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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…
Discover how Anaplan turns complex workforce simulations into real-time insight
Author: Judee Dimapilis is a Certified Master Anaplanner and co-founder at Malaya Tech Consulting. Preparing for a major business launch is always complex, especially in the gaming and leisure industry where coordinating different departments, opening phases, and staffing requirements add another layer of operational…
How I Built It: Center of Excellence App
Author: Marina Ketelslegers is a Certified Master Anaplanner and FP&A voice for Anaplan and AI passionate about CoE support, solution architecture, and training. Hello Anaplan Community! I’m sharing a short walkthrough of my Anaplan Center of Excellence (CoE) App designed to help new CoE leads set up their CoE with clarity…
How I Built It: Dynamic Allocation Order
Author: Kndia Davis is a Certified Master Anaplanner with five years architecting scalable Anaplan models. Dynamic allocation order is a foundational requirement across many industries, whether you’re distributing inventory, assigning capacity, or prioritizing financial allocations. In most Anaplan models, this allocation…
Combined Grids: examples in accounting and construction
Author: Jonathan Cushing is a Certified Master Anaplanner and Senior Consultant at Vuealta Consulting. As a Chartered Accountant and someone who has experience in both in-house consulting roles for housebuilding and construction companies, I was excited by the release of Combined Grids in Anaplan. For years, when end-users…
User Access Management in the UX
Author: Lis de Geus is a Certified Master Anaplanner and Customer Success Consultant at Bedford Consulting. Setting the details of a user’s access is usually a job for the workspace admin: decide their role and selective access to lists members. However, the Users tab is not always the friendliest, especially when thinking…
Fiscal to Gregorian calendar conversion in Polaris
Author: David Edwards is a Certified Master Anaplanner and Associate Partner at Columbus Consulting. For retail and consumer goods companies, a common issue occurs when different departments (typically supply chain and finance) utilize different calendar structures. Supply Chain teams often rely on a fiscal calendar (such…
A quick reference guide to hierarchical structures in Anaplan
Author: Arun Thakar is a Certified Master Anaplanner and Vice President in the banking industry. Lists and hierarchies are a key foundational aspect to model building. In Anaplan, lists are a critical building block of the model and depending on which structure one uses can greatly impact user experiences, model…
Clay before carbon fibre, flat files before data full blown orchestration
Author: Alejandro Gomez Sanchez, Certified Master Anaplanner, and Principal Consultant. Data orchestration is a remarkable capability. When done well, it is genuinely transformative: comprehensive, accurate and dependable data for decision-making is available instantly. Beyond the satisfaction of well-orchestrated data, my…
Stop duplicating modules: Meet Combined Grids
Author: Vijay Pasumarthy is a Certified Master Anaplanner and Sr. Principal Consultant at Genpact. If you had two modules with a common dimension and wanted to show information from both on the same page, your options were limited: Build a new “combo” module and recreate all the line items or Drop two grid cards side by…
How I Built It: Rethinking scenario planning with Polaris
Author: Philipp Erkinger, Certified Master Anaplanner and Principal Solution Architect at Bedford Consulting. Dear Anaplan Community, The Anaplan Polaris Engine has brought a significant transformation in the way I construct and design Anaplan models. Over the past three years, I have had the privilege of working on…
A four-lens metrics system for Anaplan CoEs
Author: Marina Ketelslegers is a Certified Master Anaplanner and FP&A voice for Anaplan and AI passionate about CoE support, solution architecture, and training. I’ve seen how Anaplan Centers of Excellence (CoEs) start with strong momentum. There’s enthusiasm, executive support, and a clear ambition to make connected…
A reading list to broaden your abilities beyond Anaplan technical skills
Author: Tristan Colgate is a Certified Master Anaplanner and Managing Director at Fidenda. It’s early January and, after a well-needed break over the holiday season, many of us will be returning to work with renewed energy and a desire to level-up our careers over the coming year. I hope this article gives some ideas for…
The new Anaplan IFP Apps: What you need to know
Author: Hardeep Dhuffar is a Certified Master Anaplanner at H8 Consulting. A real-life look at the pros, cons, and what it means for finance teams Finance teams are under more pressure than ever — faster forecasts, tighter budgets, endless scenario planning, and still somehow finding time to be “strategic partners.” Sound…
Did You Know? Anaplan Extensions
Author: Ahmed Brahim is a Certified Master Anaplanner and Senior Consultant at Atkan. Hello Anaplan Community! In this ‘Did You Know’ video, I’ll be going over the various Anaplan Extensions and covering: What Anaplan Extensions are The different add-ons available (Excel, Google Sheets, PowerPoint, etc.), Relevant use…
2025 Certificate Maintenance for Certified Master Anaplanners
The 2025 Certified Master Anaplanner Program has begun and there's incredible opportunity for 2025 Certified Master Anaplanners (CMAs) to demonstrate their thought leadership, technical expertise, evangelism, and mentorship capabilities across the entire Anaplan Ecosystem! At their core, a Certified Master Anaplanner is…
Anaplan API user reporting with Python
Author: Michael Moore is a Certified Master Anaplanner and Director, Enterprise Planning at HP. In this article I will cover: Why use Python for user administration? Prepare Begin OAuth2 login Finish OAuth2 login using redirect URL to fetch authentication token Import useful Python modules Fetch data about yourself Sort…
How I Built It: Fast, efficient model build of scenario planning with P&L impact analysis
Author: Marina Ketelslegers is a Certified Master Anaplanner and FP&A expert and independent Anaplan Solution Architect. In this 'How I Built It' tutorial, you'll learn how to create a dynamic and flexible impact analysis and allocation framework tailored to your needs. Whether you're evaluating P&L scenarios with business…
Top 25 Anaplan features released in 2025
Author: Misbah Ansari is a Certified Master Anaplanner, Anaplan Community Moderator, Leader India User Group, and Founder at Miz Logix. Anaplan has consistently released several features monthly to stay ahead of the competition and enjoy being a leader in the Connected Planning world. 2025 was no different and there were…

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