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An Update on Anaplan Audit Log Reporting: A No-Code Approach
A while back, I shared a pattern for extracting and reporting on Anaplan audit data using a Python project hosted on GitHub. I wrote that during my time on the Operational Excellence Group (OEG) at Anaplan. The Python solution still works, and plenty of teams are running it today. The problem it solves hasn't changed:…
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Looking for Anaplan End-Users to take a short survey!
We are looking for Anaplan end-users to provide feedback on their experiences with the Excel add-in. Interested individuals will respond to this 5-minute survey to help us understand personal needs and behavior when using the add-in. The feedback provided by survey takers is essential to the roadmap of Anaplan's products.…
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Designating Sales Reps to Accounts Process
How the scenario for New Territories and New Sales representatives are handled? when there is no previous year data , when the New territories is planned not starting from First month. What if new sales representatives are planned?
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Top-Down Allocations
Estimated Level of Effort:4-8 Hours of Model Building Level of Difficulty: Beginner Recommended Training: L2 Model Builder Training Persona: Casual Model Builder Potential ROI: Decreased planning time Increased accuracy of targets/spreads You Might Also Like: * Historical Snapshotting Top-Down Allocations Whether it's…
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How to Detect Retail Sales Trends in Anaplan
Retail Knowledge | Detecting Trend INTRODUCTION Using machine learning to detect a sales trend is a science and an art. Obviously no computer program or set of calculations could ever know everything that’s going on with your business. The creative side of detecting a trend is built upon your familiarity with the way your…
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New UX - Mobile App
I have designed a simple new UX Page (Page:A) so it can be viewed on a regular laptop / monitor size screen. This Page (Page A) is also viewable on the Anapaln mobile App (with no loading issues), but involves lots of scrolling to see the whole Page content I have been trying to design a simple mobile App friendly size…
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Latest Article: Importing with Varied Dimensions
Please read out my latest article on Imports featured under best practices. https://community.anaplan.com/t5/Best-Practices/Importing-With-Varied-Dimensions/ta-p/89698 Misbah
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Stacked Column Graph
I would like to reproduce the above stacked column graph in Anaplan, but can't get the labels on the bottom axis to appear in the same way. The best I have achieved is this (I have limited the data selection to make the issue more obvious). I have two columns for each month, but it doesn't show which is forecast and which…
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Anaplan Live!—Your Opinion Matters
We're getting ready for our next Anaplan Live! event. As active Community members and model builders, your input is extremely valuable. Our mission is to bring you content to boost your model-building skills, no matter what level you're at today. Take this brief survey, and let us know what you want to learn more about.
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Anaplan Connect Migration v1.4. SQL Server Connection (check sql server driver for jdbc)
When migrating some Anaplan connect scripts from v1.3. to v1.4. I encountered an error with my sql connection. The error I received when running my script was something like 'check sql server driver for jdbc'. I wanted to share the solution for reference as it was not that obvious. In my original script (v1.3) my…
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What protocol and port(s) does MuleSoft Connector use?
Hi, My current client has selected MuleSoft Connector to orchestrate the integrations between Anaplan and their legacy systems and they are asking what is the protocol and port(s) it uses to connect to Anaplan. I've searched through Anapedia and the Community and I was not able to find the answer, however I assume it uses…
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NEW UX- BOARD QUESTION
Hi, question please. Would like to ask on why I cannot see the numbers when I open the phone app view while in web I can see the values? I publish KPI and used line item view. PHONE APP VIEW: WEB VIEW:
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New UX: Can Context Selectors Drive Parent Choices in Form Created List Members
Hi everyone, I have a very specific new UX question around context selectors and their impacts on the UX. I've created a list hierarchy with a numbered list at the bottom. This numbered list represents something not unlike transactions. I've created a form in the new UX to allow for creation of these new transactions, with…
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Academy: Model Building Level2, sprint 3, Lesson 3.5.5 question
I have a question for Model Building Level2, sprint 3, Lesson 3.5.5 and the product SKU by Distribution Center panel on the Distribution Center Summary UX page (in My Pages). I got it working, but I want to know if there is a better solution as my screen layouts are slightly different to the prototype. I used a grid and…
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how to add Export Qlik Extract into an existing report
Hello guys. Can anybody help me to go through this? I need to add * Export Qlik Extract into an existing report thank you.
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Planual Explained - Day 38
"Rule 1.06-03": Article 1, Chapter 6, and Rule 3” Avoid single item subsets If possible, try and avoid single item subsets, if there is a top level in the list, a single item subset will always have two members Here is how it was done in Pre Planual Era. We used to create a subset which includes/houses just a single list…
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Planual Explained - Day 37
"Rule 1.05-11": Article 1, Chapter 5, and Rule 11” Do not embed Numeric values or Dates within the Code of a list Dates and values are "data" and should not be part of a code Here is how it was done in Pre Planual Era. What is wrong with this method? Dates and Values are data points and should never go to the list as part…
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GENERAL Information of Anapaln is gets displayed in log file after running the batch file
Hi All, I'm fetching data into Anaplan model using the BATCH file, which is connecting to Oracle Database and fetches into Anaplan model. And i'm writting the bach execution into a log file i.e; example: Load_Fact_PR.bat > runlog.log. After the run finishes while looking at the log there is a GENERAL Information of Anaplan…
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Anaplan Export using JDBC properties files
Hi All I have an issue when trying to execute an insert query using jdbc. # JDBC Connection string (Oracle, Mysql, H2, etc.) jdbc.connect.url=******* # JDBC login username jdbc.username=****** jdbc.password=****** jdbc.fetch.size=10 jdbc.isStoredProcedure=false jdbc.query=Insert into flash_rw (Period) Values (?);…
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Combination Chart for Capacity Analysis
One chart that I would like to be able to more easily create in Anaplan NUX is the stacking resource usage chart that is common in capacity planning. Usually looking something like this: With each stacking bar representing the usage of my capacity by a product or group of products. I have had a workaround for making these…
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Planual Explained - Day 29
“Rule 4.01-08": Article 4, Chapter 1, and Rule 8 – “Avoid Refresh Buttons”. Educate the users to use the Refresh option in the toolbar rather than action "refresh" buttons to open dashboards Here is how it was done in Pre Planual Era: We used to create Refresh buttons and publish these buttons on to the dashboards. Refresh…
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Planual Explained - Day 28
“Rule 4.01-07": Article 4, Chapter 1, and Rule 7 – “Avoid buttons for Navigation”. Use the contents page for navigation rather than clutter the dashboards with buttons Here is how it was done in Pre Planual Era: How often have we seen this kind of layout on our dashboards. That is exactly what should not be done What is…
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Planual Explained - Day 27
"Rule 4.01-04": Article 4, Chapter 1, and Rule 4 – “Turn off module page selectors”. Show the page selector is appropriate but try and drive the selection from a general page selector. Here is how it was done in Pre Planual Era: We used to have page selectors enabled for each grid of the dashboard What is wrong with this…
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Anaplan AWS Integrate Conflict
Hi! After we integrate Anaplan to AWS servers (https://community.anaplan.com/t5/Anaplan-Platform/How-to-integrate-Anaplan-to-AWS/m-p/63302) we starting to get analitics data conflicts. We grab data from Google Storadge which work with site(here link), grab with Python on AWS. Our bisness analitics have Flask microservice…
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June 2020 Release Updates
June 2020 Release Updates Did you check out the latest features released in June 2020? Here is the link for full updates and a sneak peek at July June Release and Sneak Peek at July Some of the features that look amazing are 1. KPI Card Sparklines: You can add Sparklines to your KPI cards to spot patterns or peaks/troughs…
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Optimizer Exercises - Production Optimization
Hello, I have just done the Optimizer exercises Optimizer: Exercise Walkthrough created by @mark_godfrey , and have an error in the Production Optimization Exercises example. While its possible I messed with the base data, I'm getting exactly the same answer as a colleague. I compared my answer to Optimizer: Use Case…
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Planual Explained - Day 26
"Rule 1.04-02": Article 1, Chapter 4, and Rule 2 – “Utilize Show Content On/Off for Different Functional Areas”. “To reduce maintenance, create separate Functional Areas for dashboards and modules (e.g. Reports and Report Modules). In the Contents tab, turn Show New Content "On" for all dashboard Functional Areas and "Off"…
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Planual Explained - Day 23
“Rule 2.02-19": Article 2, Chapter 2, and Rule 19 – “Don’t daisy chain”. “Always refer back to the ultimate source if possible, to avoid creating more dependencies than necessary. This allows more parallel calculations to be run increasing efficiency and speeding up calculations. It goes against PERFORMANCE elements of…
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Planual Explained - Day 22
“Rule 2.02-17": Article 2, Chapter 2, and Rule 17 – “Put the most common condition first”. “For formula efficiency, put the conditional with the most common occurrence first in the formula. It goes against PERFORMANCE elements of PLANS if you wish to go against this rule Here is how it was done in Pre Planual Era: What is…
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Planual Explained - Day 21
“Rule 2.02-12": Article 2, Chapter 2, and Rule 12 – “No Hardcoding to List Members”. “Avoid direct references to list item. E.g. IF ITEM(list) = list.xx. It goes against SUSTAINABLE elements of PLANS if you wish to go against this rule Here is how it was done in Pre Planual Era: Hardcoding to list items used to be a norm.…