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My Polaris experience
Just wanted to share my experience with Polaris. Background: We are looking to propose Polaris to an existing client as a means to reduce workspace usage on several highly sparse reporting modules. So we did a proof of concept by creating a copy of one of their highly sparse modules which is 4 billion cells (approximately…
Gantt Charts not working properly in Polaris. Told to create a composite hierarchy?
Created a gantt chart in Polaris. The underlying module for the chart has 3 dimensions: Customer, Product, Promotion. On initial refresh of the page, the gantt chart displays as per screenshot 1. If you update one of the selectors, you then get screenshot 2, BUT if you decide to do a full browser page refresh you get…
Dimension Index Calculator Model
Hi, Just wanted to flag that the Dimension Index Calculator on the App Hub which is referenced in the online course below (screenshot 1) didn't initially work because the data in module "SYS members per Bit" module was not setup (screenshot 2). The module had 0 values across all items. It was setup as a manual data entry.…
Polaris Client Base
We are currently looking in to Polaris as a potential platform solution for future projects we have in the pipeline but a concern was raised that Anaplan was yet to validate successful implementations of Polaris which I thought was an unusual claim given it has been around for more than a year. But the onus has now fallen…
Calculation Function Differences between Polaris and the Classic Engine
These are detailed in Anapedia - here. This includes a list of functions which behave in a slightly different manner than they do in the Classic engine in addition to a list of functions which are not currently supported in Polaris. The reason that we have functions that behave differently is that the opportunity has been…
Update Release Monday 6th December 2021
We have released an updated to Anaplan Polaris in the EA environment. This contains a number of small fixes. Some of which are outlined below: The Ability to import model structure from compatible Classic Models It is now possible in Anaplan Polaris to import model structure from Anaplan Classic, provided the Classic model…
Feature Availability during Early Access
Anaplan Polaris is in Early Access at the moment. This means there are a number of known issues and some missing functionality. Some functionality that is available in the Classic Anaplan Calculation Engine will not initially be available when Polaris becomes GA. The attached PDF contains the latest available information…
Welcome to the Polaris User Group
Welcome to the user group for Anaplan Polaris. Anaplan Polaris (formerly known as the Enhanced Calculation Engine / ECE) is now in Early Access and available to a select few Anaplan customers. This is a private group for those with access to Polaris, which will eventually become a public group when Polaris is generally…
