Workspace administrators select lists to use as dimensions in modules to form rows, columns, or pages. They add context to line item data.
List items differ to line items in a module as list items:
- Can be used in any module.
Line items belong to only one module. - Can only be referenced by a formula.
Line items can be referenced by a formula and can contain a formula.
It's useful to create your own lists, in addition to the default lists, to make your data more specific context.
You can also format a list or line item with a list to turn it into a picklist. Users can then select the value for the item from the list.
The General lists pane
Access General lists from Model settings to: view, create, open, and configure the settings for your lists. You can also use the toolbar to search for lists in your model, reorder your lists, and export lists.
Open a list to add list items, properties, and subsets. You can configure a list's settings in a list's Configure tab.
You can also view and configure list settings in General lists . Data for each list displays in these columns:
| Column name | Description |
| Top Level | Assign a top-level item to a list. A top-level item represents the highest level in a hierarchy, and summarizes the data in your list. |
| Parent Hierarchy | Assign a parent list to create list hierarchies in your model. |
| Selective Access | Enable selective access for a list. Selective access restricts access to lists and list items on a user-by-user basis. |
| Production Data | Mark a list as a production list for Application Lifecycle Management (ALM). |
| Managed By | Not available. |
| Has Workflow | This is a legacy feature. |
| Properties | Shows any list properties associated with a list. |
| Subsets | Shows any list subsets associated with a list. |
| Numbered | Mark a list as a numbered list. |
| Display name property | Set the list property for display names. |
| Is Organization | Mark the Organization list, a default list in Anaplan. |
| Category | Set a category that summarizes the information in the list. Categories exist by default. |
| Data Tags | Shows any data tags associated with a list. |
| Item Count | Shows the number of list items in a list. |
| Notes | Shows any notes associated with a list. |
| Referenced in Applies To | Shows any modules and line items that use the list as a dimension. |
| Referenced as Format | Shows any line items and list properties that use the list in line item format. |
| Referenced in Formula | Shows any modules and line items that use the list in a formula. |
| Next item index | Shows the index number for the next new list item in the list. Learn more in Reset the list index. |
| Use Top Level as Default Page | Mark the list's top level item as a default page selector in the User Experience. Learn more in Configure lists. |