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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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
IFP &OWP available in Polaris?
Hello, Do the new Integrated Financial Planning (IFP) and Operational Workforce Planning (OWP) applications support Polaris, or are they only available out of the box on the Classic Engine? Thanks in advance to anyone who can help!
How I Built It: Effective filtering in Polaris
Author: James Sharrett is a Certified Master Anaplanner and Sr. Principal Architect at Anaplan. Hi Anaplan Community, In this ‘How I Built It’ tutorial, I dive into a common problem people run into with Polaris, and a general approach to designing efficient exports in both Polaris and Classic. There are limits on applying…
Using Polaris in Reporting models
Hi, We've been advised to use Polaris for one of our reporting models (90% sparcity). The model is mainly used to aggregate data across 4 dimensions and time, using SUM as the summary method. One of our dimensions is a 12-levels hierarchy, and I just saw in anaplan learning that Polaris might not be effective in reducing…
Event recording available! Polaris use cases & best practices
If you missed our event yesterday, Polaris Use Cases and Best Practices, a recording is now available. In this event, Rob Marshall (@rob_marshall) from Anaplan, John Dorma (@johndorma) from Twelve Consulting, and Harshita Mysore Shankar (@HarshitaMysoreShankar) from Adobe discuss Polaris, how it differs from Classic, use…
Event recording available! Implementing with Polaris
If you missed our event yesterday, Implementing with Polaris, a recording is now available. In this event, Jonathan Goldsmith (@E2EJonathan), CoE Leader from NVIDIA, and Stephen Rituper (@Stephen), Head of the Operational Excellence Group at Anaplan, hosted a dynamic discussion exploring their experience in implementing…
My Polaris experience
Just wanted to share my experience with Polaris. Background: We are looking to propose Polaris to an existing client as a means to reduce workspace usage on several highly sparse reporting modules. So we did a proof of concept by creating a copy of one of their highly sparse modules which is 4 billion cells (approximately…
Gantt Charts not working properly in Polaris. Told to create a composite hierarchy?
Created a gantt chart in Polaris. The underlying module for the chart has 3 dimensions: Customer, Product, Promotion. On initial refresh of the page, the gantt chart displays as per screenshot 1. If you update one of the selectors, you then get screenshot 2, BUT if you decide to do a full browser page refresh you get…
Recording available! Implementing Polaris: A deep dive on best practices
If you missed our event on December 5, the recording is now available! In this event — Implementing Polaris: A deep dive on best practices — Philipp Erkinger (@PhilippErkinger) and Niko Vilkko (@nvilkko) from Bedford Consulting are joined by Stephen Rituper (@Stephen) and Dennis Lemoine (@DennisL) from Anaplan to discuss…
Is there a way to migrate existing classic workspace model to a Polaris workspace?
Another question, Can we build model to model import processes between classic and Polaris?
Upcoming Virtual Polaris Event on December 5th!
Hi everyone, Exciting news! We will be hosting an Anaplan Community Experience (ACE) event on December 5th (8:00am PDT/11:00am EDT) around the topic of implementing Polaris and a deep dive on best practices. Community Boss @PhilippErkinger and his colleague Niko Vilkko from Bedford Consulting will also be joined by…
Dimension Index Calculator Model
Hi, Just wanted to flag that the Dimension Index Calculator on the App Hub which is referenced in the online course below (screenshot 1) didn't initially work because the data in module "SYS members per Bit" module was not setup (screenshot 2). The module had 0 values across all items. It was setup as a manual data entry.…
Polaris Client Base
We are currently looking in to Polaris as a potential platform solution for future projects we have in the pipeline but a concern was raised that Anaplan was yet to validate successful implementations of Polaris which I thought was an unusual claim given it has been around for more than a year. But the onus has now fallen…
Modeling at Natural Dimensionality in Polaris
Discover the transformative power of Polaris in this session led by Dave Harding, Principal Product Manager at Anaplan. Explore how Polaris enables the modeling of large-scale business problems with natural dimensionality, revolutionizing the way we approach complexity. Learn how Polaris simplifies models, enhances their…
Polaris - Enhanced Calculation Engine - FAQs
A further update on the new Anaplan Enhanced Calculation Engine - Polaris. Attached is the new FAQ document covering features, use cases and timelines. For any further information please contact your Anaplan Business Partner or Implementation Partner
Anaplan Live! - ANNOUNCEMENT! Polaris is coming 2022
If you joined us for the first day of Anaplan Live! yesterday you would have heard the exciting news that Polaris - previously referred to as Enhanced Calculation Engine - is fully in Early Access and slated to be genera availability in the first half of 2022. Please see here for the full release notes and contact your BP…

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