Platform Q&A
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Button or Switch for Difference and % Variance Calc
Hi all, I would like a button or selector that gives the user the ability to switch between difference and variance. Any idea how to approach it? Thanks Maik
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Is it possible to configure UK number format in BOARD
I have requirement by which i need to implement thousand seperators just like in UK number system. For example - if i have a value as 1019443. In UK format it should appear as 1,019,443.But in BOARD currently it appears as 10,19,443. Can i set the number format in BOARD also to 1,019,443
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Drill Through - ERROR [HY000] [Oracle][ODBC][Ora]ORA-00920: invalid relational operator?
PLEASE HELP I've spent weeks trying to solve this drill through issue. I'm trying to Drill through a dataview using the following entities: Month Reporting Cost centre Account Originally i could get the drill through to produce results for reporting cost centre and Account correctly but not filtered correctly on the rightā¦
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Cannot Access File
Hello Everybody, I need your help for this specific error occurring while I am trying to modify a certain procedure. You can find the screenshot attached. This error appears while I'm trying to save the changes to the procedure, and it happens both on S1 and C1, while if I make a copy of the procedure and modify it, itā¦
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How best practice of dataflow ?
Hi all, I want to ask about related like this documentation below captures : So, Let's say I have same case like above capture, and then let's say Product = Part Number and Salesperson = Material Consumed. And then I didn't use Month dimension to calculate it in dataflow. For Part Number and Material Consumed is standaloneā¦
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Export full presentation to Excel instead of slide by slide
Hi Community, Does Board allow us to export a full presentation (presentation menu) to Excel instead of doing this slide by slide? Is there any options or button to apply for this? I would really appreciate that it is possible, and know how. Thanks a lot in advance for your attention. Regards.
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Dataflow - Storing the values based on the Reporting Unit Default Currency
Hi all, I would like to get the value from the source cube based on the target's RU Default Currency (Parent of the RU entity). The Source Cube has values in all currencies so would like to get only the value corresponding to the RU's default currency. If the Target's RU Default Currency is GBP, it should get the valueā¦
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Board: Using Entity Creator
Hello Board Community, Iām working on a Board assignment where I need to allow users to assign Brands to Product Categories, and eventually link them down to Products. Steps done: Created an Entity: Brand Added Brands like A, B, and C. Created a screen using the Entity Editor to allow users to insert and edit Brand names.ā¦
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screen to allow user to assign Brand to a Product.
Hello, I have created Cube Product_Brand Then, I created a screen to allow user to assign Brand to a Product. The relationships defined: Now via a data view, I want to assign a brand to a Product through data entry. However, since I did the mapping for product and product brand in the entity, now on the data view, it isā¦
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Restricting User Administration via Subscription Hub (Preventing Self-Privilege Escalation)
Hi everyone, We're currently working on establishing a clean governance setup for our Board environment and have a specific use case within the Subscription Hub: We want to allow a user to manage other users (e.g. assign them to groups or roles) ā but without being able to assign higher privileges to themselves. Ourā¦
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Possible to load unbalanced hierarchy throught smart import ?
is it possible to load an unbalanced entity throught smart import ? Because i can't find de parent code in the mapping part
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Autoarange Y Axis
Hello everybody, I am looking for a solution for arranging of the primary y axis. I have these two bar diagrams: My colleagues wish that both diagrams start with 0 and ideally use the entire width of the diagram. For the right one it works with Autorange. It starts with 0 and automatically sets an plausible upper limit. Ifā¦
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Flex Grid header colors
G'morning all, Previously, I was able to have different background colors on a Flex Grid header so that text input to the filter box in each column is visible (first screenshot). Now, the header background is only one color which isn't helpful when a user inputs text to filter. Yes, I have matched all colors between theā¦
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Charge unbalanced entity with datareader
Hi community When i want to charge an unbanlanced entity with my datareader , i always have one rejet for the parent code not found and in the relationship part i find that the parent code is missing , do you know where comes from the problem?
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Rejected value in Datareader
Hi all, i have a question about counting the rejected value for example, if i have a cube with 2 dimension (Time and Elements) and i want to load a csv file below to be clear, the cube is already populated in this way (without Element D) Using the data reader, 1 valid record and 1 rejected value were identified, and theā¦
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Trigger a Board Data Model Procedure from Excel Add-in
Hi All, Has anyone tried to trigger a Data Model procedure from Board Excel add-in using an API or any other approach? Regards, Vikash
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Waterfall Chart
Hi Team, I have created a waterfall chart as shown below. The end user would like to display both the values and the percentages. However, I havenāt found any settings that allow both to be shown simultaneously. I attempted to use the Tooltip feature to display the percentages, but that didnāt work either. Is there a wayā¦
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Best practices for using "Back Compatible" option in Dataflows?
Hi everyone, As part of a migration project from Board 10 to Board 14, Iām reviewing the use of the "Back Compatible" option in Dataflows. I know this option should not be used with HBMP dataflows, but Iād like to go further and understand: Are there any additional recommendations or best practices related to this option?ā¦
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Lock Period in Data Entry
Hello, Is it possible to lock month periods when using Data Entry but the input is on the year level? I want to enable users to input on the year level and allocate it using split/splat but I also need to lock the 1st half of the year so that the 2nd half is the only one changed by the input.
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Board logs out automatically when inactive
Hi, we are using Board version 12.6, revision 0.2.88217. Board does not run in the cloud, but on our own server. We use IIS. The following is stored in C:\Program Files\Board\Board Server\BoardEngineParams.xml: <EnableSessionExpiration>false</EnableSessionExpiration>ā¦
