Connect Anaplan and
Power BI with AI

Sync planning data, forecasts, and scenarios from Anaplan directly into Power BI dashboards. Stop exporting CSVs, reformatting data models, and rebuilding reports every planning cycle. Redbird AI keeps your Power BI visualizations current with live plan data.

No code required
Live in minutes
SOC 2 Type II

What you can automate today

Redbird gives your team ready-to-run workflows — just connect your accounts and go.

Sync approved budget versions to Power BI dashboards automatically

When finance locks a budget version in Anaplan, Redbird extracts the approved plan data and updates your Power BI budget vs. actuals dashboards. Finance teams see live comparisons without manual exports or waiting for IT.

Push sales capacity plans to regional performance dashboards

Automatically sync headcount plans, quota assignments, and territory models from Anaplan to Power BI sales dashboards. Regional leaders track plan vs. performance in real time, with breakdowns by role, geography, and time period.

Stream scenario models to executive scenario comparison reports

When FP&A teams create planning scenarios in Anaplan—best case, worst case, most likely—Redbird publishes each version to Power BI. Executives compare scenarios side-by-side with interactive filters and drill-downs, no manual consolidation required.

Alert planning teams when Power BI dashboard thresholds are breached

When variance metrics in Power BI exceed defined thresholds—like actual revenue 10% below plan—Redbird triggers notifications to planning teams. Include context from both systems so teams know which plan versions and time periods need attention.

Enrich Anaplan demand forecasts with regional actuals from Power BI datasets

Pull aggregated sales actuals and regional performance metrics from Power BI datasets back into Anaplan planning modules. Supply chain planners build demand forecasts with the most current regional trends, eliminating manual data gathering.

Archive monthly plan snapshots with linked Power BI report versions

At month-end or quarter-end, Redbird captures approved plan versions from Anaplan alongside the corresponding Power BI dashboard snapshots. Create an audit trail of plan-to-report lineage for compliance, board reviews, and historical analysis.

Live in four steps

No engineers, no pipelines to maintain. Redbird handles the connectivity — you focus on the outcome.

01

Connect your accounts

Authorize Anaplan and Power BI with OAuth or API credentials. Redbird never stores your data — it just passes through.

02

Describe what you want

Tell Redbird what to do in plain language — no SQL, no code, no configuration files required.

03

Review and activate

Redbird shows you exactly what it will do before running anything. Approve the workflow, set a schedule, and switch it on.

04

Let it run — and iterate

Workflows run on your schedule or on triggers. Every run is logged. Adjust with natural language at any time.

Built for data-driven teams

Redbird understands Anaplan's dimensional model structures and Power BI's semantic layer, so your planning data flows into dashboards with the right hierarchies, time periods, and relationships intact.

AI that reads planning models and dashboard schemas

Redbird maps Anaplan modules, dimensions, line items, and versions to Power BI tables, measures, and relationships without custom code. When your Anaplan model changes—new cost centers, updated organizational hierarchies, revised planning periods—Redbird detects schema changes and adapts your Power BI data model automatically. No more broken refresh jobs or mismatched dimensions when planning structures evolve.

Anaplan module hierarchies
Version & scenario handling
Time period mapping
Power BI semantic models
10×

faster than exporting Anaplan data to Excel, reshaping, and importing to Power BI

No manual exports, CSV transformations, or data model rebuilds between planning cycles

Auto-generated reports

Redbird can pull from Anaplan and Power BI simultaneously, merge the results, and format a polished report — sent on a schedule or on demand.

Trigger-based alerts

Set conditions in natural language. Get notified in Slack or email the moment a threshold is crossed in either Anaplan or Power BI.

Enterprise-grade security

SOC 2 Type II certified. Data flows encrypted in transit and at rest. Fine-grained permission controls with full audit logs.

Bidirectional sync

Push data from Anaplan into Power BI, or from Power BI back into Anaplan. Resolve conflicts with configurable merge rules.

Full audit trail

Every workflow run is logged — what ran, what changed, and why. Replay or revert any individual step at any time.

Triggers & actions for every team

Start automations from planning events in Anaplan or dashboard interactions in Power BI—Redbird connects both systems in real time.

Anaplan
Triggers & Actions
Trigger

Model version published

Fires when a budget, forecast, or scenario version is published or marked final in Anaplan.

Trigger

Planning data updated

Triggers when specific modules, line items, or dimensions are changed during a planning cycle.

Trigger

Scenario comparison created

Fires when FP&A teams create or update scenario models for comparison analysis.

Action

Extract dimensional planning data

Pull plan data with full dimension context—time, organization, product, account—for dashboard builds.

Action

Import actuals into planning modules

Write ERP actuals or aggregated metrics back into Anaplan for plan vs. actuals comparison.

Action

Update driver assumptions

Push revised driver data—like headcount changes or unit costs—into Anaplan planning inputs.

Power BI
Triggers & Actions
Trigger

Dataset refresh completed

Fires when a Power BI dataset finishes refreshing, indicating new data is available for downstream workflows.

Trigger

Report threshold exceeded

Triggers when KPIs or variances in a dashboard cross defined alert thresholds.

Trigger

User drills into report detail

Fires when executives or analysts drill down into specific dimensions, signaling interest in plan details.

Action

Update semantic model tables

Write Anaplan planning data into Power BI dataset tables with proper dimension and measure structures.

Action

Refresh specific datasets

Trigger on-demand refreshes of Power BI datasets when plan versions are published in Anaplan.

Action

Publish dashboard snapshots

Generate and distribute fixed-point dashboard views tied to specific Anaplan planning versions.

Anaplan
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Power BI

Ready to connect your stack?

See how Redbird AI syncs Anaplan planning models with Power BI dashboards in minutes. Connect your planning data to live visualizations without exports, transformations, or custom ETL.

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