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The Summer Edition Leave a few things behind this summer. Before planning season picks up again, take the opportunity to shed what slows you down: manual work, unnecessary complexity, outdated assumptions, and unanswered questions. This edition explores how Board customers are using AI, simplifying planning, and preparing…
Community is strongest when members can easily find each other, learn from one another, and keep up with the people who inspire them. That is why we are excited to introduce member following, a new way to stay connected with the people whose contributions, questions, and ideas matter most to you. What is member following?…
Featuring: Robin Salk is a Customer Success Manager and Community Captain at Board. Self-sufficiency helps customers move faster and make more informed decisions. When you can build reports, update models, and analyze data independently, you can respond to changing business conditions and priorities without waiting for…
Six months after launching the new Board Idea Exchange, the Community continues to actively share ideas, vote, and engage in discussions. With more than 100 new ideas submitted, growing collaboration through comments, and ideas progressing through every stage of the review process, we're receiving stronger signals about…
As your use of Board grows, it’s normal for your user list to grow and change too. New people join. Roles change. Teams reorganize. Some users need more access, while others may no longer need the same level of access. That’s why it’s useful to do a simple license and access health check every quarter. This does not need…
Are you a Planner or Solution Maker using Board for FP&A, Financial Consolidation & Close (FCCR), Supply Chain Planning, or Merchandise Planning? The UX Research team is looking for customers to participate in a 60-minute remote research session to better understand how you create and utilize planning and reporting…
A new way to learn Data Modeling is here! We're excited to launch Introduction to Data Modeling OnDemand, our new dynamic, video-based learning experience that replaces the existing L200 Instructor-Led Training. As part of this transition, L200 will be sunset on August 15, 2026. From that date onwards, learners should…
🌞Happy July to all our new and returning members! June was paced with a variety of great content added to Community, as well as a couple user experience changes we think you'll value - check those out in the video below. Here are your one-minute, Community updates this month: Our thanks to to June's participants, @Nico…
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Hi Everyone, I need guidance on creating a dynamic day-level waterfall chart in Board. I have a cube storing daily cash data by Day and Business Unit, along with two additional cubes storing major movement amounts and commentary at the same level. The requirement is to dynamically display the movement commentary along with…
Hi everyone, I built a data reader that pulls master data from SAP and when I ran it last time new records got this prefix, either 1 or 2 arrows. Can anyone advice on how to fix this? Should I clear the entire entity and try again or do something else?
Board Agents can support a range of planning and analysis workflows. We would like to understand which business challenge is most relevant to your organization so that we can share more useful examples and resources.
How or where I can download/access the Quick Wizard File for FCR 2.0? Also is the quick configuration wizard restricted to depicif FCR versions? As a new user with a fresh FCR Environment I want to load meta data via wizard but I can't find it in the azure or from export from wizard file, I checked in batch loading folder…
1. Abstract Board Image Cubes provide an intuitive and user-friendly way to upload and preview images within an application. However, storing image binaries permanently inside the Board data model is not recommended for medium and large implementations because it increases application size, impacts backup and deployment…
Hello , I have a dataview in data entry mode. However, i would like to lock the column totals Anybody has a solution for me. Thanks
Hi all, Is it possible to get the row total of an algorithm data block? When I use the rt() formula for data block d (see table below), it seems it's getting the total first of the factors before multiplying them instead of just summing up the result per month. Layout Row: Client Column: Month Data Block Data a Value b FX…
Wanting to have the block change to a light red while the figures go dark red when the numbers go negative.
Hi, I have a waterfall chart. How can I make my negative variances formatted in parentheses? For example, -5 would be (5). Thanks, Chris
Hi everyone, We're looking for a way to generate map legend ranges dynamically based on the actual KPI values displayed on a Board map. The KPI is a calculated metric used in the map. The goal is to determine the minimum and maximum KPI values across all displayed territories and automatically create 5 equal classes for…
Hi Anyone an idea what that means or where i could look up error codes? The procedure failed while executing: 2. Extract cube Comments: Object reference not set to an instance of an object. [CorrelationID: 9b8f6632-92c7-4c03-bfb0-73f4b7d1663e]
Hello Board Team, A client has an Account entity set up as Unbalanced Hierarchy. They have a simple dataview with 1 block using a cube with actuals, and they want to display Account entity in rows in a collapsed view: e.g. to show "+ 1P SVOD line" by default, and when end-users click on it, 3 revenue sales lines show up,…
I have a datapicker that references a cube that stores diluted shares by fiscal Year. When I try to do a trended P&L, where I duplicate the P&L cube and apply time functions for previous years, everything works except for the datapicker row, even though the cube it's pulling from is dimensioned by the appropriate fiscal…
I am tired of seeing this bloke changing the lightbulb. Can anyone provide a solution? The user clicks the W, the pop up appears, they click DOWNLOAD. Next the 'Oh no' message appears. HORRIBLE WORKAROUND: In the pop up, click MORE. Deselect a Dynawrite object (but you don't know which one so you must do this several times…
Transform the way you Plan Step into an event engineered for planners, analysts and business leaders who are ready to move beyond traditional processes. At Board Beyond 2026, you’ll discover how planning evolves into an adaptive, AI-driven ecosystem. You’ll see how your organization can monitor, predict, analyse, simulate…
Transform the way you Plan Step into an event engineered for planners, analysts and business leaders who are ready to move beyond traditional processes. At Board Beyond 2026, you’ll discover how planning evolves into an adaptive, AI-driven ecosystem. You’ll see how your organization can monitor, predict, analyze, simulate…
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