Idea Exchange

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

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

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

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 want to have the ability to relabel the time dimension using a specific property/alias so that I don't need to create extra complexity and I can use all the benefits/functions of the time dimension to meet the users's requirements. I will know this is successful if I could rename FY18 to YearXX and Jan1 to Month1, and so on. Benefit : Adding extra lookups/modules doesn't always meet the visualisation requirements and adds complexity. Also, it will be possible to use the time dimension and all its functions even in situations where, for example, there is a strict requirement to "sanitise" the time dimension making it generic. ... 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

It would be very useful to have the ability to automate the export of a blueprint view of a module through Anaplan Connect or the Anaplan API - in this way we could compare an export of a blueprint view of a module automatically, to check if the structure of a model had changed over time.   I have been working with a client where they will be utilising Anaplan Connect to upload files to a data hub and also export files out of a spoke model on a daily basis to feed a data warehouse - this requires a number of fixed mappings to be developed both in Anaplan and externally to map into the data warehouse.   There is currently no report available on an automatic basis that details changes to a specific set of modules, thus a failure of import either into Anaplan or externally would need to be investigated.   Best,   Callum   ... 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

To clean up old line items it is handy to now it hasn't be published to any of the dashboards. ... 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 great to have a Anaplan connector in PowerBI (same idea as Excel and PowerPoint connectors), to have a live interfacing of data. ... View more