Anaplan Technical Questions and
Answers Rated A+
Anaplan User Access & Types of roles - ANSWER-System Admin > create roles >
control read/write access for Lists, Modules, Actions
Selective Access > restrict lists and list items by a user basis (ex. global list > selective
access for US user to only see US list items)
(Role) Workspace Admin - management / person who registered for anaplan or made
admin by person who registered, has full access to the model by default (assigns roles)
(Role) View Admin & Tenant Admin - Gives to access to roles tab, can be a page
builder
App Hub - ANSWER-Customers and partners to create, share, deploy versatile apps for
clients built by users in Anaplan Community, developers can review applications &
customize/deploy them
Benefits of Anaplan - ANSWER-Cloud Based - Real time updates
Data Hub - House data for source of truth
Flexible Modeling - multi dimensional, models can be built from
scratch/entended/supported/customize pre-built models
Blueprint vs Grid - ANSWER-Blueprint, business rules for modules (how we write
forumlas in module)
Grid, output view of blueprint formulas (what gets published on UX)
Breakback - ANSWER-Setting in line items, most commonly used for top down
allocations, allows you to override a value in summary setting and it will allocate pro-
rate across the columns & rows, ex override a Q1 value > pro rate allocate that value
across the rows and columns)
Common Formula Errors - ANSWER-Dimension mismatch (can be solved by LOOKUP,
SUM or SELECT)
Wrong format
Wrong Syntax (ex. if then logic (has to be booleans to follow logic not entities)
Define List and types of lists - ANSWER-Lists are groups of related items, such as
people in a department, products on a shopping list, or the regions comprising a
geographic area. They are fundamental to Anaplan as they define the structure and
content of a model. (Dimensions)
Answers Rated A+
Anaplan User Access & Types of roles - ANSWER-System Admin > create roles >
control read/write access for Lists, Modules, Actions
Selective Access > restrict lists and list items by a user basis (ex. global list > selective
access for US user to only see US list items)
(Role) Workspace Admin - management / person who registered for anaplan or made
admin by person who registered, has full access to the model by default (assigns roles)
(Role) View Admin & Tenant Admin - Gives to access to roles tab, can be a page
builder
App Hub - ANSWER-Customers and partners to create, share, deploy versatile apps for
clients built by users in Anaplan Community, developers can review applications &
customize/deploy them
Benefits of Anaplan - ANSWER-Cloud Based - Real time updates
Data Hub - House data for source of truth
Flexible Modeling - multi dimensional, models can be built from
scratch/entended/supported/customize pre-built models
Blueprint vs Grid - ANSWER-Blueprint, business rules for modules (how we write
forumlas in module)
Grid, output view of blueprint formulas (what gets published on UX)
Breakback - ANSWER-Setting in line items, most commonly used for top down
allocations, allows you to override a value in summary setting and it will allocate pro-
rate across the columns & rows, ex override a Q1 value > pro rate allocate that value
across the rows and columns)
Common Formula Errors - ANSWER-Dimension mismatch (can be solved by LOOKUP,
SUM or SELECT)
Wrong format
Wrong Syntax (ex. if then logic (has to be booleans to follow logic not entities)
Define List and types of lists - ANSWER-Lists are groups of related items, such as
people in a department, products on a shopping list, or the regions comprising a
geographic area. They are fundamental to Anaplan as they define the structure and
content of a model. (Dimensions)
