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Duplicate Rows or Columns Excel Add in
After closing and reopening an excel add-in linked workbook I am seeing the attached error. The workbook worked fine before being closed. It has also broken the connection on another tab that was working correctly, I think this may be a separate issue.
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Cloudworks - view the queued processes and/or cancel process queuing
In case of Anaplan issues with Cloudworks servers, processes that were on schedule start to form a queue that is released once Anaplan solve the problem. We ended up a few times in situation where the same 30 min process (normally scheduled every 2h), run 3 times one after another. This is causing problems with other…
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Update Current Period Action
From April 24, 2021, model builders will be able to update Current Period via an action. Workspace Administrators (WSAs) can always update the Current Period manually via the Model Calendar, however, this may not always be convenient. The Update Current Period action enables the WSAs to increase efficiency and reduce…
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How to mass-delete data from a List
Hi experts, Could someone give me a way to mass-delete data from a list? There are 300,000 of product data in the L_Product, and when I try to select all and delete them, "Cannot delete over 10,000 records" error appeared. Regards, inoue
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Timedimension while exporting a module in .csv file
I am facing an issue when trying to export a module in .csv format. I have setup a Time Range that has 2 Periods and have available aggregations set as Total of All. In a Module I have this Time Range (which is in periods - Jan 20/Feb 20/etc...) in column and when I am exporting the module as a .csv file in the .csv file…
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How I Built It: Beginners guide to integrating with Anaplan using Python
Author: Matt Budd, Certified Master Anaplanner and CIO at Nightingale College and Solution Architect at Dialed Solutions. Hello Anaplan Community! In the last year, I've done a lot of work around creating automation and integrations with Anaplan using Python. Several solutions I've built using Python include: Creating a…
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Data Validation when using Anaplan API
One thing i've found quite challenging when doing API implementations (and at this point i've done well into my 20s of these) is, what is the best way to validate that my API calls are properly working? Specifically - how can I validate that file uploads are pushing in the right data? There are so many different variables…
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Provide capability to import blank values for dates and list formatted line items
I would like the capability to blank out cells. This is not currently possible without clearing target before import. Description of the enhancement required: Ability to blank out cells without clearing the entire module each time An example of the enhancement: During the upload, there is an option which allows user to…
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JAVA REST API example with Anaplan generated Certificate
Hi All - SSO is enabled for my tenant with exemption users not allowed due to internal policy so certificate authentication is my next option to bring data into anaplan is a systematic flow. I will obtain a CA Certificate as described…
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Update export actions created from a saved view when saved view is modified
I think the title says it mostly, but to be clear I'd like to be able to do the following: 1. Create a saved view of a module 2. Create and export action using the saved view as basis 3. Modify and re-save the saved view (i.e. add a new column, change the filter etc.) 4. The export action should update itself based on my…
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Option to export conditional formatting in export to xls
Description of the enhancement: Add an option to include conditional formatting in exports to xls
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Introducing the Anaplan Integration Script Generator: Simplifying Anaplan Connect Scripting
Introduction Anaplan, a leading platform for enterprise planning, has revolutionized the way organizations manage their data and streamline processes. However, leveraging Anaplan's powerful features often requires scripting with Anaplan Connect—a command-line utility for interacting with the platform. To simplify this…
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Retrieving Item ID from Dimension ID (Transactional API) from model front-end
Hi, We have a current use case where we are retrieving module data for a specific object within a list, and achieving this through the use of the transactional APIs (querying the view). We have the view structured such that the dimension for the object that we want to retrieve is in the "Pages" segment of the view. This…
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OAuth Authentication and Anaplan Connect
Hi, I have been testing OAuth connection with Anaplan Connect. And it has been quite a struggle. I started with "Authentication - Generate OAuth Token With Force Register" and it was not really working but giving strange error messages that didn't really help. After trial and error I got the example script to work by…
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Add API Endpoints for exporting History, Users and Roles from the model
Hello! There are many opportunities in Anaplan API, but still there are possibilities for development. Me and my team think that it would be very convenient to be able to export model history, users page and roles page (accesses to modules, versions, actions, etc.). I know that it is possible to create export actions with…
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Model history api endpoint
As a integration admin, i d need to be able to access to the model history through an api endpoint and in the model This is required in order to - listen to models actions and check if / whenservicess outside anaplan should be triggered - extract for audit purposes the history of anaplan model and expose it to auditors or…
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1.3.4.3 Update SYS07 Location Details Module
Hi All, I completed this task and everything seems good. Except Location name not populated in the SYS07 location Details module. Please see the screenshots attached and advise everything is correct and I can move forward. I tried to Manually map location to code under 3rd tab but not able to do it. Someone please help me…
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RESTful API How To
You can interact with the data in your models using Anaplan's RESTful API. This enables you to securely import and export data, as well as run actions through any programmatic way you desire. The API can be leveraged in any custom integration, allowing for a wide range of integration solutions to be implemented. Completing…
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Make REST API Calls From within Anaplan
Hello all, I was wondering for whether it is possible to make rest api calls to another service (say servA) from within anaplan. The other service servA will of course then make some work and then maybe make a rest api call on anaplan back. I understand by reading some other posts regarding REST, that it is possible to…
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Excel add-in save & refresh: possible to fill line item data with formula's in excel?
Hi, Using the Excel add-in, I am curious whether it is possible to auto-populate line item data using formula's in Excel. Can anyone tell me if it is possible to set this up and if so how? As an example: consider a module linked in Excel where cell A7 contains a line item with B7 a number that is editable. Is it possible…
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Anaplan Excel add-in 4.3 Cloning
I am trying to copy an excel sheet with an existing Anaplan connection into another workbook. However, once the copy is done, the Anaplan connection seems to be broken and cannot be refreshed. I understand that the cloning function currently works within a workbook only, does anyone have any workarounds with respect to…
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Different numbers being imported
I have 2 modules, both with exactly the same structure (2 dimensions, multiple versions, no time scale, and with only one line item). I created a simple import from one module to the other, however, once the import has run successfully with no errors, I'm getting different numbers landing in the corresponding cells in the…
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Importing data directly from another Anaplan module
When a user is attempting to import data directly from another Anaplan module, they need to be able to use an identifier (code or link vs. the display name of the field) to ‘connect’ the records. For example: When a user exports from a ‘source’ Anaplan module, the user has the ability to export the ‘code’ or ‘list link…
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Anaplan Connect: Difficulties setting up export from Anaplan to SQL Server
Hi, We're trying to set up a connection to export data from Anaplan to Microsoft SQL Server. We already have a working connection to import data into Anaplan, but we can't manage to set this up the other way around (export). We set up the export connection using the Anaplan Connect guide and our working import actions. We…
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Add Bulk Copy to action list to be added in process chain.
Hi there, Current limitations with the version dimension mean we are not able to select Version as a list formatted line item (there is a separate ticket with community support on this topic). Because of that, we are forced to do a number of data moves using custom version lists, list subsets, and collect statements to…
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Ability to access multiple tenants with Power BI Connector
Currently with the Power BI Connector you can only access your default tenant but would like the ability to access multiple tenants during log in.
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Line Item Subsets API Endpoint
Create an endpoint for retrieving list of Line Item Subsets in the model. Also, we need an endpoint to see which line items are included into the subset.
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How to set up integration from MS SQL Server table to Anaplan model via Talend
Hi, We are trying to load contents from a table in MS SQL Server table to Anaplan model (processes, actions, etc.) using Talend. So far we are able to make connection to Anaplan model and do the authentication successfully. We are able to view all import ids of the model / process ids / action id. I am following this user…
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Integrating to Anaplan with Talend
Hi all, Has anyone successfully integrated a Database result to Anaplan using Talend Studio? I've looked all over and cannot find successful examples of querying a db, using that dataset and pushing it to Anaplan without saving it to a file first. My issue is I cannot get the db result into a format that feeds correctly…
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Transactional API for Direct Module Data Access
Hi All, Has anybody built a solution using the Transactional APIs to Retrieve cell data for a view yet. There is reference of Denodo Virtualization tool on forums but it does not work for modules above 1,000,000 cells since there is restriction on the API endpoint.