Platform Q&A
This forum is dedicated to Board platform questions, generally applicable to all members.
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Support for SWITCH formula in algorithms
Hi! I have a use case where I want my algorithm have a different formula based on what row it is in the row axis. I believe I can accomplish this with nested IFs. In excel, the switch formula is a much cleaner version of several nested IFs. Do you think Board would consider adding this to its formula library?
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API Queries Limitation
What is the rule regarding the data limitations of calling a BOARD API to retrieve data, e.g, what is the best approach to handle big datasets without missing out on any data or that the call fails? Is it possible to use paging? I've created some endpoints fail after adding a block q in the layout for no particular reason…
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Feed Feature
We are trying to configure and implement the 'Feed' feature in Board 14. Is there a way that more than 1 person can amend the same piece of 'feed' content? So far separate people have been able to create content, but we cant work out how to amend the content of other admin users e.g. if they were on annual leave for a week
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Drill Through popup : How many rows it can safely handle ?
Hello, Is-there any BOARD tech lead here ? Our users are using the drill through feature towards an SQL server database to see invoice accounting lines on SQL DB. However on some accounts, we have approx. 100 000 lines of invoices to display on the BOARD drill thorugh popup Question : Is the drill-through feature natively…
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How to automate time selection for previous year December in a data view ?
Hi everyone, I’m trying to automate time selection in a report. I currently have a report where the first column shows data for the selected month. For example, if the selected month is 202602 (February 2026), I want to add a second block/column that automatically filters to December of the previous year, so in this…
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Show the Last Month's value even when there's a 12-month screen selection
Hello, Is there any way other than Refer to to get the last month's value when there's a 12-month screen selection active? Example: Jan 2026 to Dec 2026 is active on the screen selection and we want the value for Dec 2026 only for some visuals. We need the 12-month selection for the trend line graphs but we also need the…
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What happens when I don’t have access to a specific cube, but I launch a procedure that uses that cu
Hi, I was reading about cube visibility in the manual, and I want to understand what happens if I run a procedure that uses a cube I don’t have access to. Will the procedure stop at that step? or jump to the next step? How i can notice this?
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Flexgrid - Formula working when unhidden blocks
Hi, anybody aware or have a solution for Flexgrid. When i have blocks unhidden calculation for color alert works if they blocks are hidden the color alert calculation doesnt work anymore. any ideas? br, Maik
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How to increase the height of the data view table
I need to increase the height of the table, but i am not able to do it , i am just able to increase the column width. Is there any method. Please give me the solution for this.
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I am not able to see this black Down arrow in my training instance. What could be the issue?
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Entity Order change
Hi Team, I am have a entity Eg: Code: 1 2 3 4 Final Now I have to add new members after 4th members 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Final i added the new members and used custom sort by option and moved the final member to bottom. Is this process cause any issue?
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Feature request - 1st Half and 2nd Half as options in Time Functions
I imagine it's not just me that would find this extremely helpful, but if the Time functions had the option of 1st half and 2nd half, and the ability to choose that for fiscal year, that would be amazing. Is there a more formal way of requesting for features for Board?
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Difficulties with using Flex Grid to compare data on different entities
Good day, I would like to ask for some help regarding how to compare cubes with different dimensionalities in Flex Grid. Use case: we have a system running salary calculations. We have FTEs in one cube, dimensioned by Month, Cost center, Employee. We have actual Salaries in another cube dimensioned by Month, Cost center,…
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Difference between numbers
Hi how can i calculate the difference between the values highlighted same color? in the end it should a week over week difference. I tried with nexel but the result doesn't make sense. The date in columns is changing everyday fyi. thanks maik
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Validation Rule on Detailed-By Data Entry Not Matching Total from Another Cube
Hi everyone, I’m facing an issue with a validation rule on a data entry that uses a detailed by dimension. I would like to create a validation rule that checks whether the total of this detailed-by data entry is equal to a value coming from another cube within the same layout. I tried adding the cube directly in the form…
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Can not Access Data model Security Of Data Model
to be honest, I got a pop-up message error when i access Data model Security function of Data Model. if this case happened somewhere , please help me to identify root cause and solution to fix
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Trigger send email notification after running procedure with log
We are triggering Board procedure as part of the nightly process that runs every day to update data. Is there any way we can trigger last step to send out email to recipients about completion of procedure with including log
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Disable Drill Down Setting does not work for Cartesian charts
Hello, We are experiencing an issue with the Disable Drill Down setting in Cartesian Charts where it is not saving when you tick the checkbox. When the changes are saved and then the browser is refreshed, it resets the setting and still allows you to drill down. Is this a bug and is there any workaround? Thanks!
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Unexpected Behaviour: Data Entry with Pattern Base Allocation
Good day everybody! I’m experiencing an unexpected behavior with Pattern Based Allocation (PBA) in a Data View. I’m using PBA to enter a value at an aggregated level into a target cube (initially empty) and allocate it down to a more granular level using another cube with the same structure (driver cube). The issue is that…
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Call Procedure- Unable to open capsule procedure
Hi Team, we have call procedure step in open trigger procedure. while running this procedure we have faced issue it is showing error "Cannot load the procedure try to open the procedure with the editor and save it again" and when we try to open procedure it is continuously loading. Not only this procedure few other…
