Drilldown highlights relevant logic string

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andrew.vihtelic
andrew.vihtelic Member, ALL USERS, GroupMember, Partner Posts: 2 Occasional Contributor
in Planning & Modeling

When a user uses the drilldown feature it would be awesome if the platform highlighted the particular logic string that was being applied within the formula to determine the final result. This would be helpful to parse long, complex formulas with many possible results. For instance, sometimes formulas have many IF a THEN b ELSE 0 statements, but it is difficult to determine which of the "...ELSE 0" clauses is the one being applied. This would help end-users better understand the formula text and also help model builders troubleshoot formulas that are not producing the desired result.

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  • chad.seddon
    chad.seddon Member, ALL USERS, Community Member Posts: 2 Occasional Contributor

    I think it would be cool if when a multi-clause formula is being used in Anaplan, the clause in the formula that is being calculated is highlighted or called out in some form when using F8 or Drill down.

     

    this would enable a builder/admin to easily identify how a calculation function is being recognized. 

  • StevenK
    StevenK Member, ALL USERS, GroupMember, Certified Master Anaplanner, Community Member, Certified Model Builder Posts: 5 Certified Master Anaplanner

    Is there any update on the status of this idea?

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