Anaplan policy

An Anaplan policy contains the connection details that are used by an Anaplan Request node when connecting to Anaplan.

You can use an Anaplan Request node in a message flow to connect IBM® App Connect Enterprise to Anaplan and issue requests to execute, update, retrieve, upload, and download objects, including cell data, file content, and list items. The Anaplan policy controls, at run time, access to the Anaplan application.

The Anaplan policy is created when you configure a connection between an Anaplan Request node and Anaplan by using the Connector Discovery wizard. During the process of discovery, account credentials are stored in the vault and connection details are stored in an Anaplan policy. The policy is created with a type of Anaplan, and the name of the policy is returned to the Anaplan Request node and specified in the Connection tab of the node, in the format {policyProjectName}:policyName.

You can also create, update, or delete an Anaplan policy by using the Manage Discovery Connector Policies and Credentials wizard, which you can access by right-clicking the policy project in the IBM App Connect Enterprise Toolkit and then clicking New > Discovery Connector policies and credentials.

You must deploy this policy before message flows that use the policy are started. If you redeploy an Anaplan policy, all message flows that are using the policy are stopped and restarted.

For more information about using Anaplan policies, see Using Anaplan with IBM App Connect Enterprise.

Table 1. Properties of the Ana plan policy
Property	Property name in .policyxml file	Description of properties
Anaplan Application type	applicationType	This property is reserved for future use and must be set to the value `online`.
Anaplan Application version	applicationVersion	This property is reserved for future use and must be set to the value `v1`.
Anaplan Authentication method	authenticationMethod	This property specifies the type of authentication that is used for the connection between IBM App Connect Enterprise and Anaplan. This property is reserved for future use and must be set to the value `BASIC_OAUTH` or `BASIC`.
Credential name	credentialName	The specified credential can be defined during connector discovery and stored in the vault. Alternatively, you can specify an existing credential that was configured by using the mqsicredentials command or the server.conf.yaml file, or loaded through an external credential provider.