Platform Q&A
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Data Reader RUN button greyed out
Hi, any idea why the RUN button in Data Reader would be greyed out? Since I didn't receive an error message I don't see the issue. I have copied it from another Data reader which works fine.
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Numbered Axis
Is there a way to number the axis similar to an excel spreadsheet? Maybe I am missing something, but I cannot find any details on this in the reference manual or on here.
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How block in layout display decimal value when tagged as Numeric vs Text
I am working on 14.2 and have come across a strange behaviour how the system is displaying decimal values when a block is tagged as Numeric vs Text. The Layout has YoY Change% displayed as 3 blocks, one is marked as Numeric while the other is marked as text. The block marked as text changes the decimal point to a comma.…
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How to proceed with the installation of Board virtual environment?
Hi! I'm currently on training for L3 product support and doing Level 200. I downloaded Setup WebHTML5 and Setup Server After installing the 2 documents on the image, I got this screen: Do we have to start the service or do we have to install a previous license in order to proceed? Thanks in advance!
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Color blind color set
Hi, is there any functionality to adjust color for color blind people?
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Board 14.2 vs. Board 12.5
Hi there, do you have an easy overview what the changes are between the newest version of Board and 12.5 for a front end user? thanks, Maik
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Saving @Selection_Ex() result
Hi all, We are working on new functionalities for cost allocations, where we will need to store the explicit selection made by the user. This selection can be done on 1, 2 or 3 different trees, containing up to 30 entities each. I don't want to store the resulting selection at the lowest level of the allocation driver…
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Data Flow divide dynamically
Hi all, has anybody an idea how to dynamically divide in a dataflow ? The above is basically "Cube divided by number of months in the past minus 1". getting the month from today minus - 1 doesn't do the trick. Thanks , maik
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Can the file extracted from a BLOB procedure be renamed after the extract process ?
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Pacer vs. Selector
Hi there, I have a screen in which I have a pacer which is filtering months. I created a procedure that should apply the filtered month to the next screen. However it doesn't do it. Therefore am I correct that you need to have a selector always when you want to screen selections in a procedure? Thanks, Maik
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What is the best-practice approach for data entry on multiple years per tab?
Scenario: (Board 12.6) Screen selection 18 months: (October 2025 - March 2027) 3 tabs (2025 / 2026 / 2027), in each of which only the corresponding months should be ready for input Is there an alternative to an algorithm that multiplies the data by a month cube and stores the data input inversely? Cube A (Month): 2025: 1…
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Conecction failed S2
Hi Today, I tried to open s2 (development), and it says that the connection failed. Where can I check this connection? Any idea why the other two platforms run normally and this one doesn't? Thanks
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Images Carousel
Has anyone ever made an image carousel? And if so, how have you done?
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Connection Board to Azure fabric - cloud SQL DB
Hi We have Board on Azure cloud supported by Board. We are moving from our old ERP solution to MS Dynamics 365. The data will be moved from Dynamics to the MS data model and to Azure Fabric – cloud. Are there any others that have made the connection from Board to Azure Fabric? We are struggling to get the connection to…
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Radius search for map object
Hello everybody, does anybody has experience or an idea for a radius search on a map object? Means, to type/select a radius on a selected article on the map and draw a circle/select all the customer in this radius. It is to show the salesman which articles has potential to be sold more in this range. Feel free to give…
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Color Alert on data view object with multiple entities by row.
I am attempting to apply a color alert to the data view below. While the color alert successfully highlights certain rows, it does not apply to rows that support drill-down functionality. Instead, the alert is only triggered at the second level, once the row is expanded. How can I ensure that the color alert is also…
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Drill to screen Selection
Hi, We have the following dataview, where we have three entities: Products in rows and Months and Roles in columns. We have enabled a Drill to screen to allow user to navigate to a second screen with a similar table, where the detail by subproduct is displayed in rows. But, when we double click on a cell and navigate to…
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Creating a PDF with Multiple Reports from Various Selections
How can I create a PDF export combining multiple reports, each with different data selections? For example, I need to generate 10 instances of the same report, with each instance showing data based on a different jurisdiction. I want to ensure that the original formatting and objects are preserved in the final PDF. I am…
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Experience with two time-entities in one Cube and data entry
Hello everyone, for our budget planning we would like to create a report with this setup With the standard time entities this setup is not possible, since month and year are on one branch of the entitytree. For other purposes we created a custom month-entity which groups all the same months (all Januaries, all…
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Connect Board To Snowflake
Hi All, The Snowflake connector in the data pipeline can be used to connect to Board for transferring data from Board to Snowflake? Thank you. Sy
