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Substitution formula in the data reader protocol definition
It could be useful for developers to have substitution formulas recognized on the path of a data reader. This could help particularly in two situations: 1) If we copy a database on the same machine and rename it, there is no need of changing manually all data readers paths 2) When we want to load all files within the same…
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Github Diff Viewer
Most BOARD installations use proprietary datasets that should not be shared for a variety of reasons. There also exist numerous, public, free, useful datasets that could facilitate more detailed analysis. Now that we have a community site to connect, the next step is to engage. Github is a popular tool used for storing…
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Export to excel from HTML5 with layout
I have been asked if the export to excel from the HTML interface can contain the layout details. So when you connect using the BOARD Add in on the exported data view, you can open the layout in Excel and the configuration is there. When you export to excel from the BOARD client, the layout configuration is available when…
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Cube text in a chart
Hi community! In client version, it's possible to show a cube text in a chart, useful for comments and so on: But this doesn't work in web, the cube is not shown. Do you have any workaround without using a dataview? Thanks! Ana
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Procedure header / main comment box
It would very useful if in each procedure we could have a large comment box where we can add general information about the procedure. For example a brief description of what it does, relevant comments, etc
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Map Repository
I have seen a similar idea "Map object enhancement". However that idea requires development effort. My idea would be to create a repository of colored maps, where the world, countries and regions or provinces could be found in perfect working order and ready to be used in board. This repository could be stored either on…
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Suggested Value Enhancements
It would be very useful to have some enhancements to the suggested value functionality for data entry. It is difficult to enter data quickly with the current functionality as each cell requires a click and select from a list. It would be extremely helpful for users having to do large amounts of data entry on suggested…
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Beautiful Geomaps
Overview The existing GeoMap tool works well. It does the job of visualizing data on a map, but it's not beautiful. The flexibility and analytics provided in BOARD with respect to time analytics is great. I think it's time to improve the GeoMap tool to keep pace with other offerings. Features * Shape Datatype - Keyhold…
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HTML5: Copy & paste for objects and data layouts
Hi All, during the BoardVille-Conference in Baveno, we were shown tons of cool new features and also major technical improvements. I am pretty excited and very much looking forward to get rolling with the new versions. That said, there was one thing which my colleagues and I use very often that I couldn't see in the…
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Chart display labels
I recently came accross a problem where I had data points at a very granuar level in time, i,e, minutes, in general I was recording four data points per day for a person, it was clinical data where it was patient blood suger readings, we wanted to create a chart for a two week period and a three month period so that we…
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Personalized Selectors
Hi All! During yesterday’s awesome Board 11 demonstration (thumbs up, by the way!) we were shown how you can easily choose attributes to filter cubes and entities in the new web-based database designer. Adding a similar function for the non-admin users to use in a capsule would make working with Board even more flexible.…
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Password reset on login screen
Might be a helpful addition to provide users a password reset option on the login screen if they forget their password. Several of our users have forgotten their passwords and it requires them to wait for an administrator to go in a reset the password for them.
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Clear cube applied on groups
It would be useful if the Clear cube function can be applied to cubes groups.
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"Total locked by" on subtotals also
It would be nice if the total locked by option works on subtotals also. I see it works on grand total only. thanks
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Highlight the row of the focused cell for data entry simplification
Hi, when you have a large report where few columns have data entry option and you move through the cells with arrow keys, sometimes is difficult to see on which entity you are writing a value. It would be nice to have an option that highlight the entire row (or only the row heading) of the focused cell.
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Understand numbers with special characters
Overview When loading data through ASCII data readers, I have run into challenges with special characters in numeric fields not loading. Dollar signs and commas are the most frequent. BOARD does not understand that $12,345.67 is a number. I have to add string manipulation steps in ETL to parse out the dollar sign and…
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Blur Other Objects
After reviewing some of the e-learning materials, I noticed how the videos blur the background while text is the focus of the video. From a visual perspective, it draws the eye exactly to the text, removing distractions from view. We already have a property to hide objects, but I would like to be able to focus attention…
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Disable "edit layout" by report
Hi, i would like the "edit layout" option to be active only in specific reports. In fact often the option in security level is too restrictive, because we need to freeze specific reports for complexity reasons but mostly for SECURITY reasons (many times we are obligated to set a specific FILTER for security reason and we…
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Extract geographic coordinates from map chart
THE IDEA I would like to suggest that the ability to capture the latitude and longitude position of the mouse pointer be incorporated into the MAP chart object. The pointer position is already displayed dynamically in the bottom left hand corner of a map chart but as an Easting and Northing coordinate and is not available…
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Broadcast function to send SMS
Currently BOARD can send alerts to email via the broadcast capability, could this be extended to allow the sending of alerts via SMS? I haven't fully researched but a quick google suggests that there are a number of subscription services for redistributing an email to an SMS that may work. Does the community think this…
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Home Screen - Screen Triggers disabled
Idea: Enable the Screen Triggers function to operate in Home Screen. Reason: The screen triggers function - allowing procedures/actions to be completed when opening or closing a screen - is used extensively on other screens, and would be useful to allow this function to work on Home screen also. Is there a reason why it…
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Multi Instance feature for BOARD 10.5.0
One very useful feature of BOARD desktop is the ability to run a multiple instance of the client using the same licence. This allows DEVs to open and compare the same model or work on various models simultaneously. This feature is used extensively and daily by me and my team. I understand that this feature will not be…
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Enterprise Ready - Active Directory Check vor AD-Users from AD Groups
Hi guys, in big organisations I often have the issue, that the whole user Management is done via Active Directory. It's great how to easily add users to BOARD via a Windows AD Group. But as time goes on, People Switch the Departments, and also move on in the AD-Groups. I know it might be an issue to "just" delete the…
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Provide several security / DB profiles per user
Context See Improving security management through easier maintenance of profiles Issue In a newly integrated company we have a specific organization when the same team is responsible for both a worldwide perimeter on a product category, and a country perimeter for all products. They want all the team to have access to the…
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Breakpoint & Procedure Debugger
Hi everybody, I'd like to share an idea for an improvement which will be helpful for Board consultants and developers. When we try to debug a procedure, looking for issues or investigating unexpected behaviour, we usually place breakpoint in critical steps in order to evaluate the results of dataflows, active selections,…
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Show grand total on top of dataview
Hi Community, more than once I have been asked by clients to display the Grand Total as the first row of a dataview. Since there is the option to change the horizontal alignment of the row totals (see screenshot below), maybe another option could be implemented to choose the location of the Grand Total? At least in larger…
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Chart object: allow alerting (colour) based on an another block
1. What is the idea? It is to allow for the Chart object (both in Windows and web Client if possible) the same option as the already available option in a dataview. (Layout > Data > block x > Alert > option "use another block as value") To my mind, there is no such options for charts currently (version 10.1.4) 2. What…
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Logfile in version 10 contains unnecessary warnings concerning zero values
The new data Reader logfile in Version 10 contains unnecessary warnings concerning zero values (see screenshot below). It is not possible anymore to see the real ERRORS at first sight. You first have to load the logfile to Excel an to filter the data. This is very uncomfortable for our Clients and a lot of them have…
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Select library
Many times happens that the same Select, involving more indipendent entities, have to te applied to many screens or procedure actions. E.g. in sales area most reports have selection on a region (tree site), extracompany customers (on tree customer), finished goods (on tree product). It would be nice to have the possibility…
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Embedded numeric data in text,using MS Word Add-In
It would be useful if it was possible to embed a numeric value into a piece of text in MS Word, where the value is based on a Layout. So for example in the screen shot below I have connected to BOARD, clicked on the £23.5k and now would like to click on the Edit icon in order to work on the Layout that has resulted in the…