anaplan's next-generation calculation engine, designed for highly dimensioned calculation at scale. It represents a paradigm shift in the ability to model business…
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Introducing New Resources for Anaplan Polaris: Benchmarking Performance
I'm very excited to share two new comprehensive technical resources that showcase the exceptional performance capabilities of Anaplan’s Polaris calculation engine. These documents provide detailed benchmarks and real-world performance metrics that demonstrate how Polaris delivers the scale, speed, and interactivity…
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Anaplan Polaris – Optimizing Calculation Performance Using Inline Conditions
This article is part of a series on Polaris best practices. Click here for more Community content or visit Anapedia for detailed technical guidance. This article explores a technique to optimize calculations in Polaris. We examine the practice of including formula conditions directly (“inline”) in the formula itself to…
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Polaris Training
Hi Team, I am looking for some training on Polaris Calculation Engine. Someone told me there are couple of videos under the category Polaris Primer Series 1 and 2. Could someone point them to where I can find those? Thank you
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Anaplan Polaris – Calculation Effort
This article is part of a series on Polaris best practices. Click here for more Community content or visit Anapedia for detailed technical guidance. What is the Calculation Effort column? The Calculation Effort column is one of the Blueprint Insights contained within the blueprint view of a module (or the line items tab)…
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Creating more flexible export definitions in Anaplan
Anaplan exports, unlike imports, have no link to a saved view. However, there are ways to create Export actions that have more flexibility for future maintenance. After creating your view layout (using the view optimization best practices outlined in the Anaplan Polaris – View Optimization for Imports and Exports article)…
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Anaplan Polaris – View Optimization for Imports and Exports
This article is part of a series on Polaris best practices. Click here for more Community content or visit Anapedia for detailed technical guidance. This article explores how to optimize saved module views within the modeling experience, with particular attention to data import and export processes. We’ll revisit essential…
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Using Polaris and Classic
Client has spoke models built in Classic and now considering building Data Hub in Polaris in order to deal with sparsity. On the surface this seem possible but likely a bad idea. Has anyone done anything similar to this? Specifically, what did you have to do to ensure that data was compatible? Any thoughts or suggestions…
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Iterative Development in Polaris
This article is part of a series on Polaris best practices. Click here for more Community content or visit Anapedia for detailed technical guidance. As Anaplan solution architects and model builders begin to develop in Polaris, it's important to consider how you approach the development workflow. In Polaris the upper limit…
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Anaplan Polaris – Understanding Blueprint Insights and Optimizing for Populated Space
This article is part of a series on Polaris best practices. Click here for more Community content or visit Anapedia for detailed technical guidance. In this article, we’ll focus on understanding the blueprint columns in Polaris in more detail, and how we can use them to optimize formulas. Polaris Blueprint Insights When…
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Anaplan Polaris – Blueprint Insights
This article is part of a series on Polaris best practices. Click here for more Community content or visit Anapedia for detailed technical guidance. In this article we’ll review some of the blueprint insights available to help you optimize and improve efficiency in your Polaris models. Blueprint Insights defined Polaris…
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Anaplan Polaris – Populated Space
This article is part of a series on Polaris best practices. Click here for more Community content or visit Anapedia for detailed technical guidance. This article introduces the idea of Populated vs Empty Space and outlines why it is a key factor to keep in mind when building in the Polaris engine. Populated Space defined…
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Anaplan Polaris – Natural Dimensionality
This article is part of a series on Polaris best practices. Click here for more Community content or visit Anapedia for detailed technical guidance. Natural dimensionality defined Natural dimensionality can be defined as the inherent and most appropriate number of dimensions (aka “lists”) needed to accurately represent a…
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Implementing Polaris: Lessons learned
Author: Philipp Erkinger, Certified Master Anaplanner and Principal Solution Architect at Bedford Consulting. There are days in your professional career where you get to observe something special. October 20, 2022 was such a day, when I received access to a Polaris workspace to build a model proof of concept. Having worked…
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Include Dimension Index size information in module blue print for Polaris
In as much detail as possible, describe the problem or experience related to your idea. Please provide the context of what you were trying to do and include specific examples or workarounds: Polaris has a limitation that a line item can not have more than a dimension index of 64. Models can start off with a dimension index…
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Announcing: Statement of Direction for Anaplan calculation engines
Anaplan has just launched the new statement of direction for Anaplan Calculation Engines The full statement of direction can be read here. What is a statement of direction A Statement of Direction is a public guidance designed to inform our customers & prospects about our strategic direction at product level. It provides…