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Darin_Seibel · ‎03-18-2021

This can be merged with the other posted idea https://community.anaplan.com/t5/Idea-Exchange/Hide-Move-Model-Map-Button/idi-p/53799 An alternative would be to have the model map accessible through the Admin page instead.

Darin_Seibel · ‎12-14-2020

@DavidSmith Yes, that is useful as well. Thanks. Interestingly, invoking those same actions using a published action or process does not appear to validate against that' production data' setting in the action as those are successful regardless. Those triggered through the HyperConnect API are our classic example of this. However you've highlighted some housekeeping that will make the actions easier to identify and manage.

Darin_Seibel · ‎12-11-2020

For anyone running into this in the future, the fix is: Publish the process to an 'Admin' or similarly-named (classic ux) dashboard in Dev Synch Dev to Prod You can now run the process in Prod from the 'Admin' dash

Darin_Seibel · ‎12-11-2020

Hi David, Yes, we did have issues this past day. Many (but not entirely all) tasks failed. We didn't change anything in the process the past few days that would've affected this. From contacting support and Informatica, the recommendation was to open up each task, open up and re-do the data mapping, then save the task. Try one first and see if that solves the issue.

Darin_Seibel · ‎12-11-2020

I'm in need to change the user-editable values en masse in a module in a model that's in Deployed mode. The module is dimensionalized by a production list, and the two lines in question are simply user-input quantities. I've created the import action in Dev and rolled that into Production so I can run the same action, and that allows me to see the import action & mapping, however I get the message " Deployed Mode is enabled for this model. You do not have permission to change structural data." I'm not adding to the production list. I'm probably missing something basic here - what's the practice for this?

Darin_Seibel · ‎08-24-2020

I've accidentally overwrote the default a number of times due to this setup. I agree once a new view is saved the module should display it instead and allow you to keep working in the new saved view.

Darin_Seibel · ‎08-19-2020

I agree with this. I'm now trying to close out an old workspace that is no longer needed and I'm having to manually delete all the old archived models in that workspace in order to get the workspace closed out and cloud space reallocated. An alternative or additional feature to this idea could simply be able to select multiple models (e.g. shift+click) from Model Management window to delete multiple models.

Darin_Seibel · ‎04-02-2020

It would be helpful to have a Notes function in Users Roles to be able to describe the workgroups typically using that role. Especially with new UX pages now crossing multiple models additional roles are needed to facilitate the cross-model access.

Darin_Seibel · ‎03-04-2020

I'm not certain about the specific error message here, but have you checked with your IT to see if other jobs were running during that time? It's possible even unrelated actions - different reports or server availability if it's used for other functions - was happening at the same time that caused the error. We've experienced network errors on occasion and often the troubleshooting seems to point to something occurring on our network that interfered - even just a 'hiccup'. Changing the timing may also help - could be worth a trial if that's possible.

Darin_Seibel · ‎02-05-2020

The best way to hold a system time date is to have a time system module with time as a dimension and boolean lines to flag which dates are in the past and what the present date is. To do so, set the Current Day boolean up to have the current day marked using a formula reference to the dates in the past boolean - something like 'PREVIOUS(Day in Past) AND NOT Day in Past'. Create an action that imports a saved view of that module into itself, mapping the Current Day over to the Day in Past. If you can automate and schedule that process to occur daily you'll have a cross reference to a current date you can use in your process here.

Darin_Seibel · ‎05-03-2019

It'd be great to be able to see if a user is Disabled (from tenant administration) by some indicator/flag within the User tab within any model that User is listed in. I've found myself twice tracking down access issues remotely, troubleshooting our SSO and other internal settings only to realize the user was disabled a while back due to inactivity.

Darin_Seibel · ‎04-19-2019

@DavidSmith Thank you! This up-ends a lot of our original notions of best planning practices. One other potential myth I've heard is that a hyphen-format for zero-value lines uses slightly less memory than a Zero. Is that true?

Darin_Seibel · ‎03-26-2019

It would be helpful to be able to be able to change the justification format of a line item for enhanced reporting purposes. For example, we've been asked to have both the text and number formatted line items to be centered to create better readability in a report (as the module has both text and number lines, currently all the text is left-justified and numbers are right-justified creating an awkwyrd display). This could be added as a drop-down within the Format of each line.

Darin_Seibel · ‎03-18-2019

Hi Everyone! I'm Darin Seibel, from DISH Network in Denver, Colorado. I've been using Anaplan for about 2.5 years and lead a team that develops and maintains models for groups in supply chain operations, forecasting, and finance. I'm hoping to get more information and share best practices on model development, user management, and glean new ideas.

Darin_Seibel · ‎01-31-2019

It's useful sometimes to add a special character to an attribute in Anaplan. For instance, a special character can further deliniate and mark the name of a list or module to add another dimension to a model's back-end organization. Alternatively, use it in conjunction with a consistent process and include select characters in the name of an action published to a dashboard. The link below contains many character sets that can be searched by type. These all work in Anaplan - simply copy and paste it in! https://www.w3schools.com/charsets/ref_html_utf8.asp

Darin_Seibel · ‎01-31-2019

I agree. Especially for financial planning summary grids there's a need to display some comments as notes on the narrative behind the value, why it's changed since last time, what other assumptions are factored, etc. Just like the notes feature was added to the Settings end of Lists and Modules, a Notes functionality is needed on the user end. Perhaps function where a boolean is checked within the module to open up a new text field to become available for the intersection of the each of the module's line items and dimensions. The boolean would help control sparsity for where comments are not needed.

Darin_Seibel · ‎06-06-2018

Hi Mark, Can you expand on this? I'm assuming it'd be best ot have a user admin model for access management in a Data Hub. Can roles also be assigned using such a model?