Muhamad Reza Geovani : "Anaplan Certification is a Challenge for me"

Learning new things in the world of work is certainly a challenge for everyone, including Muhamad Reza Geovani. For Reza, who is part of the Project BI team, learning Anaplan is a fun challenge. 

Last June, Reza took the Anaplan certification for Level 1 and 2 model building and the Anaplan. According to him, the target of taking this certification is only up to Level 2 model building. 

For the order, at first, I took Level 1 first because this is the basics of Anaplan. It took about 1 week to manage to complete this 1st level. "For Level 1, I learned the basics and formulas in Anaplan" Reza said. 

Reza also admitted to studying the features in Anaplan in this level 1. Reza gave an example when he opened Excel and then moved to Anaplan, it was a bit tricky. However, for Reza who is already familiar with excel, it will be easier when moving to Anaplan. 

“There are many features in excel that can be used in Anaplan. For example, in Excel we usually enter formulas such as Sum, VlookUp and this formula is also in Anaplan". Said Reza. 

Reza admits that for level 1 he has not encountered any difficulties. At the first level, according to Reza, he learns with Anaplan's guidance. For example, there is a module that we must enter a formula whose formula has been provided by Anaplan. 

However, for the second level, Reza admitted that he had some difficulties. He gave an example, if at first level, there is a module that we must enter a formula and the formula is already available. Meanwhile, at Level 2 we must make our formula. 

“At Level 2, Anaplan only describes for us how to make our formula. But fortunately, Anaplan still gives a clue for us to be able to make our formula at Level 2.” Reza said. 
Reza added that the last stage of the Anaplan certification he took was the Anaplan Way. In the Anaplan Way, according to Reza, it is like learning the Anaplan methodology when working on projects with clients. 

According to Reza, he has learned many new things from taking Anaplan certification, one of which is about data visualization. So far, according to Reza, data visualization can only be displayed in Excel or Power BI, but apparently, other platforms can not only perform data analysis, but we can also create data visualization dashboards in Anaplan. 

"In Anaplan, we can directly input data on the dashboard, even though it looks better to see the data display in Power BI," said Reza. 

Reza hopes that in the future, if required to participate in the Anaplan project, he can help the Anaplan team to work on projects for clients. He also hopes that by taking this certification, he can be more flexible in working on projects. 

"I'm not only part of the Power BI team but if asked to help the Anaplan team I can help support their work." Said Reza, who is an alumnus of Gunadharma University. 

Reza also talked about the Anaplan training given by one of the project teams which was very helpful in understanding Anaplan. In the training, Reza admitted that he learned about best practices from Anaplan, such as how to make modules and dashboards in Anaplan. 

For Reza, Anaplan is like a formula that is simpler and easier to use when compared to a spreadsheet. Apart from that, Anaplan's dashboard looks much better than a spreadsheet. 
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“If we are used to Anaplan when we look at the spreadsheet, it feels much more complex and Anaplan becomes a very simple formula,” Reza said.