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Rank by Student Names (alphabetic order)
Hi Had a module with student names and few other attributes. None of the attributes have number or date (which i can use for Ranking), can we rank the data just by alphabetic name order of the students? The reason i would like to use name to rank is because the data is dynamic and with students coming in and/or going out…
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Formula Break-Down Without Space Penalty
Currently, to adhere to best practices it is beneficial to break out parts of a complex calculation into separate line items for logic traceability and audit-ability. However, in many models we're constrained by space and can effectively reduce space (especially in large multi-dimensioned modules) by combining logic in…
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TAR03 Country Account Calculation
Hi @Misbah,@JaredDolich How are you? I am filling the TAR03 Country Account Calculation module. I want to know if Targets is SUM of Initial Account Sales Targets. What is the Check? Any hint/clue is very appreciated. I am looking forward to hearing from you soon. Best regards. Wei
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Is there any way out restore the history of QA model without breaking ALM?
Hi All, We have one case , where we need to restore the build & Data pushed in QA & Dev Model. Thinking of following Approach . Please advise if there is any gap or other way out : QA to be change the Deploy to Standard mode Restore the QA model from required History ID Post the successful of restore the QA will be get…
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How I Built It: Extending LISS capabilities
Author: Kamal Verma is a Certified Master Anaplanner and Director at Accelytics. Hello Anaplanner Community! I am excited to participate in my first ‘How I Built It’ tutorial. Clients and end users are always looking for methods to concisely display relevant data and streamline their data interactions. This video will…
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How do I use a line item formatted by a month for mapping in a column dimensionalized by time
I have a value (in this instance it is the number 13 in January 24) that I need to populate in the line item below it in the month of February 25. The entire module is dimensionalized by time (month). The Feb 25 formula is an add months function that references an input from a different module based on the quarter of the…
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Solve Linear Equations for multiple variables
Hi - One of the business requirements will require me to solve the linear equations with multiple variables - does Anaplan has any functionality of how that can be achieved? To give more details, our client has the requirement of regression with multiple causals (Say 5). This means we need to solve for 5 independent…
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Matrix Inverse using Optimizer
In the following article, we will discuss how to use Anaplan Optimizer to compute Matrix Inverse. Matrix Inverse as a functionality can be used to solve a Multi Linear Regression Problem in Anaplan. Using Matrix Inverse, we are going to solve the following Multi Linear Regression equation: Y = b0 + b1x1 + b2x2 + b3x3 +…
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LOOKUP not behaving as expected on production list
Hi all, I'm trying to understand why using LOOKUP on custom versions from a SYS Constants module isn't behaving the same as SELECT. I recently converted all of our custom version lists to production lists to help save space in the DEV/UAT model. As part of that change, I updated all SELECT statements referencing custom…
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Splitting out a text field using a delimiter
Hi Everyone. Just wondering if anyone had managed to find a way to split a text field out to show all characters to the left or right of a delimiter, rather than a specific number of characters. (Similar to the way it works in a Text to columns formula) We have had a change in our HR system, and for our Egypt staff their…
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Setting up dynamic list of values
Hi We have a requirment as below. We are setting up a General List to track the consumption of hardwares at different sites in the world. There are two columns in this general list. One is Combination which can have three values (Region/Country/Site). The next column is Combination_Name. The idea is based on the value…
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Case - % Increase on Previous List Item
Hi All, I am working on one use case where need to calculated the value on the basis of previous list item. Module doesn't have a time dimension. But I've created mapping module to identify the previous item. Please see below screenshot for your reference. Final Value = Previous (final Value)* % increase. Can you suggest…
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How to create an alternate/Parallel hierarchy
Hi Team, I am new in the Anaplan. Could you please explain me how to create an alternate hierarchy with example? Thanks!
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OEG Best Practice: Line item subsets demystified
Line item subsets are one of the most powerful and efficient features in Anaplan, yet one of the least understood. The COLLECT() function is probably the only “black box” function within Anaplan as is it not immediately apparent what it is doing or where the source values are coming from. In the following article, I will…
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Show History for Line Items (Formula, etc)
Anaplan allows users to quickly see cell change history for a given cell, which is great. As a model builder, I'd love to have a similar functionality to easily Show History for line items - formula changes for sure, but ideally also changes in format, dimensions, and summary methods, along with the name of the user making…
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How to populate a line item using formula with correct time scale in weeks.
Future year sales⬇️ Last year Sales ⬆️ I have two modules SYS9 Last year sales in which I have uploaded values by importing data and other module SYS10 FY22, FY23 & FY24 sales in which uplift value or % which is applied on previous sales value to give the future year sales value. In SYS10 module I have a line item Previous…
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3.3.7.2 Add DCA to INV01 Inventory Ordering
Add Read and Write Access Drivers to INV01 Inventory Ordering module to set up Dynamic Cell Access to perform as shown in the example below: Week 1 & 2 (blue highlight) * Week 1 shows the result when Submit Purchase Order Request is NOT checked. * Week 2 shows the result when Submit Purchase Order Request is checked…
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1.3.4.3 Update SYS07 Location Details Module
Hi All, I completed this task and everything seems good. Except Location name not populated in the SYS07 location Details module. Please see the screenshots attached and advise everything is correct and I can move forward. I tried to Manually map location to code under 3rd tab but not able to do it. Someone please help me…
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Allowing to open Archived Model together with the production model
Hello Anaplan Product Team, This Idea has been generated out of discussion, where we were trying to open the Archived Model and the client was having only one WS, which was full. At that point an Idea generated to allow for opening the Archived Model along with the Production model. As of Now, Administrator has to archive…
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Fetching values from one module into another
I have two modules PROD and TRANS TRANS module is having the dimension of TRANS and looks like this. Two line items PROD ID (List as Product) and boolean (checkbox). Source Product ID Boolean Source TRAN001 PROD001 TRUE TRAN002 FALSE TRAN003 PROD 003 TRUE PROD module looks like this Dimension of Product and line items as…
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2.4.3 How to Adjust or Override a Previously Calculated Value
In the video for this section (which is great because it explains how the formulas work, btw), using a boolean to tell the system to calculate using a different value is called a "best practice." Why? Specifically, as I see it, the boolean creates an entire line item full of cells which need to be referenced every time the…
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Conclusion of Level 2 Model Building DATA02 SKU Volumes module
hello I'm stuck in this . can anyone help me from Level 1 FP&A module we have G3 and P3 SKU as dimnesions where is when importing from supply chain module it has different dimensions . how to import ? supply chain module if i use DATA 01 begining inventory module as data source , can you help me in fixing the import as i…
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Sprint 3 exam Doubt Country made in
hello for the exam question to find out stock expection for all the prodcuts for Mar 20 for countries . as per the data i have uploaded it shows me 14 and the list of the countires but in the options there are not more than 5 countires i dont know where i made mistake and i feel all my formulas are correcT . can anyone…
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3.4.3 Activity: Create Country Summary Module formula is wrong ?
hello I have put the formula for Safety Stock Flag Count but in the exam it says wrong when i pasted it . i dont why couple of times it got rejected ? any advice will be helpful
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Top five new model building tips and additions that changed my life
Author: Ayesha Zoha, Certified Master Anaplanner and Manager at Cervello. As we all have started using the new modeling experience, here are my top five features which have made model building easier and more efficient: Formula indentation. One of the significant additions in the new model building experience is the…
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Step-by-step: User-based sorting
Author: David Edwards is a Certified Master Anaplanner and Principal at Columbus Consulting. While there is sufficient documentation regarding how the user list can be an effective tool for UX filtering and dynamic cell access, there is also the opportunity to leverage users when designing custom sorting functionality…
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LOOKUP function
Hello everyone, Want to the mapping criteria you could use, the time source data does not have the same dimensions as with the target the result by using LOOKUP function. Thanks,
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Module to module import problem - list item mapping problem?
Hi Anaplaners, I have created a module-to-module import action within the same model. The source module and the target module have identical dimensions, line item no., line item format etc. However, it seems like there are some kind of mapping problem for the team list. As you can see from the below screenshot, in the…
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List item and Line item
Hi Experts, I'm new to anaplan and start training this week. Could someone please clarify the difference between list item and line item? I checked anapedia but i couldn't make it clear. Now in my understanding, line item is something like field data or each cell in excel. But i can't have a clear image of what list item…
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what is DataHub and Spoke Model?