The Zen of Anaplan - Anaplan Community
<main> <article class="userContent"> <p>The Zen of Anaplan<br></p><p>Ten guidelines<br></p><p> </p><div class="embedExternal embedImage display-medium float-left"> <div class="embedExternal-content"> <a class="embedImage-link" href="https://anaplan.vanillacommunities.com/home/leaving?allowTrusted=1&target=https%3A%2F%2Fus.v-cdn.net%2F6037036%2Fpost-image%2F2020-11-05_15-26-52.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener ugc" target="_blank"> <img class="embedImage-img" src="https://us.v-cdn.net/6037036/post-image/2020-11-05_15-26-52.png" alt="2020-11-05_15-26-52.png" height="672" width="339" loading="lazy" data-display-size="medium" data-float="left"></img></a> </div> </div> <p><strong>• Just because you CAN doesn’t mean you SHOULD</strong></p><p><strong>• Calculate once, reference many times</strong></p><p><strong>• Simple > complex</strong></p><p><strong>• Only calculate when you need to</strong></p><p><strong>• Sparsity is not your enemy</strong></p><p><strong>• Big and fast > small and slow</strong></p><p><strong>• Booleans = great. Text = bad</strong></p><p><strong>• Text joins = worse</strong></p><p><strong>• Don’t let exceptions overcomplicate the model</strong></p><p><strong>• Sums and lookups are good, but never together</strong></p><p> </p><p> </p> </article> </main>
