Platform Q&A
This forum is dedicated to Board platform questions, generally applicable to all members.
Please select 'Yes' if a response answers your question to better identify possible resolutions.
-
licencing area
where is the licencing area on board.com ?
-
Column size
Hello, I am a french administrator. I only used Board via the software and we now want to migrate and only use the Web client. My question is the following : how can I change the size of the columns for my differents screens? It is unreadable Thank you, ------------------------------ Abderahman ZAKARIA Contrôleur de…
-
Extract / import blob Cube
Dear Community - this question is coming from @Oliver Etterli, can anyone help? We are using a specific blob cube to save excel files on it. I created a procedure to extract the cube to a specific folder. It saves the normal txt. file and also the uploaded excel files. Now I want to import the cube (in our case from the…
-
Generic Quarter
Hello, We need to set up a Generic Quarter custom time entity and I have followed steps used for a Generic Month setup. I exported the quarters cube and read back to assign the 28 real quarters we are tracking to the four generic quarters I have defined. However, when I go to use Generic Quarter in a layout axis the error…
-
How to Copy Formatting Setting from a Dataview in Board Web Client
Hey Guys, I need to rebuild a bunch of dataviews in the transition to the web client. In order to save a bunch of time I am wondering if there is a way to copy all the formatting settings (Column width, position, font size etc) from an existing dataview in the web client. Thanks, Dylan Fitzmaurice…
-
Performance Testing for Applications Developed in Board
Hi All, Could you please share your experience in Performance Testing of the applications developed in Board? What tools were you using, how you executed it, any other relevant information etc. Much appreciated! Thanks and best regards, Verica ------------------------------ Verica Milanovic Delivery Manager ALITE…
-
merge data from multi data source
Hello I want to merge data from multi data source. the replace option in datareader clear the Infocube cells so not suitable for import multi data source. I have two cubes, 'tmp' and 'data'. I made the data reader loading data from data source to 'tmp'. and I made the data flow procedure. Datail is the following, block A:…
-
Unable to display at the same time the split per month and the last month selected ?
Hello all, We are trying to migrate our reports from our previous FP&A software to Board and are facing an issue with a requirement which seems to be basic : The requirement of our management is always the same on nearly all their screens : * 1. The user should be able to SELECT the month he want to see (eg April) * 2.…
-
"Export data to excel in flattening mode" missing from dataview menu
Hi guys, Need help. I am using v9.1.0. How come I don't see "export data to excel in flattening mode" option when I do right click? Is there some settings I need to do in server? TIA!
-
SQL load, error log
Hello All I get rejected items while loading data from a SQL table. I have ticked the log file option but I cannot see where the log file is saved (Using BOARD 11 - Cloud) I looked at the logs on the board cloud administration portal but cannot see anything under SQL logs. When I load from flat file it generates the log…
-
NEXEL on Web
We recently upgraded to 10.6 and I had a dataview with a lot of cell based deep entity nexel formulas, pulling from other columns (blocks). I accidentally deleted an entity member. On re-adding the member I can not find how to re-add the nexel formulas associated with it. This was very easy in the client version. How do…
-
Design reports: formula for "Right" side of a cell
Hi Board Community: I'm designing a report. I have a column of info that has a code like this: 1021981.001.002.003. We call this entity "Subworkplan." I want to create a formula (or algorithm?) that will show me the right 11 cells, of what is in this column. For example, show me 001.002.003 in the above example. In the…
-
How to change the header of a dataview between forecast and actuals
Hello everyone, I am building right now a 3+9, 6+6,... forecast and I want to change the header of the dataview accordingly to forecast and actuals (e.g. 3+9 forecast first 3 months actual, last 9 months forecast). The cube can be the forecast cube for both actuals and forecast. It is just necessary to display the header…
-
How to show Top 11-20 Entity Members
Hi everyone, I have to show the range 11-20 Clients by turnover in a chart. Is there a dynamic way to do that, without a procedure but using layout functionality? Thank you, Chiara ------------------------------ Chiara Fabris Consultant KVALUE SRL Italy ------------------------------
-
Printing a presentation to pdf landscape
Is there a way to change the default orientation when printing a pdf from a presentation? I'd like to use this for our financial package and have to generate paper copies for some of our leaders. ------------------------------ Ian Bradley VP Finance (CFO) T&S Brass and Bronze Works, Inc United States…
-
Dataflow to Cube with Extra Entities
Hello I currently have multiple cubes with specific data that I want to populate into a single cube. The issue is that I want multiple cubes to flow into the single cube and be represented as different entities (e.g Opening balance, closing balance, Inputs, Outputs) I am unable to find a way to Dataflow the 'Inputs cube'…
-
Time function doesn't work
Does anyone know how to deal with the fact that enabling "Time function" does not work? The dimension of sales cube is Month. When time function enabled, the data will be lost. Board version is 10.6.3.40939 Has anyone else had the same problem? And is there a solution? Thanks, Shuyu ------------------------------ Shuyu…
-
Additional calendar in Time Range
Dear All, I'm currently working on a customer context that needs 2 different calendars:* One starting in Jan (FR) * The other one starting in Mar (DE) First, I was wondering if you already met this request and how Board has been set up to deal with:* These 2 calendars (same time range entity? another cube? date cube? make…
-
Code and Description in two different columns
Hi All, I have an entity "Material" with Code = ID and Description = Name. I choosed the option "Display Code&Desc" in my dateview, to display both. When I export the report to excel I get one column with Code and Description together. Is there any possibility to get two separate columns: one for code and one for…
-
moving total column
Hi All, I'm wondering if here would be a possibility to move the total column. I have a report like below: Material | Day1 | Day2 | Total and I need something like this: Material | Total | Day1 | Day2 Is it possible? Thanks! Regards, Lina ------------------------------ Ellina Mnikh Controller Germany…
