Platform Q&A
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Data Model Snapshot - Environment Type Incorrect
I noticed when creating snapshots of my data models in the production site that the Environment is listed as "Dev" and not "Platform." The instance is correct for the production site and I confirmed on our admin portal that the Instance Type is Platform, however it's showing as Dev in the Data model snapshot. I can get…
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How can I flag all periods between 2 dates?
Hi, I need to load some discount values from a table in SQL but the table does not have a month column. Instead, we have 2 separate columns; for Start Date and End Date. In normal circumstances, I would just take the last value from each of these dates and subtract the two lists, leaving me with the period between being…
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Top-down flagging in one data layout, on any level
I am wondering if anyone can give me tips on how to flag members of an unbalanced hierarchy (or a regular hierarchy if it would work with that) in one data layout. The client would like to use an unbalanced hierarchy, and just select something on top level and have that pushed down to lower levels. I would like to know the…
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Accessibility: font size
Hi Board, I am looking for some accessibility tips. A client of ours has an issue where most users are happy with the current fonts our Board solution works with, but they have some users who have issues because the fonts are too small for them and they can't see them. Simply using the browser built-in functionality of…
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How to track flexgrid layouts performance in the logs ?
Hi all, everything is in the title, I'm looking for a way to monitor the performance of flexgrid layouts in B14 the way we do it for dataview layouts, but I did not find anything in the logs so far. Any idea? Thanks, Etienne
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Recursion - Loop
Hello Guys Is there a way that we can execute a recursion logic in board for example, for the productnumber ADVE0001, we are looking for conversion from ctn to kg, so we need to look for the fromunitsymbol where it is ea and tounitssymbol = kg, this is the simplest scenario from CTN to ea and ea to kg It could have been…
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shortcut key ">"Value is not reflected
When using the Board cell input shortcut key ">", There is an issue where the value is not reflected in the cell to the right of the input cell. Please tell me the solution.
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Use Procedure to dynamic select value for LAYOUT
Hi BOARD Team, I understand we can use procedure to achieve dynamic selection for Data Block reference. Can I do the same to make a selection to LAYOUT? Thanks
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Hide blank records when Data Blocks alignment is Vertical
Hi Board Team, Normally, we will use the FILTER to hide blank records. But once I changed the Data Block ALIGNMENT to vertically, the filter is not working any more. How can I hide blank records when Data Block alignment is vertical? Thanks My Axis properties are NOT selected as Show all. Thanks a lot
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Custom Time Entity
Hello Friends, I have a requirement and wanted to know how to approach it according to board best practices. I have a requirement whereby during the year i have two student intake namely April and October. Example ; Current Year 2024, April 2024 and October 2024 are my two intakes. I need to split the April intake sales…
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UI Layout creation
HI We have a requirement of having UI display with multiple dimensions of Product hierarchy (Vertical), Measures Vertical and Multiple dimensions of Calendar hierarchy (Horizontal) with collapse/expend both horizontally and vertically and editability feature. we also want to see Metrix at every product and calendar…
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D365 Data Connector Security
Hello friends, Wanted to know if any of you is using the D365 dataconnector to connect to Board and how you are doing it. I understand that the dataconnector allows for read/write on D365 which may pose a security issue. Anyone of you who has succeeded in having a connection with read access only on D365 (Database…
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Can I specify the position of data label and change the color?
Hi BOARD team, I had a chat as following with primary axis (Bar) and secondary axis (line). I choose to show data label for both. At some months, those two numbers will overlap. Can I force the data label for the bar showing inside the Bar? Can I choose color for the data label? It seems like it is only default to black.…
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Many -to - Many
Hello, Is there a way to get around a many-to-many type relationship in board? I know bridge table concept……. However, it doesn't seem to help in my case. Thanks in advance
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French characters (accent) displaying as symbols
Hello Friends, We are currently facing issues with uploading of data which french accent caracters Cedilla (ç) Acute accent (é) Circumflex (â, ê, î, ô, û) Grave accent (à, è, ù) Trema (ë, ï, ü) The accents are converted into strange symbols which should not be the case. How do we overcome this issue. Thanks
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Selection of values in a block based on another block
I would like to offer the following functionality and wonder if achieving it in Board is possible. As per below table, for each line item the user would categorise the line item with an object Type in block b. This is a block of type entity where user selects the object type from the dropdown. Based on the selection made…
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I need help to configure my GCR Application
I have pasted the capsules and clicked on "Version#".Then I clicked on the reset application button in GCR Admin capsule.Now when i click on "import" none of my entity gets loaded.Can somebody share easy step by step guides for GCR configuration.I have been struggling for a month.
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Smart Import trigger procedure - how to select based on the items present in the import ?
Hi all, I'm faced with an interesting issue when using Smart Import. We have setup an object so that users can import values from an Excel file. This is in addition to a screen where they can enter manually the values. In the basic data entry screen (based on layout then), there is a trigger which executes a currency…
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Fiscal Year month
Dear Team, We have a scenario where our fiscal year starts in July and ends in June example July 2023 - June 2024. When we define the quarter in Board, the mapping for quarter is done correctly . Boards maps the calendar year to the quarter We require same for the yearmonth. Is it possible In below snapshot, instead of…
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Please tell me how to change the name of the time entity
Hi. I'm Japanese. Sorry for my bad English. I created a new DB using Board14. If the "Time range" is more than 11 years, the name cannot be changed from the time entity screen. The error message "Max item number cannot be decremented below the minimum allowed number" is displayed. Please tell me how to change the name of…
