Anaplan’s REST API & Postman Integration: Optimizing Your Business Processes
- Joseph van Bolderen
- Jun 26, 2024
- 3 min read
Updated: Jun 27, 2024
Anaplan’s REST API is a powerful tool that enables developers and business that allows them to interact with Anaplan in order to enhance even further their processes. Businesses can access and communicate with Anaplan's API with ease using Postman, a popular app used for developing APIs. If you need to set a task automation, integrate data from different sources, or create workflows, all of them are made possible by combining these two amazing tools.
What Are Some Benefits of Using Anaplan’s REST API?
Automated Processes: Manual actions such as data upload will not only be quicker, but will ensure accuracy while reducing the risk of human error.
Enhanced Integration: Thanks to Anaplan’s flexibility, you can sync all of your tools into a single source of truth.
Scalability: Handle large datasets and complex calculations without any efforts, scaling with your business needs.
What Anaplan's REST API and Postman Can Do For Your Business
Automate Data Imports and Exports: Schedule and automate the import of data from your external systems to Anaplan. Postman can run daily imports, ensuring that your Anaplan models always have the latest sales figures without manual intervention. Similarly, automatically export financial forecasts from Anaplan to your BI tool for further analysis, ensuring that your reports are always up-to-date.
Trigger Complex Processes: You can use Postman to trigger processes within Anaplan that consolidate financial data across different departments. For example, set up a workflow that runs monthly to bring together all departmental budgets into a single financial statement for the entire company.
Custom Notifications: Send a notification to different team members when a task is done or when they need to approve something by setting up a workflow. For example, you can send an email to let the Supply Chain team know when inventory levels are getting low, this proactive approach ensures timely actions and decisions.
Real-time Data Synchronization: Keep your Anaplan models in sync with other systems by using Postman to automate the constant flow of data. Continuing with the Supply Chain example, to make sure they always have the most recent information, you can create a workflow that synchronizes inventory data from your ERP system with Anaplan every hour.
In today’s video:
What to Expect in Today's Video
In this video we'll walk you through using Postman to communicate with Anaplan's API. We’ll start with the process of securely authenticating with Anaplan's API and obtaining the necessary token. Next, we'll see how to use a GET request to obtain your workspace information. After that, we'll show you how to retrieve the information about your Anaplan's modules and saved views.
We will also cover how to obtain and edit cell data, so you can have the data within your Anaplan model effectively. Lastly, we will show how to write data back into Anaplan, update Postman registers, and update Anaplan modules to reflect those changes. With the help of this guide you will be able to automate and optimize your business processes via Postman and Anaplan’s REST API.
Postman makes API interaction easier for non-technical users. Postman simplifies API interaction, making it accessible to non-technical users. Postman and Anaplan's REST API integration optimizes business processes, guarantees data accuracy, and automates tasks.
Check our video and start configuring Postman with Anaplan’s REST API today! And stay tuned for our next entry.
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