Time Range

[Sampriti.Anand]

Hi All,

I am working on a model where in a dashboard I have to reduce the time range of a drop down from 10 years to 2 years. It displays 10 years as it uses the original time period of the anaplan model thereby displaying the entire time frame in the drop down.

Please help me how this can be resolved.

Thanks in advance.  

[Misbah]

@Sampriti.Anand 

First change the time scale of your module from Model Calendar to Time Rage - Screenshot below

Second if you want to publish these page selectors separately to dashboard then choose that option in the task menu - Screenshot below

Hope that helps

Misbah

[Harsha]

Hello @Sampriti.Anand 

1. Create time range in time settings for required years. 

2. Create system module with above time range as dimension. Create Boolean line item and make it as TRUE.

3. In module wherever you want to control the time range for two years, add time filter from above boolean line item and save the view.

4. Publish this view to dashboard. You should have drop down with two years.

This way you will have 10 years data in the module but you can see only required two years.

Thanks,

Harsha

[Sampriti.Anand]

Hi @Harsha,@Misbah 

I already have a time range of 2 years created and the module from which data is flowing has been restricted to that time dimension. I can not keep the time dimension of that module from which data is flowing as 10 years due to workspace size limit. So there is a separate module which has been created from which the time range selector has been created on the dashboard. I have attached the images for your reference.

[jasonblinn]

Line items formatted as time will automatically assume the largest time range possible in your model, from the earliest time to the last time of the model time scale or time range, whatever is the extreme on either side. 

The only way that I can think to do what you are asking is to create a fake time list that has the two years that you want in the dropdown. Then you can map that fake time to the real-time, and have the drop-down line item based on your list instead of real-time, and use lookups in the corresponding line items that need to reference this line. 

Not ideal, but it is a workaround to get you there. 

Jason

[sandeep_bk]

@Sampriti.Anand,

You can try something like this,

1. Create one flat time list for those time periods you want to see in the dropdown.

2. Create a selection module without any dimension and add 2 line items. One is formatted as Time flat list(the one we created) and another as an actual time period.

The second line item should be based on the selection you make in the first.

3. Create a time filter module which drives from step 2 second line item (time formatted)

4. Publish the selection module as a line item in the dashboard (step 2). It shows only those periods as your dropdown.

5. Voila, Apply the time filter on your module. 

Let me know if you need any further help. There are other ways too. I found this is quite simple.

Thanks,

Sandeep

[Sampriti.Anand]

Hi,
I am not being able to apply this filter to the module from which data is coming. Could you please help me with this?

Thanks in advance.

[sandeep_bk]

@Sampriti.Anand

Could you please share the screenshot of module where you trying to apply filter?

Thanks, 

Sandeep

[Sampriti.Anand]

  The first image is the from which the values are shown in the dashboard and the second image is of the module which is being used for the calculation of the module in first image.

[Harsha]

@Sampriti.Anand 

I have alternate way for this. I didn't create drop down here instead I am using boolean checkmark.

Hope it is helpful for you.

I have module with FY19-FY20 Model Calendar. And I have created a time range just for FY20.

I have created Time Selector Module with time range dimension and selected YEAR as time scale.

 

Module Looks like this.

Then in the main module, create boolean line item and write a formula YEARVALUE(Time Selector.Month).

Once you create this, apply filter to the module with this line item and save view.

Now publish both modules to the dashboard and select which year to view in the Boolean box and refresh the dashboard. 

Thanks,

Harsha