# Question Answer
1 What is Anaplan? Anaplan is a cloud-based
connected planning platform that
enables organizations to plan,
collaborate, and make decisions
across finance, sales, supply chain,
HR, and marketing in real time.
2 What is the Anaplan model- The person who builds and
building role called? configures Anaplan models is called
a Model Builder.
3 What are the three core The three core pillars are: Connect
pillars of the Anaplan (integrate data), Plan (build
platform? planning models), and Decide (drive
insights and decisions).
4 What is a workspace in A workspace is a container within
Anaplan? Anaplan that holds one or more
models and defines storage
capacity (in GB) allocated to an
organization.
5 What is the Anaplan model The model hub is a central
hub? workspace used to store and
distribute master data (lists and
subsets) to connected spoke
, models, ensuring consistency
across the platform.
6 What is the difference A model builder has administrative
between a model builder access to design, build, and
and an end user in Anaplan? configure models. An end user
(workspace user) interacts with pre-
built dashboards and pages to enter
data or view reports.
7 What is Hyperblock Hyperblock is Anaplan's proprietary
technology in Anaplan? in-memory calculation engine that
enables large-scale, multi-
dimensional calculations across
vast datasets in real time.
8 What is a 'connected Connected planning links different
planning' approach? business functions (finance, sales,
HR, supply chain) into a single
integrated planning environment,
breaking down silos and enabling
cross-functional collaboration.
9 What does the Anaplan Anaplan Level 1 (Model Building
certification Level 1 cover? Certification) covers foundational
model building skills including lists,
modules, formulas, dashboards,
and basic model design.
10 What is a tenant in Anaplan? A tenant is the highest-level
organizational unit in Anaplan. It
represents the entire organization's
, environment and contains all
workspaces, models, and users.
2. Lists and Hierarchy
# Question Answer
1 What is a list in Anaplan? A list is a collection of items
(members) used to define the
dimensions of a module. Lists can
represent things like accounts,
products, regions, employees, or
time periods.
2 What is a flat list? A flat list is a list with no parent-
child hierarchy — all items exist at a
single level (e.g., a list of countries
or product SKUs).
3 What is a hierarchical list? A hierarchical list contains parent-
child relationships between items,
allowing data to be aggregated from
child to parent levels (e.g., City →
Region → Country).
4 What is a composite list? A composite list is a list whose
items are made up of combinations
of items from two or more other
lists, used for modeling complex
, relationships like employee-role
combinations.
5 What is the difference A general list uses item names as
between a general list and a identifiers, while a numbered list
numbered list? uses unique system-generated
numbers as identifiers, allowing
duplicate names and handling large
datasets more efficiently.
6 What is a subset in A subset is a filtered selection of
Anaplan? items from a parent list. Subsets
allow you to include only specific list
members in a module's dimension,
reducing model size and improving
performance.
7 How do you add items to a In the list configuration, use the
list manually? 'Add Items' button to manually type
or paste items. You can also import
items from a data source.
8 What is a list property? A list property is an attribute of a list
item, stored as metadata. For
example, a 'Regions' list might have
a 'Manager' property or a 'Currency'
property.
9 What is the purpose of the The top level is the parent of all
'Top Level' in a hierarchical other items in a hierarchy,
list? representing the total or summary
level. It is automatically created by
1 What is Anaplan? Anaplan is a cloud-based
connected planning platform that
enables organizations to plan,
collaborate, and make decisions
across finance, sales, supply chain,
HR, and marketing in real time.
2 What is the Anaplan model- The person who builds and
building role called? configures Anaplan models is called
a Model Builder.
3 What are the three core The three core pillars are: Connect
pillars of the Anaplan (integrate data), Plan (build
platform? planning models), and Decide (drive
insights and decisions).
4 What is a workspace in A workspace is a container within
Anaplan? Anaplan that holds one or more
models and defines storage
capacity (in GB) allocated to an
organization.
5 What is the Anaplan model The model hub is a central
hub? workspace used to store and
distribute master data (lists and
subsets) to connected spoke
, models, ensuring consistency
across the platform.
6 What is the difference A model builder has administrative
between a model builder access to design, build, and
and an end user in Anaplan? configure models. An end user
(workspace user) interacts with pre-
built dashboards and pages to enter
data or view reports.
7 What is Hyperblock Hyperblock is Anaplan's proprietary
technology in Anaplan? in-memory calculation engine that
enables large-scale, multi-
dimensional calculations across
vast datasets in real time.
8 What is a 'connected Connected planning links different
planning' approach? business functions (finance, sales,
HR, supply chain) into a single
integrated planning environment,
breaking down silos and enabling
cross-functional collaboration.
9 What does the Anaplan Anaplan Level 1 (Model Building
certification Level 1 cover? Certification) covers foundational
model building skills including lists,
modules, formulas, dashboards,
and basic model design.
10 What is a tenant in Anaplan? A tenant is the highest-level
organizational unit in Anaplan. It
represents the entire organization's
, environment and contains all
workspaces, models, and users.
2. Lists and Hierarchy
# Question Answer
1 What is a list in Anaplan? A list is a collection of items
(members) used to define the
dimensions of a module. Lists can
represent things like accounts,
products, regions, employees, or
time periods.
2 What is a flat list? A flat list is a list with no parent-
child hierarchy — all items exist at a
single level (e.g., a list of countries
or product SKUs).
3 What is a hierarchical list? A hierarchical list contains parent-
child relationships between items,
allowing data to be aggregated from
child to parent levels (e.g., City →
Region → Country).
4 What is a composite list? A composite list is a list whose
items are made up of combinations
of items from two or more other
lists, used for modeling complex
, relationships like employee-role
combinations.
5 What is the difference A general list uses item names as
between a general list and a identifiers, while a numbered list
numbered list? uses unique system-generated
numbers as identifiers, allowing
duplicate names and handling large
datasets more efficiently.
6 What is a subset in A subset is a filtered selection of
Anaplan? items from a parent list. Subsets
allow you to include only specific list
members in a module's dimension,
reducing model size and improving
performance.
7 How do you add items to a In the list configuration, use the
list manually? 'Add Items' button to manually type
or paste items. You can also import
items from a data source.
8 What is a list property? A list property is an attribute of a list
item, stored as metadata. For
example, a 'Regions' list might have
a 'Manager' property or a 'Currency'
property.
9 What is the purpose of the The top level is the parent of all
'Top Level' in a hierarchical other items in a hierarchy,
list? representing the total or summary
level. It is automatically created by
