Idea Exchange

As an Anaplan user/model builder, I find the white can be a little too much some times and not too easy on the eyes.   It would be great is there was a night mode or dark theme that swapped the colour palette for something not as bright.   This may also help with accessibility Thanks! ... View more

As a Workspace Administrator, I would like the ability to "preview" models as if I were a assigned to a model role (other than 'full access') without the Workspace Admin privileges.    As a Workspace Admin, I can assign myself to any model role and preview what the model will look like for those end-users. However, still being a Workspace Admin, doing a full preview of the model as an end-user is limited by the fact that I still have additional access they will not have. Some functions of the model I can still view and action on just because I am a Workspace Admin (regardless of my model role).   For example: If I create and save an import action that I would like a model role to be able to execute on as an end-user, I cannot fully test that the action will perform as intended for them without first having my Workspace Admin privileges removed. Regardless of the model role I am assigned to, as a Workspace Admin I will have a different experience performing the action than someone who has the same model role but is not a Workspace Admin.    There are only 2 Workspace Admins within my company, so relying on that other person to toggle my Workspace Admin access on and off can sometimes be difficult and slow down progress of model building.  ... View more

The ability not only to disable but also delete dormant users directly from The Anaplan Tenant Admin tool.   The assumption is that the Anaplan Tenant Admin tool can also offer a feature to enable the Tenant Admin to identify how long a specific user or group of users have not logged on to Anaplan models facilitating the decision process of deleting such type of user.   Reference: https://help.anaplan.com/anapedia/Content/Administration_and_Security/Tenant_Administration/Users.html ... View more

In blueprint view, we can see if a line item is referenced by a formula, but not if it's used in a filter. When cleaning models, we can end up deleting items used in filters and breaking filters with no warning. ... View more

As a Model Builder, I would like to select a Number format for an entire model ("Global Default Number Format" ?). This could be very helpful for us to save time. This can work like the selection of the "Global Default Gride Style" in the Dashboard Settings. ... View more

Possibility to tag a version as fixed, so changes in parameters and formulas do not impact the data anymore. This is really important for improving the reliability of the data for customers that want to be able to calculate multiple versions at the same time. If a formula change is needed in that case old versions also change. So for example the budgat that is their pount to compare with and should not change overtime. I know it is possible to create reporting modules that copy the data and store the final results, but most customers want to be able to drill down and store the full version for reference. #FixVersions, #DataReliability ... View more

This request has been posted already in 2013  & 2018 and probably in the years in between. It is not availbale yet, while it will solve a lot of problems for many of our customers. If you do not want to change a previous version, then the option for Formula Scope needs to be put on "Current Version" this however blocks all formulas that use IF ISACTUALVERSION(). #FormulaScope #VersionControl ... View more

Can we add a number formatting option (text fomatting causes issues for our users) with a default for the cell of blank (if blank then the cell is ignored) and then if a zero is input it is treated as a number. For example - the default calculation for sales volume generates 50 for January 2018, there is an "override" line to allow the user to adjust this. If the user doesn't input into it then the 50 is taken as the answer, if 40 then 40 is taken, if 0 then the 0 is taken. Currently the only way we can do this is by using an additional boolean line item which is ticked if the user wants to use a zero override, but this clutters up the model so we would like to eliminate this. ... View more

With a data hub model in place, it would be beneficial to run a series of actions or processes, on-demand or via Anaplan Connect, that would take data and lists from the data hub and "push" from the data hub to the downstream models.  As Anaplan is architeched and working now, you would need to go to downstream models, either on-demand or through Anaplan Connect, to initiate an action or process to "pull" the data or lists into the downstream model.    Enabling or developing this fucntionality would allow for less maintenance points or complexity in the integrations and data movement across models, especially in an environment where a data hub model exists.  ... View more

It would be really useful if the row id number ("Line #") would be available as additional column when import a csv file or from any other external source.   When import files in Anaplan, usually the first step is to import the file into a numbered list where the file columns are transformed in numbered list properties.  To be able to load the file usually the “Choose properties below to build the unique identifier for the imported items” option is used where are chosen the combination of columns that identify uniquely a row in the file.    Sometimes identifiying the "primary key" of a file is not always possible.    This way it would be possible to use the row id (row number "Line #") of the file as a property to be used to be able to choose as unique identifier.    This row id it seems that is already available in the "back-bone" of Anaplan becasue when rejection file is created there is the information of the row number in the "Line #" column.    It would be very useful if the row number from the file would be available to be chosen as an option for  “ Choose properties below to build the unique identifier for the imported items ”   Of course there is the workaround to ask the provider of the file to create this additional column, but also, sometimes in a project this could become really difficult...   Thanks Alex   ... View more

For the purpose of calculating lease contracts in IFRS 16 it's sometimes needed to have wide time ranges in the model. Currently, the amount of future years is limited up to 50 years and past years up to 20 years (link). This means you have a maximum time range of 70 years. We experience that some lease contracts extend 70 years and therefor require a wider time range to do certain calculations without work arounds. It would be succesfully solved if time ranges are either unlimited or extended up to a maximum of 100 future and past years. ... View more

Currently, there is no native way to edit spacing between cards. It would be useful to be able to edit spacing/padding on a card, page, or even app level to help build one consistent theme across apps. ... View more

To clean up old line items it is handy to now it hasn't be published to any of the dashboards. ... View more

When an export is created and saved, from a saved view, it does not indicate the source of that export (only the source module).   It will be very useful, when an export is created from a saved view, to have it recorded in Anaplan, in the same way as the Imports are recorded their source view.  ... View more