Idea Exchange

Hi team, I am keen on seeing the KPI cards advanced further to be color coded as well (perhaps based on the conditional formatting in the module views itself).    For e.g. - If a KPI number represents a growth % then the color/card text background could be highlighted as GREEN or RED otherwise.   This would make the UI much more intuitive and visually easy to understand. ... View more

Hi,   As the new UX becomes more and more popular among clients and prospects, it would be great to have the ability to center card text vertically.    For now, it seems to work in the horizontal way and then you have to play with the card size to make it appear as if it is centered both horizontally and vertically.   It would be great to have the option to center it vertically like the MS office feature named 'Middle Align'. ... View more

A common requirement we see on customer implementations is to be able to calculate the average of a set of values but exclude zero values.  For example if we have the following set of values (10,0,0,8,0), the average excluding zeros would be (10+8)/2 = 9.     The current AVERAGE function cannot exclude zeroes and so gives an AVERAGE of 18/5=0.2 in this case.   A common workaround then is to add another line item to count non zero values (IF Data <> 0 THEN 1 ELSE 0) and use this to separately calculate the non zero average.   It would be useful to have an extra parameter to the AVERAGE function which would allow us to include or exclude zeros from the calculation and avoid this extra modelling complexity.   ... View more

Suggest to add formula drill down to NUX. When working with the NUX, there is no formula drill down option. This is a key feature for our users as they need to see how the numbers are being calculated when doing root cause analysis. At the same time, the specific values going into the formula should be shown as they are today in the old UX.   You can add link in the NUX to the underlying data/module but when working with e.g. formulas where offsets are applied or when dependent on large data input tables, it is a lot easier for the end user when not only the formula is shown but also the exact values applied. This is one of the current strengths in the old Anaplan UX compared to Excel and other competitive tools and makes it very easy for our users to dig into the data. ... View more

Suggest to add the "Open Source module" ability to the NUX, incl. the current analysis options available in the old UX. Right now our users can use the open source module function in the old UX whenever they want to dig into the details, see all the underlying formulas/comments, and do ad hoc analysis. Especially, the compare function is quite important as this enables them to quickly do e.g. ad hoc comparison of cycle on cycle development without needing a dedicated comparison table/graph in the dashboard.   Comparison tables/graphs can of course be built in the dashboard, but some analyses are only needed on ad hoc basis. At the same time, having this ability as an end user also provides an interim solution until the model builder is ready to add a standard analysis element to the dashboard. ... View more

It would be great if we could set an overall workbook time period that would allow us to set the time period we or any "Page" selection for workbooks with multiple Anaplan Excel Add-in pulls.  We would also still need the ability to change individual worksheet/tabs data pulls.   For example, we may have a workbook where 90% of the pages needs to pull October 2019 Data and the remaining 10% we want to pull the Full Year view. Currently, each month we must MANULLY change the 90% of pages each month and then refresh. Sometimes a refresh is missed by and causes errors in our reporting.   Another option could be to allow the page selections to be keyed off a specific cell. We could input the time period we want in a cell and have the add-in look for the time period in that cell. For example, Time = 'Base Sheet'!B2 ... View more

Hi,   It would be great to have functionality for automatic update of cheking out the  Current version as well as changing the Switchover month during the period shift. I was informed that it's no possibility to do it not manually. It can be done e.g. by the switch button or the opportunity to trigger it when the month actuals are imported into Anaplan.    Thanks for considering! ... View more

When copy/pasting values from an Excel table to Anaplan, it only includes the decimals shown in Excel. E.g. if the value 0.5499 is in Excel but the cell in Excel is set to only show one decimal place, the value displayed will be 0.5. When copy/pasting to Anaplan, 0.5 will be used and not the full 0.5499.   This issue can of course be avoided by either uploading the file to Anaplan or by extending the number of decimals shown in Excel before copying. However, when not all linked models exist within Anaplan (yet) and when some of the input applied from Excel is not always positioned in the same exact cell, this becomes an annoying extra step to keep in mind for the end user and increases the chance of our models showing the wrong result.   Suggest to change this for both the old and the New UX so copy/paste from Excel includes all decimals, even if not displayed by default. ... View more

I'd like to see an option that we re-logging into Anaplan - I can re-open my most recently used model and any correspoding tabs (dashboards, modules, etc.,) that were open.  Sometimes the model is closed automatically after login time-out, other times the model is accidentially closed by selecting the Anaplan logo at the top of the model screen ... View more

Hi Anaplan,    One of the limitations of the NEW UX is the ability to select the default list item / dimension on a chart or table on a board element.    It would be great if this old dashboard functionality could be incorporated in the NEW UX.    As suggested by @swoods93  and @Ari    Thanks,   Usman ... View more

Years ago, Anaplan users used to remove their own model builder accesses, sometimes leaving the workspace without any MB to give it back. Anaplan updated the platform so that you cannot remove your own WSA access.  Anaplan should do the same for SSO login: today if you check the SSO and you don't belong to the workspace (partner/Anaplan users), you cannot access it back. ... View more

It would be a great addition to the Anaplan Connect User Guide to have all the different types of error that could be dumped whilst using the Anaplan Connect client to run actions/processes in Anaplan.   It would be particularly useful for users not familiar with Anaplan (IT teams that manage the scheduling on behalf of the Workspace Administrator) to debug files and identify what has caused the issue, before fixing them or contacting the system admin.   It could also mean less reliance/assistance placed on Anaplan support from inexperienced users.   In addition it would be useful to have the ability to customise the format of the dump files (only currently available as tab delimited, but would be useful as comma separated values). ... View more

Hi, we had a modeler's forum in London with passionate Anaplan model builders. One of the ideas that came up is to have anniversary badges on Community to celebrate 1-year of having joined the community and so on. Model builders LOVE badges and they will certainly post these on Linkedin so it sounds like a fantastic idea! ... View more

It would be good to get the ability to filter dynamically the levels of a time scale used in a chart.   At the moment if you show both the months and the years in a saved view that you then use to create a chart, Anaplan automatically ignores the aggregated levels of the timescale (e.g. Years) and just uses the leaf level time for the chart representation (e.g. Months). It would be really useful (both for model builders and end-users) to be able to have a dynamic Chart created from a saved view where a filter to hide/show either the months or years is applied. Then, the chart should be updated to show the months/years timescale accordingly when refreshing the dashboard (never both at the same time but still being able to switch between them for the same chart).   Of course a workaround is to use a dummy time list and apply the filters to the saved view but it would save time/space if it could be done with the real time of the model. ... View more