Platform Q&A
This forum is dedicated to Board platform questions, generally applicable to all members.
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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…
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Unbalanced Heirachy - Loading data into Parent without data in child entity members
Hi Team, We have Unbalanced hierarchy and we want to load the data into parent without data in child. eg: Here we have to load the data into Member 1.3 without data in child members 1.31 and 1.32. Member 1 Member 1.2 Member 1.3 1.31 1.32 Member 1.4 we have tried different ways but if we disabled the unbalanced hierarchy we…
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manage what SVG maps show
Hi, i was able to make the svg map running. But now I am confused because I dont know how to mange what it shows in the screen. It shows things like alarm Color and so on. How can I define what I want to show? Thank you
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Override security when displaying data in a bar graph
Hello, Is there a different way of overriding security other than the "Refer to"? We are trying to display all Business Units in a bar graph which means we need to override the security for all users. This allows them to compare their values to other Business units. Using "Refer to" to show all BUs in a bar graph means…
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sql data reader step is not working in procedure whereas it is running manually
There are bunch of data readers which i have ported along with some cubes and procedures , so everything is fine except the calling sql data reader step in procedure , it is throwing an error and going to error group whereas manually it is running perfectly, can any body help with this. please find the error from the logs.
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Board 14.5 - Flex grid Code + Description concatenation
Notice that in Dataview, and everywhere else, the concatenation of Code and Description is separated by just a blank space. But in the flexgrid, it uses a hyphen. Can this be fixed in a patch? It makes things cumbersome when you're trying to compare things in an Excel export, you have to manipulate the data to do proper…
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Cannot reconfigure the Board 14 Mailer service under IIS
Hello, I have a Board on-premise instance (V14.4) running on a Azure virtual machine (operating system: Microsoft Windows Server 2016 Datacenter) using Microsoft IIS. The server is running well (thanks these instructions https://community.board.com/discussion/17975/how-to-setup-microsoft-iis-with-board-14-web-server ) and…
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Location of the log file when the new entity members added in On-Prem
Hi, Can anyone help me to find the log file that contains the timestamp of the new entity member added in On-prem. Please provide me the exact file name and path of that file. Thank you for your help
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Enabling Dataset download to a file for User
Hey Everyone, Has anyone ever enabled a user to download a dataset to their system/PC? They are on a cloud instance of Board, and the data is coming from one specific cube, but the extract procedure places it in the shared drive, and I can't use the extract from data view because the cube has too many entities. Would…
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Capsule permissions
In the Ressources i found the Documantation for the Folder Securities, but how can i manage the access to Capsules on the Top Level? We have some capsules on the same level as Folders… but in the security section i can only select Folders:
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Drill Down layout configuration.
Dear Peers, I hope you all are well. I am working on the Board 14.5 bugs right now. I want to configure the layout which opens when I drill down on a column in data view. There are multiple entities in Axes, I want to make it flatten group to make the view easy to work with. Please help as I am unable to find this option.…
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Dynamic Header on Dataview
My client using Board 14.2. Is there any possibility to do some Dynamic Header on Data view. Such as, if cube a<30,"XXX","YYY". I tried to put the formula on Header, but the visibility of the Header on Play Mode still the formula itself.
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Funcitionality Board Add IN
Hello, I have a question regarding the office add-In for excel. I tried to recreate a report in excel. In the screen selection, the entities "Kostenträger" and "Sachkonten" are already excluded in BOARD. However, when I exclude "Kostenträger" via the sheet selection in the add‑in, I’m not able to exclude any additional…
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different number types and Totals
Hi there, 2 questions in one post. I have multiple entities which need a different number formatting. eg. Days don't need decimals while the rates yes. share rows should show a % sign at the end. Any idea how i can manage that? can i do it through rules somehow? second question - Totals don't make sense any idea how i can…
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Breakpoints for a regular User
Hello, Are breakpoints supposed to be ignored for a user with a regular User license? I'm trying to investigate a Procedure that fails when running as a User, but not as an Admin. Can't find any documentation regarding this. Thank you
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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…
