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All, Are we aware of any limitations when pushing data from an MDB cube to an RDBMS using a dataflow? Scenario Overview: We have an MDB cube composed of four entities - 3 General Entities + 1 Time Entity Entities Max Item Item Count Entity 1 100000 30141 Entity 2 1000 41 Entity 3 100 8 Month Infinity 204 The goal is to…

Author: Kevin Gough, Customer Succes Manager at Board and Community Captain Finance teams face increasing pressure to deliver faster closes, sharper forecasts, and deeper insights while managing complex systems like ERP, EPM, RPA tools, and BI platforms. Despite these challenges, many teams still rely on tribal knowledge…

Hi all, I want to know the causes why when I tried to run Datareader manually, FileRead ERROR:File Missing always be shown? I have checked the path is ok. Any ideas about this issue? Thanks.

Featuring: Akrem Abdelhafidh, Senior EPM Consultant In this installment of Community 3 Questions, we sat down with Akrem Abdelhafidh of XB4 Consulting to get his thoughts on Board 14 and its exciting features, some pointers on how to ensure success in Board, and Akrem's favorite 'This vs. That' when selecting a formula or…

I want to use the search funktion in the Excel plugin für an entity's ID. Unfortunately, it's 20 characters long. Can I configure the search function so that I get the correct result if I only enter the last digits and not the full 20 digits? Look at the screen shots. 1.) 2.) I get no result :( I'm looking forward to your…

Hi all, I want to know the best practices how to show many columns in dataview with approximately >10 columns with a hundred thousands data rows in a dataview. Because I am stressfull a lot about limitation error rows limit issues. I have read many references from other forums/discussions about this one, and overall of…

Hi, if you display a Board cube in a DataView and group it by an entity, then a sum is always formed for the values from the cube. Is there also a way to form an AVG(), MAX() or MIN() on the individual values instead of the sum, so that an average or a maximum value is obtained from the individual cube values? I would like…

Hi there, how can I calculate percentage mix including subtotals? At the moment it is calculated by group. The algorythm formula GT doesn't work since I have Years in the columns and it does the math for the sum of all years. However I need it by year. Thanks maik

Abstract Every Board solution relies on connections to external data sources. In this article, we describe step by step how to link Board to an on-premises data source. Context Board Cloud Data Pipeline is a service that allows Board applications to access data from sources that are hosted on a public cloud or on-premises.…

Hello, I am having a challenge with previewing data after completing the steps below My preview returns empty. with just product in the first row and total in the second. No other data is present. I suspect that I may have missed a step in the set up of the temp cube, but I struggling to find what it is based on the…

Hi, I needed to adjust a procedure that is assigned to a field in a Dataview. However I could find it in the data model. Because it has been renamed at some point How can I synchronize the names to ensure someone can find it? Thanks, Maik

I would like to understand why, when I enable the Previous Year time function on the cube, the result still shows the current year's data. For example, I only have data for 2024. However, when I activate the function, the values returned are still from 2024 — instead of returning nothing (since 2023 data doesn't exist) or…

Hi can someone shade some light into sorting logic with "Detail by" activated? a - is on the first spot and Detail by Year is activated - However it isn't shown in the preview When I move it to spot - b - I can see Occ TY by Year - However now the order of the other columns is screwed. Any idea how to fix this? Thanks Maik

Hello everyone I have the following initial situation (see also the attachment): I want to create a chart in which I have to expand a cube after an entity, but not the other cubes. I solve this via detail by on the cube in the layout. However, the problem is that I want the values of this expanded cube to be displayed…

Update — September 2026 Starting with OPC version 5.0.0.914, Java 25 LTS is now supported. Update — July 2026 The Java requirements for the Progress On-Premises Connector have changed with the release of OPC version 5. Java 17 requirement OPC version 5.0.0.674 and later requires at least Java 17. Before performing either a…

Hello, For several weeks we have the problem, that the Board frontend stops working for some time (often 1 or 2 minutes), so it does not answer any questions from the client any more. When this happens, all users are blocked. They are not locked out, only the requests to the Board reports, running at the moment, seem to be…

Hi, I completed level 200 training last month, so I want to start level 300 training. Then, I have a question. Is there additional charge when we set up and use level 300 training environment? For your information, my company I'm member of has a partner contract with Board Co. Thank you.

Hi , Anybody can guide on what to do with the Upcoming Board Cloud IP Address ChangeRgds Khaleelah

When Natalie Gallagher, Principal Economist at Board, visited Board Beyond DACH, we seized the opportunity to sit down with her for a high-level conversation about the U.S. economy’s current trajectory—marked by rising inflation, slowing growth, and policy uncertainty—and how these trends are already sending ripple effects…

Dear Team, I am currently working on Level 300. During the functional testing of the solution for Module 304, Question 3 Update P&L, I received an incorrect answer notification. However, I believe my response is accurate, as the result displayed on my screen matches the example screenshot provided. Am I doing something…

Hello, Is it possible to delete an entity member when using the entity editor. The documentation says CRUD operations are allowed once ATO is enabled, however i cannot see the option to delete. Thanks

Hi, I am still consolidating my knowledge by going through the Level 300 Part 2 course again - can you please extend the instance by another 10 days please? Many thanks, David

Hello, In the LMA Application, there is a screen with Data Entry logs (13.xxx) : Cubes used in this screen are loaded through the DR DE - Values using this path, but there is no such file in it. Is there an other way to load this log ? Thanks

This takes me back to excel days. I'm currently at FD with data blocks and I'm blocked from adding any more in. Is there an upper limit? Has anyone had this same issue or never gotten to this many blocks? Build is in B14.2. I'm trying to add algorithms in not additional data blocks. Doing this with right-click add rather…

In today’s world, disruption is constant--economic shocks, supply chain volatility, and fast-evolving markets have made agility a survival skill. Traditional, periodic planning simply can’t keep up. At Board, we believe the answer is AI-powered continuous planning, a future where decisions are faster, insights are sharper,…

Hello! My training instance expires tomorrow, could you please extend another 4 weeks? Thank you!

I have enabled the week dimension in time range settings. This is the setting windows. The hierarchy looks something like this - I have updated the hierarchy and normalized but the aggregation function is not working as expected. When we are trying to roll up from week to fiscal year the total is coming wrong.(I have…

Hi, I am now consolidating my knowledge by going through the Level 300 Part 2 course again - can you please extend the instance by another 3 weeks please - to now expire on 26th June? Many thanks, David

I have two data cubes with the month dimension, where a 1 is stored in the cell corresponding to the date selected by the user. Cube 1: Start Date Cube 2: End Date I need to implement a validation so that if the user selects an end date that is earlier than the start date, the system displays a warning message prompting…

Hi all, Is it possible to pass the Screen name to capsule procedure? The screen name will dictate which Group of steps will be used in the processing. I wanted to combine the multiple procedures we created into one which will have an if clause that will check the screen name and go to an appropriate group for processing.…