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How to turn an external forecast from an interesting analysis into a trusted input to business planning. THE STARTING POINT A Good Forecast Is Not Enough Finance and planning teams are unlikely to change a plan simply because a model exists. Confidence develops when stakeholders can understand the forecast, evaluate its…

How to use an external economic baseline to strengthen planning without treating it as a replacement for management judgment. THE STARTING POINT Three Numbers, Three Different Jobs INTERNAL FORECAST What the organization expects based on history, pipeline, and management judgment. ECONOMIC BASELINE What the external…

How to make Foresight part of the way an organization plans, rather than creating another process to manage. THE CHALLENGE Don't Create a Parallel Planning Process External intelligence is most useful when it reaches decision-makers at the moment they are already reviewing assumptions and deciding what to do next. A…

A practical approach to anchoring a Foresight model around the specific business decision, decision owner, and planning moment it needs to inform. THE STARTING POINT Most Engagements Start in the Wrong Place It is natural to begin a Foresight initiative by building a model, selecting indicators, testing relationships, and…

We’ve recently started sharing a new type of post in the Board Community: Field Notes. Field Notes are short, practical tips and lessons from Board experts who work directly on customer projects and implementations every day. They capture the things our teams learn in the field—from technical details that can save time…

Can BOARD be used to enable inputs/updates by various analysts towards Supply Chain Workflow updates. Can this be used on AWS too

While trying open the screen its showing "screen already in editing" and screen is not open. why?

Help build smarter reports, dashboards, and KPI views in Board Have you ever wished you could peek at how other Board users design reports, dashboards, KPIs, charts, or click-through experiences? You are not alone. Many members have shared that seeing real examples helps spark new ideas, especially when trying to make…

The 'What’s Possible Now' Edition New capabilities matter most when you know how to put them to work. Summer may have slowed a few things down. Board wasn’t one of them. Since our last edition, Board 15.1 has arrived, a full library of Board TechTalks is now available to you on demand, and there are new ways to learn,…

Greetings! This is to request an extension on my instance. Kindly provide me with one. Thanks.

is there any instance available for L300, as my L200 is deleted? I sent mail to extend but its deleted

Hi, i have a question when i am drilling down in a data view i can select rows to group them together however when i am on a drill anywhere or drill down screen i don't have that option anymore. Is this correct or do i miss a setting somehow? thanks maik

The first half of 2026 has been an exciting period of innovation, growth, and transformation for Board Academy. From launching AI-powered learning experiences and introducing the new BoardConnect mobile app to Board employees (coming to Customers and Partners SOON!), to expanding our multilingual course catalog and…

Hi, I've tried resetting the columns but the month headers are still not sorted correctly. I am not sure how the FlexGrid sorts out the months. I am using the by Column to show monthly figures. How can this be fixed?

Course expired and instance is no longer available. Requesting an extension to continue training.

1. Abstract Over time, Board applications accumulate large volumes of historical data and obsolete sparse combinations, which can negatively impact cube size, performance, and maintainability. While standard clearing operations are commonly used to enforce data retention policies, they do not physically remove data…

Hello, My access to the instance is expired . Could it be possible to extend it so I can continue with my training? Thank you in advance for your help. The course is : Introduction to Board: Analysis and Reporting OnDemand Thanks in advance

I would like to better understand the role of the Agent Orchestrator in Board AI Agents. The documentation states that the Agent Orchestrator: “manages context, routes requests to the right Agent, and ensures consistent handling of multi-step tasks.” However, I am having difficulty reconciling this explanation with the…

Hi, on Friday I was almost through the "Introduction to Data Modeling OnDemand" course but today when I wanted to start finishing it I need to restart from scratch. Nothing was saved at all. I just have one week left (until 09/24/2026).

Hi, can someone please extend my training instance? Here's the link to it: https://trainingacademy.board.com/a44-mirzql19bweb/en/capsules Thanks a lot!

Hi Everyone, I need guidance on creating a dynamic day-level waterfall chart in Board. I have a cube storing daily cash data by Day and Business Unit, along with two additional cubes storing major movement amounts and commentary at the same level. The requirement is to dynamically display the movement commentary along with…

Hi Everyone, I have the following issues with the replacement of Level 200 Introduction to Data Modeling OnDemand: I cannot find the relevant files to populate the entities (like Working Hours) Regarding the file, I’m referring to the CSV file that will be used to populate the Cube Working Hours. I’m trying to configure…

Is AI the New Internet? AI investment is accelerating, but the productivity impact is still taking shape. In Board’s September Economic Outlook, Haley Vicini, Director of Economic Advisory, compares today’s AI buildout to the internet and ICT boom of the 1990s. The lesson: major technologies often move from investment and…

Hi Have an issue in the course above. The video is not working after 11:34. I have tried to refresh browser several times and rebooted the PC but it alwyas stops at the same very moment.

Hello, My access to the course will expired tomorrow. Could it be possible to extend it so I can continue with my training? Thank you in advance for your help. Thanks in advanced Laurent

HI! we do have P&L reports with ACT, BUD and PY columns and some abs./% deviation columns. Currently we do have a row template highlighting specific rows with colour and bold numbers (e.g. Gross Profit I, Gross Profit II etc.) - we now need to make the numbers in %dev.-columns in cursive, but this is not working at all.…

Hello, We have noticed the following behavior when using a selector and displaying the @selection variable : When up to 12 categories are selected, the names of all selected categories are displayed. When 13 or more categories are selected, the category names are no longer displayed. Instead, only the number of selected…

Is there a way for the Master Object to go back to default when user clicks on empty space on the screen? That's how PowerBI works, but PowerBI essentially allows multiple objects on the screen to be "master objects". In Board, I'm okay with 1 object on the screen being the master object, however, it is not intuitive for…

here's the legend of a cartesian chart. Notice the unnecessary scrollbar? "Series" is the last one. Look at all the empty space when I scroll down the legend. There is essentially no way for me to have the legend not have a scrollbar. 2. Is there a remove SERIES from the legend anyway? That is basically the down total,…