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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.…
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Planual Explained - Day 19
"Rule 2.02-15": Article 2, Chapter 2, and Rule 15 – “FINDITEM on blanks”. “If the list being referenced does not contain blanks, there is no need to check for blanks with IF ISNOTBLANK(List) THEN FINDITEM(List, Text) ELSE BLANK. It goes against PERFORMANCE, NECESSARY elements of PLANS if you wish to go against this rule…
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May 2020 Release Updates
May 2020 Release Updates Did you check out the latest features released in May 2020. Here is the link for full updates and a sneak peak at June May 2020 Releases and Sneak Peek at June - Anaplan Community There are a lot of features that are released but here are the details about some of the amazing features released in…
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Planual Explained - Day 18
"Rule 2.02-08": Article 2, Chapter 2, and Rule 8 – “Never use SUM and LOOKUP together”. “SUM and LOOKUP used in the same expression generally cause large formula calculations and may cause intermediate relationship calculations especially if Time is a dimension or when the source and target structures are very different.…
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Planual Explained - Day 15
"Rule 2.02-03": Article 2, Chapter 2, and Rule 3 – “No Repeated Expressions”. “If the expression is repeated in the formula (or other modules), put it on a separate line item. Calculate once, reference many times. It goes against PERFORMANCE, NECESSARY elements of PLANS if you wish to go against this rule Here is how it…
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Planual Explained - Day 13
"Rule 2.01-16": Article 2, Chapter 1, and Rule 16 – “Use Data Tags”. ”If not using for any other reasons, use Data Tags to signify the DISCO category”. It doesn’t go against any element of PLANS but why not use it when we have the functionality available. Use Case: As a workspace admin I need to check if ALL Countries are…
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Subsidiary Views - Synch DB from a module with a specific line item
Hi Team, Anaplan states that 1 of the only acceptable times to use a Subsidiary view is where you are syncing Dashboards from a module with a specific line item Is anyone able to help with an example of this? Thanks! Mark
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Planual Explained - Day 6
"Rule 1.05-10": Article 1, Chapter 5, and Rule 10 – “Never delete list and reload the list as daily occurrence”. Using a unique key to update to values rather than delete and re-load. It goes against P & N elements of PLANS if you wish to do so. Here is how it was done in Pre Planual Era: When we had to delete the…
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Basic Authentication Talend Workflow Example
There is a small, but growing, user base interesting in integrating with Anaplan using Talend. Previously, we shared (upon request) a sample workflow, with the launch of our latest API version, I've been working to update this demo. Today, I'm sharing a very simple workflow, which fetches a list of imports from your…
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Anaplan Live Enablement Series - New UX Session - Zoom Recording
Attached is the Zoom recording from the New UX Session held on April 14, 2020.
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Anaplan Live Enablement Series - New UX Session - Power Point Presentation
Thank you for joining the Anaplan Live Enablement Session on New UX How-to and Best Practices. We hope you found the session useful and that you're able to apply what you learned to the dashboards that you're building. Attached is the Power Point that Monica presented.
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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…
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Check out Ask Me Anything: New UX
Simon Ritchie, Anaplan's Sr. Director of Product Management, answers popular questions about Anaplan's new user experience. Read the comments below the video to see the questions and answers submitted during our live Q&A session. Click here to watch the video. Note: The live Q&A session is now closed.
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Informatica cloud connector for anaplan not working
I am trying to use anaplan connector in Informatica cloud and it says the connection got created , But while using it in data synchronization it is not able to load imports and export definitions. APi major version is 1 and minor version is 3 as shown in Turotial videos on Anaplan site Basic authentication is used.
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Samples/Ideas
Hi, I would find it very helpful to see a series of screenshots from users and/or Anaplan based on the new UX. I think it would provide me with more of an opportunity to get a wider idea on the "art of the possible" and make the most of the new functionality. Even better if we could get access to a sample app as a…
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review query 299
Hi, Can people in one region can book a slot for other region for 299 model review? for examaple, india consultants can they book review in emea or americas?
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The Truth about Sparsity
In case you missed these from the home page: https://community.anaplan.com/t5/Blog/The-Truth-About-Sparsity-Part-1/ba-p/44493 https://community.anaplan.com/t5/Blog/The-Truth-About-Sparsity-Part-2/ba-p/44736 David
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Setting the Top Level as Default Page Selector
Summary: In this short lesson, model builders learn how to change the default page selector to the top level of a list. This course will take about 5 minutes to complete. Click to launch course!
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Anaplan API v2.0 - notes from setting it up
I have compiled this information as I have been working to connect to Anaplan via its API. I have chosen not to use Hyperconnect or Anaplan Connect. WHY you might ask? 1.) Hyperconnect: Our IT team will not support Hyper connect. 2.) Anaplan Connect: It is limited in scheduling and error outputs, and users have to know…
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Anaplan API v2.0 - customer experience and documentation
Over the past couple of months i have been on a mission to update our Anaplan API version from 1.3 to 2.0. **PLEASE NOTE that i am a novice when using certificates and I read a lot online in different forums to understand more about CA certificates and the different formats they can take.** I worked internally with the…
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Ad-Hoc Integration Using Flask Microservice
There are several cases in which it would be beneficial to allow users to trigger integration jobs, ad hoc, from within the Anaplan platform, but there is no native feature that allows this. Previously, I described a solution that simulates this functionality using only Anaplan Connect. This article presents a solution…
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Using NTLM Authentication with Anaplan Connect
While setting up your Anaplan Connect integration, if you encounter authentication errors with your proxy it may be because it uses NTLM. Anaplan Connect does not support this out of the box, but you can enable it by following these steps: * Navigate to http://jcifs.samba.org/ * Download the latest JCIFS jar file (1.3.19…