Data Integration

Scripts and Java and MS Access
Hi, I have an overnight script that imports data from an MS Access query into a list, this worked fine with the old certs and the 1-3-3-3 environment. Now I have had to update my scripts and use 1.4.2 and there seems to be a problem with the url. Old script -jdbcurl "jdbc:odbc:EPOS" -jdbcquery "SELECT * FROM qry_EPOSLive"…
User Information
Hello, I am trying to create a model that pulls all the user information (Model roles, First Names etc) from each model in our system. This is really useful for Auditing purposes. Is there any way to import from the user lists in model settings to this model, or alternatively to create a dummy module in each model which…
Continuously polling and downloading data(every minute) from operational model
Hi All , I have a requirement to continually poll(every 1 min) and export data from an operational Anaplan model . I expressed my concerns about locking / slowing down model therefore to test it out i wrote a script which runs every min and downloads data from an operational model . Data to be downloaded is relatively…
Excel Add-In Licensing
Hi All, We would like end users to be able to use the Excel Add-In to access Anaplan modules, so they can build formatted reports using that data. Am I right in assuming that these users do not need to be Workspace Admins with a Model Builder license, as long as they are simply accessing the data in pre-built modules (i.e.…
Introduction to Data Integration
Audience: Model Builders, Data Integration Specialist Summary: Hungry to know more? Anaplan Advanced Topics are deeper dives into specific areas of Anaplan. Data is everywhere, and our customers are eager to know more about how they can get data from their databases and into their models. This process is called data…
Data depersonalization
My company does not want to upload personal data of employees to the cloud. However, there is a need for sales management. Obviously, identifying calculations / reports by identifiers rather than by employee names is not productive. It is necessary to be able to personalize through the identifiers the data received from…
Losing data from saved views & processes
Hi Team, I have a process that exports three saved views from 3 modules, however when I run it, it doesn’t capture all the data that’s in the module. I think some line items are missing. What is the best practice to either: * Ensure saved views are dynamic and update automatically for when new list items or line items get…
How to import multiple header rows into a module?
The import file is an export file from a module that I am working on. There are several header rows that I need to import into the module. How can I do this? Jan 19Jan 19Jan 19Jan 19Feb 19Feb 19Feb 19Feb 19Mar 19Mar 19Mar 19 ActualActualForecastForecastActualActualForecastForecastActualActualForecast…
Print or get source to target line item mapping through API
Hi Anaplan community, Based on clients needs, I wanted to figure out a way to print out the line items' source --> Target mapping through the Anaplan API. This is when a model builder is doing an import and gets to manually map data from the source file to the target line items but here we can quickly have an array or list…
Print or get source to target line item mapping through API
Hi Anaplan community, I wanted to ask whether there is a way to print out the line items' source --> Target mapping through the api. This is when a model builder is doing an import and gets to manually map data from the source file to the target line items. Much appreciated!
Excel Add in
We have a reports pack in excel which used the excel add in to link to various Anaplan modules. I recently created a copy of the model to run a scenario in but am not able to change my reports pack to link to this model rather than the usual live one. Does anyone have any experience of how to change which Anaplan model a…
Import from File vs Module
I’ve been running the Model Optimisation training in recent weeks and one of the benefits of Data Hubs we talk about is that Model to Models imports are faster than exporting to a file and re-importing from a file. The question is always “by how much?”, so these are the details of a test we did in April Performance test of…
CA Certificate Authentication and Forced Password Resets
Hi Experts. My client is concerned about the 90 day password reset for their system IDs. If they switch to using a CA (certificate authority) will they still need to reset the password for the system ID they associate the certificate to? I didn't see anything in the documentation about it so I thought I would ask here. The…
Anaplan to Tableau connection
Hello Everyone, I am trying to use Anaplan to view my data in tables but not lucky. Is there any way to obtain the data from Anaplan and see them in Tableau? Already tried a lot but no luck. Please guide Thanks in advance James
Postman POST command to run process is stuck in "NOT_STARTED"
Hi experts, Hope you can help with this. I'm running a process that runs an import action from Postman and I get a status 200 every time. The problem is the process isn't running. When I check the status I get "NOT_STARTED". Does anyone know why this is happening? The process is an import action that updates a boolean (1…
word count limit when import data
Hi Anaplan, I would like to know any word count limitation on Anaplan when we are import / create the data model ? Reason of this question because I got a data table but it seem I can't import the lines if the words over 60. Best Regards, Kiwi
Does the Anaplan styling in the excel add-in work?
Hello, Does the Anaplan styling in the excel add-in work? I have connected to the same module twice: first with 'Apply Anaplan Styling' option selected and second time with this option de-selected. I do not see any difference with the table display. Anaplan styles do not seem to be showing:
API Invocation failed
Hi Anaplanner, I want to import list to list form another workspace, but I get error API invocation failed: HTTP/1.1 401 Unauthorized, how to fixing? Thank you
Time Display of Line Items Formatted based on Time Formatting in the Module
Treat line items in a dashboard based on the Time Formatting in the module when displaying data. For a simple example, I have a customer code, customer name, and its monthly revenue in a module. I only want to see the customer code and customer name at the beginning once, as it is does not have time applied to it, but I…
Rogue data appearing after Import
I have a Module with many line items, and time using w/c and versions I have a saved view and it looks perfect. I have another Module with 3 line items, and time using w/c and versions. I import data from the 1st Module to the 2nd Module from Version: Latest Estimate to Version: Forecast -1. It imports data that does not…
Unable to import large file
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Updating Anaplan Connect 1.4.2 documentation to align with example batch files
Hi all, I recently updated to version 1.4.2 of the Anaplan Connect Client. I noticed that the format of the examples listed in the documentation is different to that of the example batch files provided in the download. I was having difficulty getting the script to work when following the documentation instructions, but as…
Generating Authentication Strings for Using CA Certificates with API 2.0
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Allow for multiple list items in user selective access when importing from a module into users
We use imports to update our user list with selective access, but cannot do this when one user can have multiple access, e.g. access to multiple countries in a list, because the line item in the module has to be dimensionned by the list itself and in the list we can only select one item. Alternatively we may run the action…
Adding a code to an item in a numbered list
I am working with the New UX and used "Form" to insert into a numbered list. I do not want to depend on the end user to create the "code". Is there a way to add the code to the list item via import? Cannot import by code because the code does not exist yet. With the Classic UX, I used a module to have the user enter…
Export Data Sources
Hi Team, Colleagues, I don't know if this has been brought up by now as I am not able to see any similar topic. Is there any possibility to check export data source, especially Module saved view it's pulling from? If not, are there any plans of upgrading to this feature? For us, would be a life saver as we use multiple…
deleting an Item in a list import
Hi All, I was trying to import a list from another but came to know that when i add an item in source list it gets reflected but if i delete an item in source list it does not gets reflected in target list. is there any way to implement that part?
CA certificate changes for iPaaS connectors
This article covers the necessary steps to update the iPaaS connectors for HyperConnect/Informatica Cloud, Dell Boomi, Mulesoft and SnapLogic. See the article A Guide to CA Certificates in Anaplan Integrations - Anaplan Community for the steps to process a certificate once it has been procured. * HyperConnect/Informatica…
Ability to change the format type of labels when exporting
Description of the enhancement required: When exporting labels for a number formatted field the output is in text format in all export file types currently. We need the ability to select the label format when exporting, so a numeric formatted field can remain number formatted when exported if desired. If we make this…
Data import with non-numeric values
While importing data from one module to another, one of the fields "currency" is non-numeric. For example, we will have the following records: Product A, Customer B, 02/2020, 1000, GBP Product A, Customer B, 03/2020, 2000, USD In the case above, the data values are loaded correctly to both months, but only the first…

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