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Level 305: Question 1
Why does my data on sales planning not contain Classic, Double Halo and Grey Pearl stud. I have gone through all the steps including updating the sales planning more than three times.
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Question about dynamic selection with two parents of the same entity
Hi Community, I’d like to share a slightly complex use case that might open a discussion on potential improvements or clarifications around how dynamic selections work in Board. 🎯 Context: I have an entity called Month, which has two parents: Month of the Year → contains values like January, February, etc. Year Period →…
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Interaction Block Format
Hi, I have a question regarding the Block format. I'm trying to add a symbol after the number, but it doesn't work properly when I use the algorithm in the layout editor For example the image below, for some reason it can't show the euro sign for every month but only for the null cell i hope you can help me thanks 😀
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Efficient way to copy value in the Procedure
Hi all, I'm trying to improve my current Procedure i have a cube with 3 dim ( Drivers, Month, Type A or B) My goal is to copy the value from Driver 2 Type A → Driver 3 Type B as you can see in the image below My step is: 1) copy the original cube into a Temp cube 1 2) Clean the Temp cube 1 using the selection on Driver…
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Procedure Select step critical bug
Hello, I am following the 212 module and I am working on the BUD - Consolidate Budget into P&L procedure. after following every step, I am stuck at the Select Account step in the sales group. The UI element that is supposed to allow me to select an Entity isn't working. No bypass that I know of is currently working (not…
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PLN - Product and Driver Mapping
Why is the data not populating on my Data View?
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Interacting with a Dynawrite Object
Hi Everyone, does anybody know how to write on a dynawrite object on play mode?
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2025 June Badge of Impact and CommunityCast
It's June, and time is flying by! We're keeping it simple this month with your updates in under a minute, and the opportunity to earn your June badge in (about) one word or less. Here we go… Thank you to last month's badge earners @Nico Weber and @Karry Schupp 👏👏. It was fun reading about Board's 'Force' multiplier. May…
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Level 304: Question 3 (Update the P&L)
What is the wrong with my solution when I put it in it says incorrect despite following all the instructions. Am I missing something?
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expiration of the training environment for the 200
Hello, I have a question, after the expiration of the training environment for the 200, is there a way to recover what I did before (like the screens I created, procedures ... ) or not?
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How do i change the number format
Hi, I have a question regarding the format of the number in Board how do i change from the format of number from "," to "." → for example 25,000 to 25.000?
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Level 200 Extend a Training Instance
Hello Board team, Can you please extend my training instance that's set to expire on June 8th? I'm currently halfway through the course but couldn't complete it on time due to other work priorities. Thanks in advance for your support. Best regards, WS
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Excel Workbook: Best Practices and Steps
Author: Eugen Melnic, FP&A Manager and Community Captain We all know that Excel is often the source of business frustration and confusion that leads to the start of a successful transformation through the power of Board. Excel can also be the end point too, as once the business data and processes are in Board, business…
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Level 200 - Module 213 - Expense Data Issue
Hello, I am having issues with publishing my expense data with the new procedure updates made in this module. After I load the data in the expense and click publish data, the data does not disappear from the screen and I do not get prompted that the expense data has been published. Also, I do not see any expense data in…
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Extend Instance
Hello! My training instance expires tomorrow, could you please extend another 3 weeks? Thank you!
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Dynamic Visibility of a cube / data block in a data view
Hi, is there any possibility to steer the visibility of a cube / data block in a data view? I want to achieve that I can steer on an admin scree, if a certain cube/data block is visible in a data view on another screen. I know that you can steer the dynamic visibility of the whole data view, but I need it for a certain…
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The importance of documentation for long-term success: Deployment documentation
Author: Lucas Charello is a Community Captain and Senior Board Consultant at Kiwika. Hello, Community! My name is Lucas Charello, and I’ve been working at Kiwika for almost three years as a Senior Board Consultant and Project manager. Today, I’m excited to bring up a big topic that is sometimes overlooked: The importance…
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Linear Programming Problems in Board
How can we solve Linear Programming Problems in Board - Nexel or Procedures or any other tool ? Example contribution maximisation with limited machine hours, what should be the product mix. In Excel we can solve this using solver addin.
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How to Group Columns by Cube in Data View Layout
Hi everyone, I have question about data blocks Detail by Month As shown in the attached screenshots, the columns for Q Ovun (PO) and Q Ovun (GR) in the Data View are currently sorted by month, which results in an alternating pattern (e.g., Q Ovun (PO) Apr.25, Q Ovun (GR) Apr.25, Q Ovun (PO) May.25, Q Ovun (GR) May.25,…
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Level 300 : Backup Failed
Hi Team, I tried taking a backup as I was facing an issue in module 305, Update Sales Planning. So, thought of trying the workaround mentioned, deleting members, but the backup of the DB failed. Screenshot attached.
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Detail by On a block
Hello Team, I have a question regarding the Detail By option on Cubes in a dataview. Is the Detail By similar to a Group By. I see from the documentation the Detail By overrides the by column axes. Also, if we consider below documentation, why would i override country by Channel by using Detail By when i could only set By…
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Loop function doesn't work
Hi all, I'm trying to do a loop calculation, but for some strange reason some of the numbers don't add up the cube has 2 dim (month and Drivers in blue) the first member of Drivers (baseline) has only the value in the first month, while for driver "a" "b" "c" i can data entry after the first month my goal is to copy the…
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How to Change the Export Excel Column Header and Total column Color
Hi, Please guide me how to amend the color for column header and total column color. Thank you. Sin yee
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Level 300, Module 305 - Functional Q 1
Hi, I am currently getting an incorrect response for the CY Forecast amount for Grey Pearl Stud. I have checked the steps and instructions numerous times but just cannot seem to work out where the issue is. Having looked at what the correct answer/amount is, it seems for whatever reason my procedure is doubling this…
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Skipped rows of Cube value of 0
Hi guys, I have some issues that have skipped rows of Cube value of 0 but in Data Reader ETL is displayed well. I have unchecked Hide zeros and checked differentiate zero and null. Anyone have some ideas or solutions about this one? Thanks previously
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Suggested value in Excel Add-in
Hi ! Is it possible to show suggested value feature to user when using excel add in ? Also can I put data validation check in excel add in?
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Level 200, Module 212 - Income Data Issue
After I click on the "Update P&L" label, the P&L comes through but only for the expense data. The income data does not populate. In the training documentation, this data is included. Where could I have gone wrong?
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Blob Cubes (Custom) Upload and Download Functionality
I'm creating a screen within our business planning capsule that will be a single data view object intended to store various file types that offer supplemental information over what's provided in the business plan. I would like for the file inputs to be heterogenous, so that I don't have to create a cube specific to the…
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2025 May Badge of Impact
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Entity member sorting
In configure layout of data-view, I have taken cubes with required dimension and the entity on which I want to apply filtering and sorting. For sorting, I am using the algorithm -…
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