Platform Q&A
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Is there a way to only show one direction of procedure link in Impact Analysis
I have managed to semi automate documentation of Procedure to Prodecure Links utilising an extract of the impact analysis. However I am getting duplicated entries due to the impact analysis showing. A—>B B—>A Which makes sense as if I searched on B I would like to see the connection to A and vice versa but is there a way…
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Drill down to multiple screens
Hi all, I hope this message finds you well. I'm reaching out for assistance with a specific report feature I'm trying to implement. I’m aiming to create a dynamic drill-down functionality within my report. Essentially, I want to be able to select a cell from a specific column in my report, which should then navigate to a…
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Setting up Broadcasting feature with a custom-built directory cube followed by a procedure
I'm trying to create a cube with email address, subject, and body filtered by a selection the report offers. Followed by a procedure.
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Ai capabilities
Hello everyone, My manager wanted me to find out if board has Ai capabilities. Something similar to Microsoft copilot. If there's, does the functionality automatically come with a subscription, or clients need to purchase it? Thanks
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Upgrade Board 14.2.2
Hello all, Board writes that you should update to version 14.2.2.. Where can I find this version? On the Update page I find only the Version 14.2.1. Kind regards Stefan Batalia BI Administrator
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YoY Growth Calculation - Dataflow
Hello, I am trying to create a dataflow that would apply a % growth YoY (See example table below with 2% YoY growth). There would be a data entry say on 2025 and then it will trigger the YoY Growth calculation. I tried using the "Period by period recursion" but it is applying the % growth on MoM. Can anyone please help on…
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blob export
Hi, is there a way to export (download) files which are uploaded in my blob cube into to a specific directory trough a procedure? Regards, Jörn
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Dynamic Ranking with Details
Hello, I would like to display a dynamic ranking in a screen. For example, as a master dataview I have the countries with the Nexel RANK function and a selection on a time period. Next to it, a dataview with the customers from this country (also with a ranking). Now I want to display the details of the TOP 1-3 customers in…
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Select All, in Pop up Selectors
Hi, Our users ask if there is a way to select all elements in a Selector pop up. There is the Clear selection on the bottom left corner, but is there somehow a way to select all elements in one click?
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Security Profil - Reset all selection in procedure
Hello, I have for all users a security profil Select User = @User and user meta data on organisations. User Role is a parent of user. On some screens in design mode I have selections (on organisation, periods…), "disabled initial layout" is checked. I try to make a open trigger procedure , according access to the screen or…
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Is it possible to restrict the access to special menu items?
Is it possible to restrict the access to special menu items, e.g. for a special group of users?
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The last version of the Office Add-In wont work
Hello, I just updatet to the last version 14.2.1.1.300300. When I try to connect, I get an error. cod_ref:: 1741807****** here are 6 random numbers After a downgrade to 14.2.1.1.282551 everything works fine. @Board: Please check and fix it. Kind regards, Marco Oerder
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Rule Configuration on Entity in a Relationship
We have a rule that consolidates P&L accounts into calculated reporting accounts (GP, SG&A, etc.) and it is configured by the lowest level of an entity relationship (child). However, we use its parent in the axes and I'm curious to know if that will break anything in the display of the rule since the manual states that the…
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YoY Growth
I am creating an application where I have to show YoY growth of every expense present in dataview. What's the best approach I can perform to add YoY growth percent below every expense without adding that member in the entity already used. Attaching the screenshot for the reference.
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Layout exceeds rows limit
All, I have a layout with 12 blocks. It is an algorithm block that is causing an error. a. Text Block b. MID(a,2, 30) It is the block with the MID formula causing an issue. When the algorithm block is marked as numeric, the layout works fine and shows 0 in the column. But when it is changed to Text, I get the below error.…
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Data Entry with a Select in Layout
Hello, Is there a workaround on the issue of enabling Data Entry when Select is used in layout (see picture)? I wanted to select only specific members of an Entity for users to enter data. I don't want to show all the members of the Entity as they are many and we are only expecting input against a specific number of Entity…
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How to manage leap years in a dataview?
Imagine a dataview displaying a sales-related cube: the first column represents the current sales values, while the second corresponds to the previous year's (PY) sales values. I want to compare sales from January and February 2025 with those from the same months in 2024. However, the PY data is incorrect because Board…
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YoY Growth Calculation
I want to calculate the YoY growth of every expense mentioned in the cube and want to show it in the dataview. attached the screenshot of the view I want to show in the screen.
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How to increase time out time for the Excel Add-In
We have a large report, when running this in Board itself, it takes quite a while, but all opens up fine. When we try to refresh the same report using the Excel Add-In, it gives us various errors. We believe this is due to the time out time not being long enough. Would anyone know how to increase this time?
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Heading/Legend clean up
Hi All! I am trying to clean up a cartesian chart where switch row/column is enabled in the data pane. Here's my Layout Editor below. I just want to get rid of the "operating income" text after the heading; this shows up in both legend and bar names. "operating income" is coming from the layout select: Here I use a…
