Platform Q&A
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Read Only cubes and data readers
If a cube is read only as configured on the Database Security for a database profile is it so that in a procedure that clears will work (clearing all cube data regardless of entity access the user may have) but that data reader will not load anything into the cube? We are seeing this behavior but somehow I'm surprised by…
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Excel DATE and EDATE functions
Hi, Do the Excel "DATE (YEAR, MONTH, DAY)" and EDATE functions work in Data Flow in Board - I tried, but it does not return any values. The cube is just empty - looks like Board is just ignoring any calculation using these functions.
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Automatic Download of Reports
Hello all, we are searching for a conclusion/function to download a capsule (a report on different screens) in excel and pdf on a regular base automatically in a great/defined format. It is one thing that the reports are now perfect dynamically ready but in some cases we would like to store them for documentation,…
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Screen Navigation with Procedure breaks Pager
Applying data selection to screen via procedure breaks default pager functionality. Example; I have a pager which defaults to the current period/month. I have a button which activates a procedure which does the following: - Remove Tree (Month) - Selection (some P&L item filtering) - Go to Screen - Apply data selection to…
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Log-File in case of "Reload cubes"
Dear all, we want to clean up our entities. Therefore I have created two procedures, one is extracting all data from the cubes and emptying the specific entities. The second procedure will then load all the entities and reload the cubes. During the reload cubes procedure I noticed, that I already get some rejections. Is…
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Nexel Writeback Configuration
Hi all, I was wondering if anyone could please explain what do the two settings below control when enabling Nexel Writeback and in which order do we select them. As per the Board Help Guide: Nexel Write Back Command : it executes the Nexel Action in Data Entry mode paging throughout all the dimensions of the target cube…
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Intermittent Procedure Failures - 10.6 - Windows Client
Hello, I am wondering if anyone else is having any problems with intermittent procedure failures in version 10.6 as seen in the screenshot below. The procedure works most of the time but these failures continue to occur. The procedure is very simple: It is more or less Go To Screen > Apply Selection to Screen > Refresh…
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I can't seem to change a cube in the web client?
I am using 10.5 on the web and when looking at a dataview I cant seem to edit a cube but I can add new ones in and delete other ones? Am I missing something obvious?
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Rename Drill Through columns
Dear all, I would kindly ask you if it is possible to rename columns name in Drill Through. As the picture attached below you could see that some columns have Column1, Column2..., these are the fields corresponding to the entities meanwhile Conto Contabile, QtaEvadibile... are data fields. BOARD allows me to add "AS" on…
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Navigating from one capsule to a specific screen in another capsule
Hi All, I am trying to find a way to navigate from one capsule (A) to another capsule (B) but instead of landing on the default screen of capsule B I want to navigate to a specific screen within that capsule. Currently I have built a procedure that uses 'Go to capsule' and then 'Go to screen' but since I am in capsule A…
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Review process for Idea : Feedback
Hello fellow Board community member and Board Employee, TL;DR : We need more official feedback on ideas! I know about the post linked at the end and that there is Board program - which I forgot the name of - for early adopted/beta test. Regardless, it's very disheartening to post idea in the forum at the moment. One of…
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Office add in for Office 2016/2019
Hello all, the IT department in our company will update the Microsoft Office to the Version ...2016 or ...2019. We have the Board Version v10.1.4. The clients are connected with the web client. Is the office add in from Board compatible with this office versions? Thanks in advance Stefan Batalia
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values mismatch in layout settings and dashboard ?
Hello all, I have report which works absolutely fine in Desktop version but if the same is opened from web version the values do not match , however if we open the Layout in web version the values displayed are correct again.... see the screenshot below.. This layout , cell highlighted in yellow displays wrong values…
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user filter
Hi, Is it possible for a user to save his filter settings? We have users here who have to need to make the same filter selection every time they open a report, for example, they want to filter select a couple of departments. So they prefer to save the filter selection and next time they open the report they can restore the…
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Label : display entity code instead of name
Dear all, I'm trying to display an entity selection in a label. This entity is set to display the descrition by defaut. @Entity then displays the description of the members. I've tried seleral things having a look at board online help, like: @MYENTITY(Display="Code") @Selection_Ex(Entity="MYENTITY", Display="Code") Nothing…
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Prevent DataView Hamburger Menu from Auto Expanding
Is there any way to stop the hamburger menu in the top-left corner of the menu from auto-expanding when you click on a cell in the table? It's really annoying and invasive. The menu is there. I know it's there. If I want to use it, I will click on it
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How to migrate user's presentations from 10.3 to 10.5.1 ?
Dear community, did anyone try to migrate from 10.3 to 10.5.1 with the new capsule format, and what was the impact on the user's presentations ? Does it break everything ? Or is there any workaround to maintain them ? Since the path changes (.bpcs instead of bpsx) I guess the reference stored in the presentation changes,…
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print multiple pages
Hi, In the web client, it is now very easy to build a report, however, we have reports which contain a data view with a scrollbar because it doesn't fit on one page e.g. a profit and loss report with a couple of hundred GL accounts. If you make a report then you will only get a page with maybe the first 50 GL Lines. How…
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How can I print/export several data views from one screen to one page/one tab?
Hello, I have a screen with several data views and would like to be able to print the entire screen on one page or be able to extract it in Excel on one tab rather than several? Is this possible in BOARD at all? I am using version 10.5. Many thanks, Franzi
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How To Add New Entity Members From Data View On HTML5 Client
To enable users to insert new entity member without letting them access the databade, I used to enable the option insert new member from the settings of a data view. This option then allowed me to click on the insert member button at the top left corner of the data view and then insert the new entity member as shown here…
