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Data Reader limits ?
Hi, I would like to know if there are any Text File Data Reader limits in terms of size of the data loaded. I'll explain : I have this DR which loads only the highlighted cubes without any error message. If I delete this 2 cubes, keeping the others, it only loads the 2 cubes highlighted following. The file I am trying to…
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Handling of .cfg Files in Text File Data Reader
In Board 12 & 14, the Text File Data Reader has a limitation in how it handles .cfg files when a pattern filter is used in the "Connection" tab. This impacts the automatic mapping of fields and the correct configuration of the file settings, such as delimiters, headers, and other parameters stored in the .cfg file. Issue…
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B14 Dynamic Engine : Missing tech info about improvements
Hi, In Board14, there is some improvements on the engine called "Dynamic Engine" However the board documentation is vague, it is more marketing oriented than technical. So we don't know exactly in which area we will have benefit and how to measure it when moving from B12 to B14. For IT guys, administrators that have big…
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Board in Engineering goods / assembly
Hi all, Please let me if Board been used for 'Operational Planning/ Scheduling' for 'Made-to-order' kind of scenario - where BoM is tricky (engineering goods/ assembly). Even if it is not at a day / hourly level production scheduling it's ok
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Dynamic Data View Block Headings?
Hi, I would like to ask everyone: what options do we have when we wish for dynamic headers in our data views? My client is still in Board12, but we have a Board14 upgrade planned for the near future. Specific issue: the client would like to have a report that has dynamic headers with regards to months and versions. There…
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Flex Grid displays "No Rows to Show" when having more than 10 000 rows
Edit October 04, 2024: The issue has disappeared over night, Flex Grids are displayed again in full. Best regards, Patrick Hi all, I am experiencing that the flex grid does not show data ("no rows to show") when the combination of several entities is more than approx. 10 000 rows. I've build the same layout in a standard…
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Enhancing User experience with the Bubble Chart object
Hi all, apart from my idea of keeping the dimensional colours in the bubble chart object I would like to make a few suggestions on enhancing user experience with the bubble chart. 1. Give the developer the possibility to change not only the chart's background as a whole, but make it possible to change the colour/label for…
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Wildcards in header failing in export to pdf
Hello, I use entity wildcards in the print header when exporting printable report to PDF. When used with the Page by function, sometimes the header says NONE when it should say a valid selection. The same wildcard in a label on the screen or in the data view header will work, just the export header sometimes fails. Any…
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Difference between 0 and NULL with Data-entry
Dear all, since it is available the option "Differancate zero and null" on data entry intro the dataview how this information is managed in the cube? On my knowledge of the platform I knew that 0 could be both 0 or NULL under BOARD point of view. If the option is enable and data-entry is performed: 1. DE 0 -----> which…
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Celebrating 7K Members!
The Board Community has reached a new milestone—7,000+ members! When we re-launched the community experience early last year, our goal was to build upon the great foundation that existed, while elevating the experience and increasing the impact. We've grown an exciting 56% since then and have thoroughly enjoyed watching…
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Load information about users config from sub hub, roles, folder security
currently from SubHub I can extract a .csv file with main users information. It would be helful have same function from panels Role, features and folder securities have also the capability to schedul an expot of such files (not only manual export) Or have the capabillity to collect all these information through an API…
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How to calculate % of current month using Days cube
Hi Board Team, I would like to calculate how many percent is passed for the current month. Basically, use today's date divides no.of.days in the current month. For example, today is 9th Oct. I would like to achieve the calculation of 9 divides 31, which is 29%. Can I use BOARD default time entity Day and Month to achieve…
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Level 200, Module 209: the tab LC in the Expense Actuals is empty
Hi! I do not understand why my LC tab is empty, depsite the GBP tab works. This is how i set the layout of the LC data view: I tried to run again both the data reader and the procedures but nothing happen. If someone could help me I would be really grateful. Thank you!
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Enable data entry at a higher level when cube has 0 value
Hi, as the split and splat functionality goes, unless the cube 1 has some values, if we want to enable data entry at a higher level of aggregation than the cube 1 dimension itself, the data entry only becomes enabled if the cube as a value. To resolve it, we flow a very small constant number (by opening up the calculation…
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Data Model Snapshot - Environment Type Incorrect
I noticed when creating snapshots of my data models in the production site that the Environment is listed as "Dev" and not "Platform." The instance is correct for the production site and I confirmed on our admin portal that the Instance Type is Platform, however it's showing as Dev in the Data model snapshot. I can get…
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Last chance before year end! Community Experience Survey 2.0
Update: As we near year-end and continue planning for 2025, we want to hear from you! Thanks to everyone who has already completed the survey. If you haven't, please take a few minutes to share your thoughts. Your feedback matters. When the Board Community was relaunched in February 2023, the Community team put together a…
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How can I flag all periods between 2 dates?
Hi, I need to load some discount values from a table in SQL but the table does not have a month column. Instead, we have 2 separate columns; for Start Date and End Date. In normal circumstances, I would just take the last value from each of these dates and subtract the two lists, leaving me with the period between being…
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Level 200, Module 207: Data Entry is not working
I am configuring Sale Planning worksheet within Module 207 task. I am adding a Dataview object for Cube BUD - DE - % Increase, and I put Data Entry option = ON, but after applying and saving the configuration, the fields are not coloured yellow, and Data Entry is not allowed in Play Mode. I would like to know, what…
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Display value in procedure step "show message"
Hello, it would be helpful if we could display a value in the “show message”-procedure step as part of the message and ideally also change it. Example: Planned values from the previous year are to be transferred to the current year, taking into account an increase factor. As part of the procedure, the user would be…
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Hierarchy of entities in the select tab
Hi all, I highly suggest to change the views of the select (by screen). Now it is by design so users can’t see the hierarchy of entities like in relationships section. It would be great to open the select in the screen and see the real hierarchy and not seeing entity by design. Thanks! Valentina
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Top-down flagging in one data layout, on any level
I am wondering if anyone can give me tips on how to flag members of an unbalanced hierarchy (or a regular hierarchy if it would work with that) in one data layout. The client would like to use an unbalanced hierarchy, and just select something on top level and have that pushed down to lower levels. I would like to know the…
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Getting just one value wrong for Level 300: Module 305, functionality Test.
In level 300: Module 305, for functionality test, I am getting the values for Classic and Double halo correct but it is incorrect for grey pearl stud. Can't figure out the bug for this.
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Show certain layout blocks as single column, even with entities by column
Sometimes you'd want a certain block displayed as a single column an others displayed per element in the entities by column. This could for example be a budget for the year and than the actuals by month. The way we have always achieved this is kind of an awkward work-around. For the block that should be a single column we…
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Integrate FlexGrid execution data in Logs
Hi all, currently we have no way to monitor performance of the layouts executed in a flexgrid object, which is key to understand performance issues and the use of the new object by end users. Idea : add a new log to track the following info on flexgrid layouts executions : dimensions used in rows number and nature of…
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Accessibility: font size
Hi Board, I am looking for some accessibility tips. A client of ours has an issue where most users are happy with the current fonts our Board solution works with, but they have some users who have issues because the fonts are too small for them and they can't see them. Simply using the browser built-in functionality of…
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How to track flexgrid layouts performance in the logs ?
Hi all, everything is in the title, I'm looking for a way to monitor the performance of flexgrid layouts in B14 the way we do it for dataview layouts, but I did not find anything in the logs so far. Any idea? Thanks, Etienne
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Level 300, 309: Workflow. Functional Test, Step 6 EMEA Approver rejects a plan: Submit button issue
Hi Board Academy, I'm taking Level 300, 309: Workflow, and currently on Functional Testing step. I tried 2 browsers - Edge and Chrome - and Submit button on Step 6 of functional testing does not work when the correct answer is selected, and I can't proceed to step 7. Please advise. Thanks, Anastasia
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Name orientation for collapsed nested entities
Hi Today the alignment is presented to the right for Name orientation for collapsed nested entities. Can you make us have the option to chose left or right. Lars