Certified Master Anaplanner

Avoiding CSV import errors: Three practical tips for Excel uploads across regions
Author: Ayesha Zoha, Certified Master Anaplanner and Manager at Kearney. One of the most common issues I have found during end user training or UAT is the difficulty in uploading data from an Excel csv. This usually arises because users need to upload small but detailed datasets from existing systems. Even with multiple…
How I Built It: Period-driven variance reporting
Author: Nizar Cherkaoui is a Certified Master Anaplanner and EPM Manager and Solution Architect at VISEO. In this How I Built It video, I demonstrate how to design period-driven variance reporting in Anaplan when comparison logic is unknown upfront and flexibility is required. Instead of embedding period choices directly…
Simple but useful UX wins in 2026
Author: Manoj Upadhyay is a Certified Master Anaplanner and Anaplan Lead Consultant at Relanto. Hello Community! The true advantage for our end users is frictionless planning. When the UX is intuitive, users spend less time on figuring out the tool and more time driving business value. These enhancements are about creating…
How to approach a user story?
Author: Devrath Ahuja is a Certified Master Anaplanner with over six years of experience in implementing and delivering global Anaplan solutions. As someone starting out on their Anaplan journey, sometimes user stories and the build can feel overwhelming. Have you ever looked at a user story and wondered, “Where should I…
From access control to governance: Turning UAM into a strategic platform
Author: Artem Shchaulov is a Senior Anaplan Consultant and Certified Master Anaplanner with 8+ years' experience implementing global EPM solutions. In the first two articles, we covered why access management breaks at enterprise scale and how to build a User Access Management (UAM) model that reliably assigns permissions…
Techniques for Anaplan model optimization (performance + sizing)
Author: Bhanu Chalotra is a Certified Master Anaplanner working with Anaplan community and designing different solutions around FP&A, headcount planning, and ICM. Anaplan is not just about how a model is built — it’s also about how efficiently it runs. This article shares proven optimization techniques to improve model…
Anaplan implementation: A game of snakes, ladders, and smart moves
Author: Pradip Kakade is a Certified Master Anaplanner and Sr. Principal Consultant of Enterprise Solutions at Genpact. Ask anyone who has been part of a Major Anaplan E2E implementation, and they will tell you: the journey is never a straight line. You build momentum, you feel confident, and then — snap. A hierarchy…
End user engagement & communication: Getting people to actually use Anaplan
Author: Mikhil Agarwal, 7x Certified Master Anaplanner and Delivery Manager at VISEO USA Inc., New York. Anaplan has a unique ability to bring teams together around a single, connected view of the business. When implemented well, it becomes more than a planning tool and becomes part of how decisions are made. However,…
How I Built It: Refreshing current date in an Anaplan model using Cloudworks
Author: Sai Bandaru is a Certified Master Anaplanner with six years of experience architecting Anaplan models. Hello Anaplanners! In today's fast-paced business environment, having accurate and up-to-date information is crucial for making informed decisions. In this ‘How I Built It’ tutorial, I'll explore a practical and…
Evolving business requirements over time: Retroactive changes and effective dating
Author: Marc Weinzimmer, Certified Master Anaplanner and Senior Project Manager at Alpha. The day a new Anaplan model goes live is always exciting. The model is clean, fast, and aligned with current business needs; admins are trained, users are engaged, and everything appears to be running smoothly. However, as time…
Do scheduled CloudWorks actions run in parallel or sequentially?
If we schedule two CloudWorks actions to start at the same time, using the same source model but different saved views, and updates two different target models, will they run in parallel or sequentially (with one finishing before the other starts)?
How I Built It: Sensitivity analysis
Author: Casey Pham is a Certified Master Anaplanner and Director of FP&A Systems at Yext. In this ‘How I Built It’ video I'll show how I built a model and process to run a sensitivity analysis. Tens or hundreds of scenarios without overloading the model with too many scenario list items and manually updating driver inputs…
How to maintain complex Anaplan environments — Part 2: Technical foundations for scale
Author: Piotr Weremczuk is a Certified Master Anaplanner and FinSys Application Specialist at EQT. In the first part of this two-part article, I explored the non-technical foundations of maintaining complex Anaplan environments: leadership, governance, accountability, and the importance of building the right team. All of…
How I Built It: Number format converter (thousands and millions)
Hello Anaplanner Community! I’m excited to participate in another ‘How I Built It’ video with a Number Format Converter (thousands and millions) tutorial. This video walks you through how to dynamically update UX grid number formats on all tables and charts. This enables users to have different number formats enabled for…
Interviewing and onboarding Anaplanners
Author: Andrew Barnett is a Certified Master Anaplanner and Vice President at PJT Partners. Having worked at several firms in the Anaplan ecosystem, both on the partner side and as a customer, I’ve seen firsthand how critical it is to hire and develop the right Anaplan talent. Bringing an experienced Anaplanner onto your…
3.4.3 Activity: Create Country Summary Module
Hi, I have a doubt in level 2 sprint 3.4.3 Activity: Create Country Summary Module I did the following :- Step 1 → Created a new column "Country Made in" in SYS08 SKU details Step 2 → Wrote a formula Parent(Supplied By) to bring parent of the location i.e. country in "Country Made in" column Step 3 → I have written the…
How I Built It: User filters with variable hierarchy properties
Author: Erik Svensson is a Certified Master Anaplanner and a Principal Solution Architect at Anaplan. Hello Anaplan Community! Thank you for checking out my ‘How I Built It’ tutorial. In this video, I demonstrate a powerful technique for creating dynamic user filters. This solution gives your end-users the flexibility to…
Modulation in Anaplan
Author: Arun Thakar, Vice President in the banking industry. In cases where you have a single DEV model and multiple TEST and PROD models, the situation may arise where one user group asks for a feature that is not required for other users in different models. All too often the answer is to build modules, lists, and logic…
How to be frugal when building inventory rollover
Author: Vinay Varadaraj Mirajkar is a Certified Master Anaplanner and Senior Solution Architect at Anaplan. Imagine you are modeling inventory projection in the classic engine with below assumptions: Large number of products and locations Planning horizon with daily buckets (let’s say 60 days) This is very common in use…
How I Built It: Dynamic driver-based planning
Author: Chris Allen is a Certified Master Anaplanner and Manager at Allitix part of Accenture. Hi Anaplan Community! This ‘How I Built It’ video shares a dynamic feature to toggle between different planning methodologies corresponding to different lines on the P&L for driver-based planning. It's a feature that can be…
Best Finding for Truly Understanding Optimizer (Conceptually & Technically)
🚀 Best Finding for Truly Understanding Optimizer (Conceptually & Technically) One of the most effective ways I’ve found to deeply understand Anaplan optimizer both conceptually and technically is by working hands‑on with Excel Solver. Why? Because Solver forces clarity. It makes you explicitly define: 🔹 Decision variables…
How to build a Polaris reporting model in less than two weeks
Author: Hanwen Chen is a Certified Master Anaplanner and Professional Services Sr. Manager at Anaplan. Over the past nine months, I have been involved in multiple Classic-to-Polaris conversion projects. One consistent requirement across these engagements is the need for scalable reporting solutions that support multiple…
How to maintain complex Anaplan environments — Part 1: Leadership, governance & the human foundation
Author: Piotr Weremczuk is a Certified Master Anaplanner and FinSys Application Specialist at EQT. February 2026 marked my tenth anniversary of logging into Anaplan. A full decade. When I realized this, I decided it was finally time to write down some of the things I’ve learned about setting up and maintaining complex…
Using territory maps with Anaplan
Author: Paola Malafaia is a Certified Master Anaplanner and Associate Consultant at Cornerstone Performance Management. After setting up Territory Maps, I had a few learnings and I thought it would be helpful for other developers to put some notes about the basic settings of this mapping feature for dummies. The goal here…
How to create a dynamic time list using a numbered list
Author: Tyler Beck is a Certified Master Anaplanner at TBLB LLC, and is currently a Team Lead at CVS Health. Use case A client requests a flat list for time that will change year over year and does not want to manually update the list, and does not want to use native time. Instead of creating a production list to update…
Create export template for Anaplan users to import using months
Author: Tyler Beck is a Certified Master Anaplanner at TBLB LLC, and is currently a Team Lead at CVS Health. Use case An end user needs to export a template from Anaplan using Months as the time period in columns, and qualitative data in rows. When the template is exported as a CSV file the years in the dates turn to days…
How I Built It: Replacing list items
Author: Chris Allen is a Certified Master Anaplanner and Manager at Allitix Part of Accenture. Hello, and thank you for checking out my ‘How I Built It’ video tutorial on replacing list items! The video will walk you through the process of replacing list items. The key feature leveraged here is importing a new code into a…
How I Built It: User Access Management
Author: Kevin Dale Bandelaria is a Certified Master Anaplanner and Solutions Delivery Head at OmniQuest, Inc. Solution overview The User Management process in Anaplan was developed to simplify how administrators set up and maintain model roles and selective access settings for users. Traditionally, configuring access in…

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