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Export Cube name list process
Hi there, I'd like to request (unless already possible) a way to export cube/ entity/ tree name lists from a database. As far as I can see this is not possible in Board web and the only thing that comes close in the client is, for example for cubes, listing all of them in a dataview and extracting metadata. A feature like…
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Subscription Hub / Board Cloud IDP - Support Multiple Login Methods on Home screen
We recently deployed the Subscription Hub (Board Cloud IDP) and have a request around authentication options. Before the IDP, there were multiple login options on the Board home screen. Both Board users (username/password) and SAML users could login from this screen. With the new identity provider, all users must enter a…
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Enable charts to use time as a dimension
1) What is your idea? Enable charts (e.g., a line graph) to display transactional data with a time series X-axis regardless of transaction volumes. 2) What specific problem are you trying to resolve? Board cannot display data points on a time-based X-axis for at least some chart types. Commodity trades are displayed as…
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Roll-up and display previous month’s data correctly
1) What is your idea? Provide the ability to compare data month-on-month when using Day entities. 2) What specific problem are you trying to resolve? If the Day entity is used, Board will consider the offset period of -1 to mean one day even though the report is configured to display monthly data. Cubes would need to be…
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Bulk Insert with Filter
Hi, I really love the new Bulk Insert functionality. However, for me, there is one thing missing: applying a filter to the layout. Currently, I need to calculate the relevant cubes, I'd like to export, on the target structure. It would be much easier if I could apply a filter directly on the layout to avoid an unnecessary…
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Drilldown color format
Hi All, I have a pie chart and I´d like to change the color of the dataview in the drill down, there is an option called "Block Format", but that option just changes the colors of each block but I can't change the first column where my entity in row is set, see the image attached. That happens not just for the pie chart I…
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Interactive selection improvements
Hello everyone, A bulk of features to improve user experience of the user of the interactive selection : * Users can change sort order by code or description - if displayed - in the pop-up to simplify is search. * Add a non disappearing text description on top of the pop-up to guide the user through what the interaction…
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File Download Title
It would be a great relief to add the page-name within the file name. Like capsule "Report" and if I schedule to download one of the screens within the capsule the name of the downloaded file could be "Report_page_one".
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Call procedure - Run on current db option
Hi all, while reading through steps in procedure, the "call procedure" steps do show just the flags: - Copy current selection - Copy back current selection while - Run on current procedure is not shown in the step description. It would be a great enhancement to also show this 3rd option. Stefano
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Pager navigation controls
Hi all, When you select a member related to the selected member in the parent entity's pager in the child entity's pager and press the navigation control in the child entity's pager, Scrolls all members regardless of the parent entity selection. I wish I could scroll by the members of the child entity that is related to…
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Extract of users using IDP (asmodee-idp.board.com)
Dear team, when I extract the file in csv, the special characters are not extracted properly => é becomes é Could you please correct this ? Thank you
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User-training
It would be very useful to have step by step tutorial training videos and documents to provide to our internal users with licenses Lite/LitePlus/User. A general basic go through video related to their accesses, ex; capsules and “b” menu on the left, selections buttons with more on the right, screen layout functionality…
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Detail by None Option
It would be very useful to have a detail by None option. Sometimes you need to have an entity on the column and you want other blocks to show as just a single column. You can achieve something like this now having a dummy entity at the top of a hierarchy with only a single member that you can detail by with but this…
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Allow the "|" character to be used when searching and filtering
1) What is your idea? To allow Board users to use the character "|" in text strings when filtering and searching. 2) What specific problem are you trying to resolve? Energy product names contain the "|" character in them. When an energy trading compliance person monitors their trading activity using the service developed…
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Offset in view of totals
Our totals in our view there is an offset between the input fields and the total. After consultation with our development, the issue can unfortunately not be fixed in board. The offset unfortunately does not look nice, see screenshot. The input fields and the totals should be coherent.
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Able to use environment variables, %bss% %computername%, in srouce file screen in data reader
1. What is your idea? Able to use environment variables of cloud, %bss% %computername%, in srouce file screen in data reader 2. What specific problem are you trying to find a solution to, or what new scenario would this idea respond to? Currently we can use environment variables in data reader of procedures. To confirm…
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Add grouping function in procedure as entity and cube
1. What is your idea? Add grouping function in procdure as entity and cube section have group name. 2. What specific problem are you trying to find a solution to, or what new scenario would this idea respond to? It's easier to mange procedures if we have group function in procedure. 3. What workaround have you found and…
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Wildcards in printable report filenames
Exporting printable reports is limited in that the filename is always manually defined. Supporting wildcards in the filename like @date would be a huge improvement.
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Layout formatting
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Database and R serve
Today, Board allows to store data in a relational database. New features allow to connect to an R server in order to run R scripts. However, those servers, if used, are based elsewhere (on premise, or in the cloud). Therefore, the architecture is more complex and less efficient due to the time data goes from one place to…
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My View - Saving sort done from colmun header
My View may save - and restore - the column sorting option define by the user by clicking on column header when the option is enable on dataviews
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Hide Options in Sliding Toolbar for quick layout
It would be useful to be able to hide the quick layout options individually in the sliding toolbar like you can hide all the other buttons. Right now you can only show all or nothing.I am referring to the Data, Rows & Columns, Freeze Panes, and Numbers Scaling options.
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Microsoft Access ODBC Driver
I had an issue with the Access ODBC Driver until I found the right driver version, wich is: 14.00.7010.1000
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tool tip/note/comment per column
As we are using mostly abbreviations for column headings (KPIs etc.) - it would be great if there would be a tool tip functionality for columns. That it's possible that the end user will get shown per mouse over the description or long name of a column/KPI --> e.g. NS ACT --> tool tip shows NS ACT = Net Sales Actual and…
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Make Pattern base allocation & Deep Lock work natively together
Context : You have a block with data entry and it has both following features enable :* pattern allocation * Deep lockling If the user apply the pattern base allocation on the cell, it won't take into account the cell that are locked for that perimeter and erased the value. Idea : Have the option make them work together…
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Collapse Groups exported to excel add-in
Hello, When the “Collapse groups” is ticked in the Web client when designing a report and the report is exported to excel, the groups are not collapsed but extended. Is this how the functionality should work? Is it possible to export the data collapsed? Thank you for feedback, Tunde
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change user authentication type of existing user
When we started with BOARD, we had some companies abroad which were not connected to active directory --> so they had no windows user. That was the reason why we created quite a lot of users with password as authentication type. But over the years more and more companies are now connected to active directory - but the only…
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Export User permissions (selections on entities)
It would be great being able to export a list of all BOARD Users not only with Security Profile, Licence type, DB Profile but also with their specific permissions on entities in different databases. We do have 231 users in total and I am getting at least twice a year the question, who has access to what (which company,…
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Waterfall enhancement - Group bars
Hello, would it be possible for the user to dynamically select to group the small entities in the bar charts / axis into an "Other category" to not have all members in an entity displayed, while still having all the variances add up from start to End (e.g. values <x to group into one bar “Other”, so that only the material…
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Improve "Screens Object" pannel readability in design mode
Idea : * For pager and selector in design mode : display the name of dimension instead of object type or at least as tooltip on hover * For Tab, display Tab follow by the 1st Tab name * On hovering an object, have a dynamic and special highlight color it in the screen Why : Exemple : Users wants to visually reorder filters…
