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Explainability enhancements in Anaplan Prophet and MVLR
Our Forecasting data science team has recently released new enhancements to Explainability in Anaplan Prophet and MVLR. Previously, PlanIQ engine was able to identify lagging indicators among the related data. So, for example, if there was a change in certain indicator, for example fuel price, it would have a delayed…
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Sometimes ETS and ARIMA generate "flat" forecast. Why would that be? Is that expected?
Sometimes this is the kind of output that ETS and ARIMA produce. When the historical data doesn't have strong seasonality the forecasting model may find it difficult to predict the future. Therefore it simply takes average of your previous values.
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Partial recalculation of forecast
Hello dear Anaplanners, I would like to know if it is possible to trigger an Forecast Action in PlanIQ only on a subset of products. The use case is that planners can change some related data and quicly see the impact on forecast by running an action in a dashboard. The action would trigger only products where related data…
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Partial failure of import Action - mismatch of data types
Hi, I am facing the mentioned error while setting up Forecast Actions. I checked the data types in both the source and target module, they are the same. Still getting the error. Please let me know what can be the reason for this error.
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Optimization Metric
What is the optimization metric for each forecast model when Anaplan AutoML and Amazon Ensemble are NOT used? Setting this parameter only applies to Anaplan AutoML and Amazon Ensemble.
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Varying level between backtest and results
Hello, After importing backtest results I'm noticing that the level of the backtest does not agree with the level of the forecast results (screenshots below) and this is across all foreecast nodes. Thankfully, the level of the forecast results seems to align with the level of historical actuals. Unfortunately, the…
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__Exclude Anaplan IQ Functionality
Hi As many of your would be aware with time series forecasting which incorporates covid data we would like to exclude some dates with the historical data. Or exclude some volume shocks. Anaplan provides "Exclude" functionality. Wondering if anyone out there has used it?…
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Different Export Source & Import Target
Hello, Is it possible with PlanIQ to export historical results from one source (e.g. Data Hub) into PlanIQ and import the forecast results to another source (e.g. spoke model) from PlanIQ? Or do source and target need to be contained within the same model?
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Skipped Forecast Periods
Hello, wanted to address an issue our team is facing and see if anyone has run into similar issues with PlanIQ. Every week we generate a new PlanIQ forecast based on incremental historical data that becomes available to us. I.e., in Week 1 FY23, we generate a forecast based on historical data from prior periods through…
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Anaplan AutoML and Amazon Ensemble
This article explains individual algorithms provided by PlanIQ. However, it does not address the automated methods provided by PlanIQ. As a customer you have several options: Use one of the automated methods as described below. Use combination of individual algorithms and automated methods and perform algorithm or method…
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Impact of Attributes in the data collection
As some of you may know, attributes component of the data collection is mainly used by advanced ML algorithms, such as Amazon Ensemble, Anaplan AutoML, DeepAR+ and CNN-QR. Attributes allows those methods and algorithms to look at similarities across time series (items) and learn from them in order to improve forecast…
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Best practices and documentation
Fellow PlanIQ users, we are constantly working on adding more best practices and documentation. Are there issues that you feel you're struggling with? Is there anything where we could provide better documentation? Let us know!
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How to use backtest and how to evaluate forecast quality
Our team has recently published two great how-to documents that might be of interest to all * Introduction to forecast evaluation * Using a backtest window to assess forecast model performance We hope you find those useful!
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New additions and enhancements to PlanIQ
During the recent months, our product team and engineers have released variety of features to PlanIQ: * Anaplan PlanIQ is now able to leverage Anaplan's native forecasting engine that runs in parallel with Amazon Forecast engine. The first algorithm supported by our engine is MVLR. MVLR offers fast, advanced statistical…
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Ability to connect Data outside of Anaplan
We have a Data Warehouse that we use as a central source for our corporate data. We want to allow PlanIQ to leverage this and facilitate a full integration of our ecosystem’s data with Anaplan.
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PlanIQ Algorithm Calculation
Hi All, I have created some scenarios for PlanIQ & everything is working well. Output file is getting generated as per different algorithm etc. Just wanted to know, what kind of calculation is being performed for these algorithm - I mean what is the calculation matrix for Anaplan AutoML vs Amazon AutoML. Is there a way to…
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Using market or industry data with PlanIQ
Some of you might wonder, how can PlanIQ leverage related datasets that are external to company's data, for example custom holidays, demographic data, or projected industry growth. This article explains how such datasets can be added to your related data module and leveraged by PlanIQ. We will use Kaggle's Favorita dataset…
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Visualizing Forecasts - Some Ideas and Best Practices
I wanted to share a few ideas on how to visualize forecasts. I'd encourage everybody to not discount the value of visualization in any analysis. How we present the data and how we allow users to interact with it will be critical in driving better decision-making. Here are a few ways I've built PlanIQ visualizations into…
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Accessing Forecast Model backtesting window results
I’d like to be able to do Forecast Model evaluation in an Anaplan module. Is it possible to access the Forecast Model backtesting window results?
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M5 Forecasting Conference on Dec 6-7 is now virtual
While originally intended to be held in New York City, global conditions surrounding Covid have shifted the M5 Forecasting Conference to a virtual event. Although the circumstances are unfortunate, the glass half full take is that the conference is now open to a much larger audience. The last M conference was held back in…
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Simple and Effective Way to Present Forecast Evaluation Metrics
Predictive forecasting tools like PlanIQ can create incredible opportunities for businesses. If we want the outputs of a forecast model to create value, it's critical that we evaluate the model and present information about its performance in an elegant way that is easy for planners to understand. I spent some time putting…
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Anaplan Live! returns November 9 and 10 to help you and your business go further
On November 9, hear from Anaplan leaders and featured customer speakers from ServiceNow, Johnson & Johnson, Coca-Cola, and more, along with on-demand sessions tailored for your industry. On November 10, take a deep dive into the aspects of model building that pertain most to you, with experiences specifically for Aspiring…
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Support
Support Find solutions to common issues you may encounter during your work with PlanIQ. PlanIQ Error and Warning messages Users may encounter error and warning messages in PlanIQ. This article includes descriptions of the error and warning messages and details how to address them.
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Show previous Forecast Actions execution
Currently, I’m only able to see the latest forecast action execution in PlanIQ; I want to see the full execution history.
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More visibility in PlanIQ Execution failures
When actions fail, sometimes it’s complicated to understand why, since no explanation message is presented in PlanIQ.
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Start Here - PlanIQ Overview and Resources
Start here: PlanIQ overview and resources Are you are interested in starting time series forecasting with PlanIQ on Anaplan, but you don’t know where to start? You have come to the right place! Here are two resources to get you started: Start your journey with Anaplan PlanIQ! What is PlanIQ, who is it for, use case…
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PlanIQ Best Practices
PlanIQ Best Practices In the articles below, you will find many of PlanIQ's best practices. Learn how to deal with outliers, how to manage NULL values, how to use forecasting quantiles and many more! PlanIQ - Deep dive on the Algorithms under the hood Learn more about Baseline time series algorithms, Flexible local…
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Calculating accuracy metrics like MAPE or RMSE for forecasting
We would like to hear from you about how you are calculating your forecast metrics, for example, MAPE or RMSE in Anaplan today. And whether you would prefer to receive those metrics as part of PlanIQ forecast action import. Let us know what you think!
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External Data + Plan IQ (The power of together)
PlanIQ is a powerful engine embedded in Anaplan that enables business users to run time-series forecasting without requiring them to be skilled in data science or advanced statistics. The input of PlanIQ forecasting models is data from different sources (like historical trends, third-party data, market signals, and weather…