Mapping numbered lists during module to module import

Tom_H

Hi all,

 

Seems like this should be a straightforward one, but I can't figure it out..

 

I am trying to import data from one model into another model, using numbered lists.

The Source module and Target module (which are in two separate models) both have a list called 'Towns' as a dimension. This list is a numbered list, but each town has a unqiue code that is the same in both modules e.g. the numbered list item with display name 'london' has code '111' in both models.

 

When I am running the import, Anaplan is not able to automatically match the items in the 'Towns' list in the source module to the items in the 'Towns' list in the target module. Why is this?

 

I understand that Anaplan can't match on names, as the true list names are #1, #2 etc, but seeing as there are identical codes in the two lists I cant understand why it is not able to match based on the codes? E.g. I thought Anaplan would be able to automatically match the list item with code '111' in the source module to the list item with code '111' in the target module.

 

Many thanks!

Tom 

Tom_H

Thanks for your quick response @AWhitworth, creaing a 'Code' line item in the source module allowed Anaplan to match the two lists automatically.

 

Where Anaplan was unable to match based on the Code stored in the list itself, is this a bug that I should raise? I can't quite see the principle behind why it wouldnt work this way.