Anaplan XL Reporting

Anaplan XL Reporting: Effective use cases and practical recommendations
Anaplan XL Reporting (AXL) is a powerful solution bridging the robust planning capabilities of the Anaplan platform with the familiar flexibility of Microsoft Excel. It allows you to interact with your Anaplan data dynamically, right from your desktop. To use its power effectively, it's important to understand how to use…
February 2026 platform releases and what’s next
Check out the latest Anaplan feature updates and enhancements in our February 2026 official release notes. There you'll find information on: User Experience Board Insights Panel Management Reporting on mobile Custom action buttons on mobile Modeling experience Four digit calendar Forecaster Holiday calendars UX pages…
LDAPS Configuration
Hello, I need a way to route authentication credentials through LDAPS instead of LDAP. Customers have made changes in their security departments and now require all communication to go through LDAPS. Initially, we tried blocking the LDAP port, but unfortunately that caused ANAPLAN XL to fail. However, this is such a…
Dividing (not formating) all the results by 1000
Hello, Is there a quick way, in Anaplan XL to divide all the results by 1000 without creating a measure for every row or every column?
Role based security filters for Anaplan XL reports
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: We have multiple legal entities, and each entity contains the same set of functional departments (HR, Finance, IT, Administration,…
Issues with AnaplanXL background Functions
I am having issues with Anaplan XL messing with some of the standard Excel functions such as: 1. The "marching ants" around copied cells don't show up when I copy cells 2. I get a "could not copy to clipboard" message where you can't copy things out of Excel into say ppt or an email 3. When two workbooks (or even multiple…
Anaplan XL reporting support for Mac OS systems.
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 current Anaplan XL add in is not available on Mac OS systems which hinders few users from leveraging its benefits. How often is…
Anaplan XL - Member Properties
Hi, Where are the member properties for lists defined in Anaplan XL? In the training documentation there is an example showing a property such as “Birth Date”, which appears to be a list-item attribute. That suggests you can create custom list properties from the Anaplan list. However, when I connect through Anaplan XL, I…
Did you know about Anaplan FCR's Drillthrough feature?
Author: Werner Priels is Product Manager at Anaplan, focusing on Financial Consolidation. When managing multiple data interactions in Anaplan FCR, having a clear and transparent audit trail is not just a nice-to-have; it's a necessity. The out-of-the-box drillthrough feature is a powerful tool that provides deep insight…
FCR: First showing "Explorer" when opening AnaplanXL Web
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: In the earlier versions (XLCubed and FluenceXL), users always started directly in the folder tree, whereas now it takes quite a few…
Anaplan XL - "working..." on Formula Reports
In Anaplan XL, using formulas to pull data (Xl3lookup), how do I stop it calculating all the time? I'm often seeing this message of "working…" despite not having changed anything in my workbook to trigger that. Thanks, Tom
AnaplanXL Difficulties
Has anyone found success using Anaplan XL with Polaris models in a shared drive with or without concurrent users? My team has experienced a variety of errors, login failures, etc. sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. We've been recommended to save and edit files locally, which helps but certainly with its limitations…
Anaplan XL Clone
Is there a clone feature? I am looking to duplicate a connection and its data into a new Excel worksheet. The Anaplan Excel Addin allowed this, but I am not seeing it in the new Anaplan XL Clone. Is this feature available in the Anaplan XL? Please help.
Is there any way to block the writeback functionality for some users?
I have this problem: I'm creating an AXL report, which will be distributed across members of a department. I need to know if is possible to block the writeback functionality for all members except the owner of the file to avoid accidental updates of data in Anaplan's modules. Thanks!
October 2025 platform releases and what’s next
Check out the latest Anaplan feature updates and enhancements in our October 2025 official release notes. The information below offers supplemental information to that post. Planning experience Combined Grids This new capability gives page builders the ability to combine multiple modules into a single, unified grid on a UX…
ANAPLAN XL View
Hi, I need help in pulling a specific view in Anaplan XL. The first grid should display attributes of various projects, while the second grid should present the monthly financial data for these projects. Thanks in advance.
Anaplan XL for Google Sheets
Hi team, Our company relies heavily on Anaplan XL for some of our reporting needs. We are transitioning from MS Office to Google Apps and we do not have a viable path to seamless transition if there is no version of Anaplan XL for Google Sheets. Please consider launching Google Apps addons with similar functionlaity as…
Anaplan XL replicate report to tabs
Can you please help me find the feature of Anaplan XL where I can replicate the finished grid to different tabs following a dimension(for example entity)? I was able to do this before but I am now having difficulty locating this function. Appreciate your help. Thanks, Elaine
Anaplan XL Fluence
Hi there, We are working with the XL fluence plug-in, but have questions on the following: How to write back information to Anaplan from the plug in How to remove the automatic refresh in a workbook How to create a dashboard from fluency and publish in the web How to use the extra page that pop up every time we connect in…
AnaplanXL : mise à jour sur les nouvelles fonctionnalités
Bonjour, Depuis mon dernier article sur AnaplanXL, il était temps d’en publier un nouveau, non seulement pour partager avec vous les techniques que j’ai pu découvrir, mais aussi pour présenter les récentes nouveautés. En effet, si vous avez suivi les dernières releases, vous avez sûrement remarqué que beaucoup d’entre…
Anaplan XL Reporting
Hi all, Is there any way I can replicate this in Anaplan XL Reporting? I have 2 modules, the first one contains the numerical data on projects and region dimensions. The second one has the project property, which is the area each project is applied to. In the module view, I can nest the region, project, and filter to only…
Anaplan XL - write back
Hi, I want to utilize the Anaplan XL - write back for the daily tasks, but I am not sure if my approach is possible (at least I can't think of a way to do it). I have a table in an Excel sheet that contains all the calculations, and the final result is in row 10, for example. Then I create a grid that has the input line…
Creating and distributing formatting themes in Anaplan XL Reporting (AXL)
Creating formatting themes in Anaplan XL Reporting (AXL) ensures your Grid Reports look professional, are easy to read, and match your organization’s brand standards. These tailored formats help you create visual consistency across teams and over reporting cycles.This guide covers two approaches for creating and…
July 2025 platform releases and what’s next
Check out the latest Anaplan feature updates and enhancements in our July 2025 official release notes. The information below offers supplemental information to that post. Planning experience External URL navigation button Page builders can configure navigation action buttons to link to external URLs, including non-Anaplan…
Shaping the future of reporting: How Anaplan empowers every decision-maker
Author: Miki Sato is a Product Manager, Product Management Team (Data Management) at Anaplan. Where insights meet action — right inside the planning platform. A new chapter in reporting Today’s decision-makers need more than static dashboards. They need fast, clear, and trusted insights — without relying on experts or…
Anaplan XL Licence has been expired
Hi All, I installed anaplan xl 3 months back but now the anaplan xl lisence has been expired. I want to use anaplan xl only for training purposes. let me know how to re-apply licence key ? from where to find the licence key file?
[Start Here] Anaplan XL Reporting
In this article, we will teach you what Anaplan XL Reporting is and what resources are available to support you as you get started with it. This article is intended as a self-service guide, but the best source of information will be your Account Executive or Customer Success Business Partner. Reach out to them or request a…
Unlocking the power of Anaplan XL reporting: A video guide to using Anaplan XL
This article lists the videos available within the Anaplan XL tutorial series. Anaplan XL Reporting simplifies report creation, reduces manual effort, enhances security, and ensures reporting accuracy and efficiency. These videos delve into different aspects of Anaplan XL to help you get started with how to use the…

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