Platform Q&A
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Custom Time Entity
Hello, I am looking for the best solution to define a custom time entity. For example, I would like to select: last 3 completed months, last 6 months, and last 12 months. The goal is to see the same cube three times in a data view with the respective reference to the 3,6,12 closed months. The whole thing should be…
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Backup Procedure Fails
Backup Procedure Fails when we give the custom path to customized path (NAS). this path can access from the server and the backups are able to run to the same path from Board 12.6 but am unable to do same from the Board 14. Can you share your inputs if anyone know the solution. I have compared the config files in both…
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Drill Down / Anywhere Configuration Best Practice (Code + Description)
We have a Profit Statement Report that has Reporting Account by row (1st screenshot). It is currently configured to only show Description for this entity, and we do not want to change it to Code + Description for internal reasons. However, we want to give users the ability to drill down / anywhere into the following three…
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Transition container not showing dataview with yearly cumulative value. Potential bug?
Hi Board Community, When using a Transition Container, a Data View configured with Yearly Cumulative Value (YCV) behaves inconsistently between modes. In Design mode, the YCV Data View sometimes displays values correctly. However, in Play mode, the same Data View renders completely blank. Other Data Views within the same…
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ALM Transporter Package flags procedures that haven't been changed
Hi, We have recently upgraded to 14.5 (Revision 0.0.447261) in our on-prem environment, and we are experiencing an anomaly with how the transporter package works. When we compare two environments, we are getting flags for procedures that have not been changed. The log for all of these cases just says "Steps". We know for a…
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Flex grid /Data view updates?
Hi! Is there a post or discussion around upcoming Flex Grid updates? A few quality of life things I’d appreciate: divide by block header substitution formulas Column header wrap text Row totals and column totals (this is the most common question I get when walking planners through a flex grid object) And then, on the flip…
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Struggling with the REST API
Hi, I would like to use the REST API in Board to access it outside of Board. We are currently still using version 12.6.2.88217, but will soon be updating to Board 14.5. We have an on-premises installation. I have read the following documentation on this topic: https://help.board.com/docs/the-api-queries-section…
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SAML on premise
We use Board on premise and want to use SAML. For the Web-Client it works fine, but we are struggeling with the SAML activation for the office plug in. I can't find any decent documentation.
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export a dataset to a location other than the C or Z drive
Hello, Do you know if it is possible to export a dataset from a CSV file to a location other than the C or Z drive? My goal is to send a CSV file directly to a data warehouse on another cloud. Thank you for your response.
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Summary parameter "Last" doesnt reflect at higher levels
Hello All, We have data at Weeks which will roll up to Months and further to Quarter, Half Year and Full Year. We have a requirement to show the "Closing Stock" as the Last value. The Data view has all the periods in Row Axis (Not Flattened). We have tagged the Closing Stock block's Summary as Last. The data shows up…
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What is the purpose of "Position Changes" in the Data Model Transporter?
We recently executed a backup and restore of our core data model from production to non-production. Everything was aligned momentarily; However, as soon as we developed a couple new objects (cubes, rules, entity formats), the data model comparison tool exploded to show several hundred changes between environments. Of the…
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Board 14: selector issue
Hello, Following the upgrade to v14 I have the following issue: I have a selector based on CFI-valeur unbalanced hiearchy which is in relationthip with Etablissement [Enrichi] , as below: My selector is setup like this: With an admin role I see the selection as I expect (though I don't understand why it displays one parent…
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smart object not displying file upload
Hello, We have a smartobject with the file upload option check but the file upload option doesn't display (we are doing tests under 14.5): Is there another configuraiton to activate ? thank you!
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Writing data from a ROLAP cube to the Data Warehouse via procedure does not work
I am struggling with an issue in BOARD BI version 14.4 related to writing data from a ROLAP cube into a Data Warehouse table using a procedure, and I hope someone can point me in the right direction. I have a standard (non-ROLAP) measure cube that is correctly populated via a procedure. The value is calculated correctly…
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Flexgrid - Column groupings disappear when I choose multiple Fiscal Years
I have Board 14.5 Column groupings work when I'm just looking at FY25 for example: Column groups in pivot mode are: Fiscal Year → Quarter → Month But as soon as I choose FY24 and FY25, the < or > to ungroup or group disappear, and everything is displayed by month with no options to group.
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“Detail by” algorithm
I have Board 14.5 and a question about if datablock a, b, and c all have the exact same “Detail By” breakout, but c is an algorithm = a - b, is it possible to have c be side by side with a and b? So using “Detail By” for both datablocks A and B, displays details side by side which is what I want, not to display all details…
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Selection in screens with multi-data-models
We have a requirement where a single screen needs to display data views that are based on different data models. The problem is that users have to apply the same selection multiple times (for example: select the year → Data Model 1, and then again select the year → Data Model 2). Is there any workaround for this? One idea…
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B14: Where to configure which options will be available in the contextual menu in Play mode?
In B12 it was possible to configure which options will be available in the contextual menu in Play mode, but I can't find where its possible to do in B14. See the picture how it used to look like in B12.
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RANK Function Nexel
I have country names in the columns and individual products in the rows. My cube returns the number of products sold per country. Now I want it to return, for each product, the rank for country X (only for country X; the other countries are not relevant here). I have reached the point where I can use the RANK formula.…
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Flexgrid “Functions & Formulas” pane
We have Board 14.5, but I still don’t see this pane. https://youtu.be/99bbLkeP0Hg?si=hDyJgpSu_vjnhXWe in this promotional video, minute 1:12 they show “Functions & Formulas”. Do you know when this feature will be available for flexgrid? Is this enabling users to do formulas on the fly similar to how you would in Excel?
