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Board Beyond - London: Exploring business transformation journeys
2024 is a jam packed year for the Board Beyond Roadshow with events scheduled for all over the world, the first taking place at the IET: Savoy Place in London where industry leaders and strategic planners gathered to explore business transformation journeys and share their best practices. A number of speakers and panels…
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Show Currency/Unit of Measure next to values
we are having since years requirements that we want to show the currency next to a value or the unit of measure next to a quantity. e.g. Material xy —> purchasing order quantity 1.000 M (meters) No consultant was able to show me a solution so far. But I know this working in other tools (e.g. QlikView).
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ALM - Merge Branch
At present, developers can only develop together on one MasterDB. This can lead to problems in large projects with many developers. Example: Developer 1 starts a procedure to calculate values in a cube. Developer 2 has to empty an entity that is contained in the above-mentioned cube. For example, because the MaxItem number…
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How to see detailed Totals when you have two dimension on rows
Hi, We have a Dataview where we have two entities on rows: Region and RL, like follows: The Total row adds all the rows, which is OK for the region but has no sense for the RLs. Is there a way that I could have the Total region detailed by RL? Thanks
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Retrieving the data model from Board into the Power BI
Hello ! Dear community, I would like to ask you about your experiense of retrieving the Board data model to use it after in Power BI. Because, as for now, in the Board manual, I've found the instructions about Power BI add-in, which allows to access to the Board Presentations only. Thank you in advance !
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VBA integration with BOARD Using the Excel Add-in
Hello, I'm trying tu use VBA to automate a connection with the BOARD tab in Excel. I found a manual with macro code sample, but it doesn't work in my case… Sub DoConnect() Dim addin As Office.comaddin Dim automationObject As Object Set addin = Application.COMAddIns("BoardExcelAddIn") Set automationObject = addin.Object If…
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V12 - Smart import & max items
Hello everyone, As a neophyte, I am currently experiencing a few problems. Indeed, most of my models are still on a pre-V12 version and I'd like to understand the advantages of the V12 on certain points. Optimization with Smart Import in Board V12: What are the best strategies for taking full advantage of the "smart…
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How to manage the leap year in comparative analysis
1. Abstract In an application life cycle it is not unusual to come across leap year management, moreover when comparative analysis are put in place. Accurate handling of leap years ensures data consistency across different timeframes, preventing discrepancies when comparing results from different years or performing…
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SVG-Icons for Entities
I suggest the possibility to add own SVG icons to entities. This makes it possible to display them instead of or in addition to code/description in selectors, diagrams and dataviews. This option is particularly interesting for grouping entities, workflow entities or other static entities. It is important that these can be…
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Improvement of usage of BLOB cubes
Dear Community, We're using BLOB cubes to collect from our contributors various documents that they attach (i.e. upload) in .zip format. So far this feature is limited. We would love to be able to : Check the size of the .zip when the upload is done in order to block the upload in case the file is too heavy Get, in logs, a…
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Impact Analysis - Data Lifecycle
If incorrect or no data is displayed in an existing report, a developer must find the cause. This can be very time-consuming, especially if the database is very large and or was developed by other colleagues. The aim of this feature is to support the developer in exactly this search. A first starting point is the impact…
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UBH Extract Dataset - Behavior of Parent Level Selection
Hi Team, Having spoken to people in product already, I wanted to put this idea out there. Business Ask : Being able to pull data for a parent level on a UBH out on an export dataset Issue : Currently, Board has no way of being able to select a parent level member on a UBH and extract the aggregated sum of all its…
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Naming Convention
1. Abstract The following document is intended to suggest and give concrete examples of the nomenclature to be used during the development of the back end and front end of a Board solution. The aim is to have a consistent and organized nomenclature that led to a maintainable solution that can be easily consulted in the…
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Announcing the Community Weekly Email Digest
The Board Community team is excited to announce the launch of the weekly email digest feature! The email digest feature automatically sends weekly email messages of "personalized content" to subscribers of categories and contains summaries of and links to top trending community posts (discussions, comments, questions,…
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Zero values in charts
Dear Community I have a chart with development of KPI over months. The user has the possibility to select different years. The Serie is plotted as a line. Now I have the problem, that when the values of past years is zero, the line has a break in between and the chart is strange. so I want to deactivate the "zero value"…
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Community Roundup: April 2024
The Community team is back and excited to share with you the new features we've launched and the accomplishments we've achieved since December! From new tools, to streamlining navigation, to Community member outreach; we've had a busy period of growth and evolution. Some of the new features and Community accomplishments…
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[Board 12.5.1.1] - Datagridview Nexel convert string to date
Hello, does this type of formula work into datagriview? =TEXT([@b;*;*],"d/MM/yyyy")
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Just for Fun: Keeping Your New Year's Resolutions
Hello, Community! As Q1 is quickly wrapping up, it seems like a good time to do a self check-in. Spring has sprung (even if the weather in your area doesn't yet reflect it!), vacation season is near, and you may—or may not— be making good progress on those pesky new year's resolutions. No matter what you call them, setting…
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Level 200: Cannot access the board training environment model
Hello, I'm currently in the process of the level 200 program but when I try to log in to the board training environment model it keeps refreshing the page. In the browser I can see it constantly (every half second or so) it refreshes and changes the sign-in callback code. Do I need to change anything so I can log in to the…
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How to change the Time range in GCR
1. Abstract In every Board application, the definition of the time range becomes very important because it guides the data that will be loaded and made visible to the end user. Changing the Time Range during the implementation will require several steps in a specific order. This topic has been already explained in a…
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Level 300, Module 303: incorrect result of the functional test
Hi, while doing module 303 I faced the problem of not passing the first functional test because after initialising the budget and 3+9 forecast I got the wrong numbers. After digging down the problem, it seems the data model procedure PLN - Initialise planning doesn't work correctly. I think that in this procedure at step…
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Level 300, Module 304: Find How many hour it takes to have an answer
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'Continue on Error' checkbox for Rest API Calls
Hi, with Rest API Calls getting more and more important and part of our solutions, an option to enable a procedure to continue on error would be appreciated. Right now, if the API Call fails (e.g. if if the call limit is exceeded or there are too many parellel calls), the procedure simply aborts and everything after is not…
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Use Cube groups for Cube Visibility settings
Hi, Cube visibility is a great feature that we are starting to implement with customers. However, the setup of every single cube is a very time-consuming and maintenance-heavy operation especially in larger databases with hundreds of cubes. One tool that would greatly help in that area would be the possibility to set up…
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Monthly Customer News Update - March 2024
We've been busy making plans to continuously empower customers and help them succeed faster—plans that include the 2024 Board Beyond roadshow. Here's what we have lined up for you in this month's newsletter: Stay tuned for the upcoming launch of Board 14 Read how Kirin aligned 6 business companies in less than 6 months…
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Paste image in support ticket
Hello, Currently, the support ticket does not allow to paste an image directly in the form. We have to copy the image to Paint (or other tools) and save the file and then upload it to the ticket. It would be quite efficient if we can just paste the screenshots directly instead of attachment. Most of the times we have to…
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Comparison between different versions or scenarios in the same report
1. Abstract During the implementation of any application, a typical request is to combine multi-scenario or multi-version information in the same view to promote delta analysis and quick data comparison. Board plays an important role due to its flexibility and allows a solution to be achieved in several ways to provide the…
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Default Landing Page
Hi Community, Is there a way to default users to a specified screen on opening rather than the default capsule view? Thanks in advance. ☺️ Jon
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Level 300 Module 303: Incorrect and contradicting instructions on cube visibility?
Hi, In section "Defining Database Security Profile Cube Visibility" on module 303, I noticed that the step-by-step instructions on defining cube visibility are contradicting the overall instructions and will cause incorrect result in the functional test. In more detail, the step-by-step instructs to grant cell access to…
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About Grand Total
Q1. I want to change the notation of grand total to, for example, total year. Is there any way? (Yellow part) Q2. Can I apply the rule to Grand Total? (Green part) Now, I have set the following rules. c=(b/a)%, f=(e/d)% I want to set the same rules for grand total, as shown below. i=(h/g)%