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May I please request an extension for my board training instance?
I should be done with 200, part 3, but I need an extra week. I believe it will expire Sept 25, but if I could have it until October 2nd, that would really help. My email address / login is emil.amante@dolby.com Instance link: https://trainingacademy.board.com/a27-emilqzsabweb/en/capsules
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Connection failed: object reference not set to an instance of an object
Hello, I got the following message when trying to login on BOARD: Connection failed: object reference not set to an instance of an object I stopped and restarted the BOARD server but I still have the issue. An idea? Thank you and best regards
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Level 300 Part 2- Request to extend training enviornment
Hello Board team, Request you to please extend my training instance that's set to expire on Sep19th? I'm still working on it and couldn't complete it on time due to other work priorities. Thanks in advance for your support. Best regards, WS
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Level 200, Module 212, Section 8: Sales Procedure Group
So this part is interesting, and the TEMP cube I guess are kind of like "helper columns" I might use in excel when doing calculations. Step 7 to 10, could you explain the thought process why we designate the temp cube to be populated with GBP by multiplying the rates, and then in another data flow say BUD - DF - Profit and…
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Monthly Customer News Update - September
Stay up to date and rewire your brains with the latest contentand trainings to lay the foundation for a successful H2 and beyond. We wouldalso like to highlight the G2 review campaign which includes a donation to a charitable cause: Product: Board 14.4 is here with an updated data reader, plus: SOC 1 Type II Report How to…
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Flex Grid Algorithm / and Grand total
Hi, I have another flex grid question. I have created an algorithm in a flex grid (PIVOT mode) when adding an entity to columns it doesn't do the calculation anymore. Any idea why that is? second question: How can I show a grand total in the PIVOT mode? Thanks, Maik
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Flex Grid Export
Hi there any idea when the speed of exporting a flex grid will be enhanced. It is very slow. Any thoughts how to get the exporting job done maybe in a different way? Thanks maik
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Missing pages on the manual
Hi, so there are same pages missing in the manual, mayby links that hasn't been updated. From here, do you have any information why i get [0x-7feceb00] - AccessDeniedToDatabaseFromProcedure when trying to run scheduled task?
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US Economic Outlook: September 2025
The August employment report reveals the U.S. economy is weaker than initially reported. With job creation at recession-level lows and unemployment measures rising, the labor market is signaling a clear slowdown. In this month’s 10-minute outlook, Board Principal Economist Natalie Gallagher explains what the labor data…
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Time relationship for custom time range entity
Hi there, I need a new Half Year entity, parent of Quarter (Q1+Q2 = H1; Q3+Q4 = H2) and child of Year. Entity members have been populated for all years in my system. However, when I try to fix the relationship as Day > Month > Quarter > Half Year > Year, this new entity doesn't get captured in the correct way. If I drag…
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Level 200: Module 211, regarding the "Budget is Locked" label that we put on the screens
Can someone walk me through the logic of how this works? I've tested mine and it all works, for example the "Functional test of the solution" asked me to lock italy. Then I go to the sales planning screen and toggle to Italy then it shows the "Budget is Locked" caption. Great! But there's no way I could recreate this on my…
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B14 level 203 Units Data View configuration - missing items in the 'screen objects' listing
Hi - I am trying to add in the 'Data View' object to the newly created tab object, as described in the "Build a Screen to visualize the loaded actuals data" section, but 'Data view' isn't in my screen objects listing, snippy below: note there is no side scroll bar or anything, what you see above is the very top of my…
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Month On Month Variance
Hi BOARD Team, I created a simple procedure to calculate month-on-month variance. But I cannot see any output. If I use a + b, I can see the result, which calculated correctly. But if I use a - b, there is no result returned. Could you please help me to troubleshoot? Thanks
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Level 200: Module 212 Build the Unified Planning Report
Hello, I am having trouble seeing the same data as the screenshots in the training in steps 13-15 of building the unified planning report. I checked all steps prior to this and followed accordingly but not seeing the same data when clicking "update P&L". My income lines are also showing blanks. Also seeing in the training…
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Module 211 Section 7: L2 Demo Data Model SET - Flag Budget And Actual Years Calculation Domain
In the data flow steps here, In the "MAIN" group, create a "Calculation: Data flow" step, select "CONFIGURE LAYOUT" and add the "SET - DE - Future Years" Cube as data block "a" and the "SET - DF - Actual Years" Cube as data block "b". Set the "Target" as "b: SET - DF - Actual Years" and set "Expression" to "1-a". I guess…
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trigger procedure - user connection / home page
Hello, Is it possible to trigger a procedure when a user logs in or when he arrives on the home page of a capsule? If so, could you please let me know how can it be done? Thank you
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Level 300 part1 - Training environment expired
Dear team, I started level 300 part1 training last month. However, the level 300 part 1 training environment will expire at September 11, 2025 and I can't complete it due to the time constraints because of my job using "Board". I would like to extend the instance to complete the level 300 part 1 training. Would you extend…
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Working with Dates
Greetings, I have a Date field in a Board Report, and I'm trying to Split the Date into Month and Year using Board inbuild feature not by SQL via a Data reader. E.g, I want to split this as (first row): Month = 9, Day = 30, Year = 2024 where each of these is a separate column. Any hint or documentation on how to accomplish…
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Extend Level 200
Dear Board Team, I am undergoing Level 200 but it not complete yet and the instance will expire on 7th Sep. I would like to ask whether it is possible to either extend the training environment or have it reset so I can continue. Thank you in advance for your support. Best regards, Parakh
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Apply Selection to Layout Block - Chart / Dataview
Hi i would like to change the apply a different selection to a block however I receive an error in chart and dateview: When i change it manually it works. Interestingly despite of the error trackball is still showing but with the wrong numbers. Any idea what the issue is?
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About Sparsity
Hi Team, I am reading the Best Practice Screen, which suggests that version / scenario can be set as Dense to improve speed. https://community.board.com/discussion/16440/sparsity Just for the learning purpose (not means I will change it), we should review the folloing Sparsity? Thanks
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WORKING WITH DATE
I have a Date field in a Board Report, and I'm trying to Split the Date into Month and Year using Board features not by SQL via a Data reader. Any hint or documentation on how to accomplish this in board will be highly appreciated. Thanks Walter
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Level 200
Level 200, Module 203 Section 14: L2 Demo Data Model Configure Data View Unit Hello, i'm having trouble selecting fields in data view configuration. this is the training screenshot mine is different, i can only see "time entities"
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Request to extend lvl 200
Dear Board Team, Unfortunately, due to an unplanned absence, I was unable to complete Level 200 Developer Path. I would like to ask whether it is possible to either extend the training environment or have it reset so I can continue. Thank you in advance for your support. Best regards, Carolin Rudolph
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Level 300 Part 2 - 310 Functional Test
In the first question of the function test, I am required to push the button to update P&L, but there isn't an "Update P&L" button on that screen to be selected. I have also gone through the instructions again, and there are to steps where we need to set up the button. As a result of this, I'm unable to get past the first…
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Is it possible to have no totals for certain algorithm blocks in the total line of a dataview.
I have a dataview with total lines but besides "normal" data I have a column with a algorithm block showing percentage values in a tooltip (as information for the user, so that he know which maximum percantage value is allowed to be entered) - for this percentage values in the tooltip I dont want to see summed up totals,…
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Level 200, Module 206 5% increase to budget
While this seems like a great procedure in the module, for our org, curious how easy it would be for the % uplift to be dynamic for cases like this. My question is, instead of a procedure that will increase sales budget by 5%, is it possible to create a procedure where it will take a % uplift input by a user, and increase…
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Hint in dataview
Is possible insert in a dataview different hint for each column header?
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Selectors not resetting
Hi - I'm in level 200: Module 203. For these selectors, for the bottom one for example, i selected 1 out of 122. Now, there doesn't seem to be a way to "select all" salespersons again. It's almost like I would have to select all 122 for it to reset. The reset button doesn't actually work.
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Flex grid calculation
Hello, I am using the flex grid as below, the Var % is calculated as (78081-75790)/78081 * 100. This is calculated well on each line. However , when i am grouping and aggregating value, the variance is being summed up which is incorrect. It should have taken (10,498,902 - 11,700,011)/ 10,498,902 * 100 = 10 %, on the screen…