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Workspace Planning Analytics
Created by Guest
Created on Feb 9, 2026

RELATED IDEAS

Extension of the commentary functionality in Planning Analytics Workspace

We would like to request an enhancement of the current commentary functionality in Planning Analytics Workspace. At the moment, the comment feature is limited to a single free‑text box. This is not sufficient for our business requirements, because users need to capture more structured information when commenting on specific data points.

In our use case, users comment on DB V at a given level of aggregation. On this level, they must be able to specify:
which effects (e.g. price effect, volume effect, mix effect) occurred,
in what amount (numeric value), and
for which customer these effects occurred.
To support this, we propose extending the comment dialog to allow additional fields alongside the free‑text comment.

The ability to configure additional comment fields per cube, view or template would significantly increase the usefulness and accuracy of comments and would enable more structured analysis and reporting based on user input.

Needed By Week

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