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Why placing a system module boolean in the main module helps improve performance? (Daisy Chain)
Hello, I have a situation where it feels like the daisy chaining is somehow improving the performance instead? I'll elaborate further below- Context: User enables a calc by selecting a checkbox. If not enabled, the result is 0 to give an early exit to the formula. Approach 1 : Refer to the SYS Users module in the IF…
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Key recertification updates: Deadline and holiday support
To give everyone more flexibility during the busy holiday season, the recertification exam deadline has been extended to January 31st. The details Exams must be passed, not just scheduled, by January 31st. The promotion for Professional Solution Architects to take a free attempt at the Certified Master Anaplanners exam…
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Accessible by design: Our new accommodations for certification exams
Taking a proctored exam can be intimidating, even for the most seasoned professionals. While certification validates a learner’s skills and expertise, the exam environment itself can sometimes pose unnecessary barriers. Our goal is to test your ability, not your endurance. That’s why we’ve made significant updates to make…
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What happens if you miss the Anaplan recertification deadline?
Maintaining your Anaplan certification is crucial for validating your expertise and staying current with the platform's latest advancements. Missing the recertification deadline means you will lose your certification status and need to start the certification process over from the beginning. This article outlines the…
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Recording available: Tackling frequently missed certification exam topics
Thank you to those who attended our recent event. If you missed it or would like to re-watch, here is the recording and a few resources to help with your recertifications! Don't wait to get the process started — you'll be glad you took the time to do it now before the holidays. Recording…
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Certification practice exams to be dynamic with more questions
The practice exam should be a bank of questions so that when you take the practice exam(s) you are not getting the same 10 questions. Writing more practice exam questions would not be difficult considering the amount of content that could be tested in each of the exams. This is also a feature that most professional…
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Solution for when 2 time dimensions needed
As shown in the screenshot, each monthly amount (Jan, Feb, Mar 2024) needs to be paid down in the future months (Jan–Aug 2025). The paydown must satisfy certain conditions specific to each month between Jan and Aug 2025. If the conditions are met, the paydown can occur. For example, if $20 is available to pay in Jan 2025…
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Acing the Professional Solution Architect recertification
When the Anaplan Academy team first read Maryna Dunets' article on the new recertification process, we were thrilled to learn about her positive experience with the updated exams. Our goal has always been to design an exam that accurately measures a candidate’s ability to use the platform while minimizing unnecessary…
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How to set a unique code based on Store/date information ?
Hi everyone, Does anyone know how I can generate a unique code by Store/date combination, knowing that the date is a current date that will be changing every day, it's going to be the order ID and and it going to have to start by a #: Thank you for the help :)
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Stock Projection (Stock + Input - target)
If anyone can help me with this: I need to perform a stock simulation by inputting values, as you can see in Mar 24, I do not have enough to reach the Best Estimate (what I need is 261 to reach). But if I input 1000 in Feb-24, I would have 146 + 1000 = 1146. I need to subtract the target for February, which is 261, from…
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Ability to create ragged hierarchies with numbered lists
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: The ability to create a ragged hierarchy with parents of the list member being present in the same list help with certain…
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How have you from-scratch built lot-level, geo-based Inventory Consumption?
We’re working on modeling inventory consumption at the lot level, accounting for shelf life considerations, since we need visibility into which lots may not consume—both for risk reporting and E&O analysis. Each item may have customers with different shelf life requirements. For example, item A may need 270 days for some…
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Date into Time Period Month
I have a situation where i have a line item formatted as a date(lets name it dateLine), and another line item formatted as time period month(monthLine). Currently monthLine=Period(dateLine) which gives me result like :- jan 21, feb 21, etc. However because of Period function limitation of model calendar, for values going…
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Leveraging Anaplan for Org Charts
Did anyone of you used Anaplan 'Hierarchy card' for below needs i.e., to define, design, maintain org data and chart (this is not really modelling of workforce): Base-lining org data and org chart. Org design with collaboration. Ability to extract an org chart, at all levels, with specific formatting and legends to support…
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Architectural Use Cases for setting Action Imports / Import Data Sources to Production Data
There's only 1 practical architectural use case I can think of at the moment why you would consider setting actions as production data but would like to check in with others if there are other use cases I have not considered. The one use case I have considered is if you are splitting the same model in to regional models,…
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2025 Anaplan Platform Recertifications (June Update)
DON’T MISS OUR INFO SESSIONS Register now for the July 9th ACE session on updates to the Anaplan Certification Program. Partners should plan to attend the partner boost session in June for more information. ANAPLAN ACADEMY SYSTEM DOWN TIME – JULY 6TH & 7TH Anaplan Academy will be unavailable on July 6th and 7th due to…
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Five principles of solution architecture
Author: Arun Thakar is a Certified Master Anaplanner and Vice President in the banking industry. Whether you are just starting out as a solution architect, or you’ve worked on several models you may benefit from a refresher on some of solution architecture’s key principles. It’s important to remember that these are not…
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Level Mismatch Error
Hello All, I am getting level mismatch error while set up the summary method as ratio, i am not able to set up the applied to and ratio as describe in the below ss simultaneously. what is the possible reason for the error and any ideas and suggestion would be appreciated, thank you for your help.
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Summary values according to two list/line items
I have a module "details" dimensioned by a list 'orders' which is a hierarchal list . Structure of module looks like this :- one of the line items is 'Amount' and one is 'Plant location' in another module "Summary" i want to summarize the figures of this module according to plant, this module is also dimensioned by same…
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Updates to the Certified Master Anaplanner Exam study guide
Announcing the updated Certified Master Anaplanner Exam study guide: Essential Anaplan Topics Achieving Certified Master Anaplanner status is a significant milestone in your Anaplan journey, demonstrating a mastery of the platform and a deep commitment to excellence in Connected Planning. To help you prepare for this…
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Reference of numbered list via display name
I have a numbered list where code property is an index like 1,2,3,…… which i cannot use to pull the properties from the list. In this list i have 3 other columns p1, p2, p3 and in another module i have a line item which has similar values like p3. In this same module i am trying to get the values from p2 & p1 in another…
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Compare value on current logged in user email
I have a module with historicals captured by different users via another Model. My module has one line Item which has the email ID(Customer Email) of that particular user, however this module is not dimensioned by Users. For this module i only have one dimension which is basically the Index for the records, rest other data…
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ADO Access
Hi Everyone, Can anyone will help me how can i get the access for Anaplan Data Orchestrator(ADO). Regards Rakesh ****
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Calling all model builders: Share your feedback and impact our future plans!
The product and UX team at Anaplan is looking for your feedback on your current modeling experience, specifically focused on building an appreciation for the challenges you face as a model builder in Anaplan. This survey is designed to capture this detail, so that we can explore how to simplify and accelerate the modeling…
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Give a functionality to select month range(from & To) in UX
I have a module that is calculation P1 Sales%, P2 Sales%, P3 Sales% as line items and the calculation of P3 Sales% is dependent on P1 & P2. For dimensions of this module i have two lists as selectors & History is being kept as Columns & for rows i have line items. On UX i want to provide user functionality where he/she can…
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Formula based on List top level
I have a module with one of the dimension as a list 'Prod Type', with items HW1, HW2 and this list has a top level 'All'. In one of the line items in this module i want to apply a formula like below :- If<top level of Prod Type> then <Task1> else <Task2>. At first i thought of using parent(item(list)) as for top level this…
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2024 Recertification Requirement Announcement: Using Workflow in Anaplan!
We're thrilled to announce our 2024 recertification process for Certified Model Builder, Certified Solution Architect, and Certified Master Anaplanner. Being a Certified Model Builder, Certified Solution Architect, or Certified Master Anaplanner means that you’re a highly qualified and valued part of the Anaplan ecosystem!…
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Automatic email notifications
I have an action on my UX dashboard which runs a process for submitting order for approval. I want to trigger an email as soon as that process is triggered. Is there anyone who has worked on a similar use case?
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Level 3 Commission Forecast
I'm currently struggling with the calculation of the monthly commissions FC. Issue: Quarterly commission Forecast: Unable to get quarter values by sales rep. How to bring down Annual sales target into Quarterly? Kindly help me on this.