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Monthly Customer News Update - May 2024
Breaking news of May: Board 14 is now live KPMG talks about their Embedded ESG Process Jeff Casale sees an end to retail greenwashing PPD Global shares their story of S&OP process transformation Top 3 trends impacting finance teams in 2024 If you are not receiving our monthly newsletter, please let us know and we're happy…
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Level 200 Module 204: Problem entering my capsule
Hello everyone, I was almost finishing module 204, then my board instance went down and now I cannot enter my capsule (image below), it says it cannot find the requested screen in my capsule. Anyone had this problem before? Any tips of what can I do to solve this? Many thanks!
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corporate identity: add custom color palette, custom chart color theme, pin recent color
Hello, My idea is to develop further the implementation of the corporate identity in Board capsules. The screens' mask is already very helpful. The colors management could be improved. It is currently not possible to apply brand colors in charts for example. Current color features Currently, Board provides: a standard…
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SubHub - on line users
On the SubHub, an online user monitoring overview can be an helpfull view for a platform administrator in a complex environment with many servers and many users. A monitoring of the online user on the SubHub-only is the minimum, in the central view of the SubHub better to have also the online user on the different platform…
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LEVEL300, Module306: Regarding Functional Test Question 2.
Dear Board support team, LEVEL300, Module306: Regarding Functional Test Question 2, I obtained the following results. However, it was marked as incorrect. I am unable to proceed and facing significant difficulty. The setup was performed following the steps outlined in "Build indirect cost planning and allocation." Could…
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SubHub - users filter by Instance
In the SubHub it's not possible to filter the user by Instance, if you have several users and several instance it's difficult to view the user of a specific instance, you have to export the list in excel. It can be very usefull to have a view where you can filter also by Instance The feature is a time-saving for Board…
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how to trigger a procedure from dataview cell based on another datablock
Hello, I know from the Board manual https://www.boardmanual.com/board14/capsules/screens/objects/data-view/using-a-dataview.htm#data-view-drill-anywhere that i can trigger a procedure from a dataview single cell. Drill-Procedure If a Drill-Procedure has been configured on the Data View, select a cell and click the Drill…
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Board server cannot start because the user storage is corrupted or not readable.
The question is related to the Board Engine - however it may possibly be related to the User folder. Unfortunately, we are unable to diagnose and can use assistance at this point. Three business days ago, the system administrator freed up 80 gb of data on the server because it was full. He removed old database backups.…
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Layout: add functionality "copy/paste data block"
Hello, As far as i know, it is not currently possible to copy one block of a layout and paste it right away in the same layout. in older versions of Board, "dragging" a block and dropping it on a line below in the same layout was copying the block. I can't find this in Board 14.1. The feature is a time-saving one for Board…
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dataflow with factor cube having less dimensions than target is not considered in text algorithm
Hello, I try to transfer text comments (no rich text) from one cube to the next one "filtered" by some matrix cube. This picture shows the dataflow factors (two factor cubes, one target cube): The target cube has 8 dimensions. These 8 dimensions are partly present in the factor cubes: cube a: 7 out of 8 dimensions cube b:…
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Error that table borders are not displayed
Hello. I have a problem where some of the borders on the left side of the data view I am creating are not visible. Please see the attached image for details. The left border is not displayed for industries colored in yellow. In another data view with the same template and settings, the borders are displayed correctly. For…
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Font Selection
Hi, how can I adjust Board to use font Arial instead of Open Sans by default? Thanks Maik
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Show all values in chart labels
Hey, is there any chance, that we can tell the chart to show all the values of each series regardless of its size? Here is an example:
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Dynamic Replenishment Model: Key Calculations & Formulas
1. Abstract Retail replenishment is the process of counting the inventory you have left in stock and reordering the right amount of stock at the right time. In other words, it's the process of ensuring that you always have sufficient inventory in store to meet customer demand. 2. Content As part of the standard Board…
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About block type
If not a single column is displayed, the header color set in the block expression is not applied. Note that the header rules set in block style are applied. I want to apply the header color that is set in the block formula even when not a single column is displayed. The red frame in the image below reflects the green color…
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Need to compute percentiles. How to do this in Board?
Hello, For a given set of values we need to know the percentile which corresponds to each value. Cumulated Vertical % does not seem to help but I could be missing something. Say I want to know whether a given cube value is in 75th percentile or better? Thank you
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Add Smart import to cube analysis and Impact analysis
A simple idea this time : Currently, there is no reference to Smart Imports when a cube make cube analysis or Impact analysis in the DB. We can see the cube is included on a screen, but no reference about where. Sometimes, the loaded cube is also displayed on a dataview and then it becomes hard to see the difference. Would…
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Maximizing your Board Support experience
Author: Björn Reuber, Community Captain and L3 Support Team Lead at Board. As a support leader with 14+ years of Board experience, one of the biggest advantages I see of our software is that you can do whatever you want with it (great!), but this might also be one of the biggest challenges from a support perspective…
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Level 200 Module 205 Sales Actual GBP are multiplied by 1.88
The issue is related to incorrect currency conversion in module 205. I encountered the same problem as Eduardo in this thread: Even the incorrect numbers I have are EXACTLY the same as Eduardo's. What I noticed is that the incorrect numbers are multipled by 1.88 comparing to expected, correct results. My guess is, that the…
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B14: Properties setup for Dataview
Version: 14.1 (on-prem) The new properties window for Dataviews is an upgrade, according to me. I especially like the color selections under tab Design. What I would like is to move all design options to the Design tab. Table style is more relevant in tab Design than in Data, i.e. you can color the border lines in Design…
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Is there an ETL function for counting row?
Hi, I've got a cube that requires a line reference number as a dimension (from the load table) - I'd like to add a row counter to the ETL in the data reader where this cube is populated, but I'm not sure what the function would be (or if one exists). Does anyone know what the function is or a workaround? Thanks!
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Yearly Cumulated Value + Detail by Year in block
Version 12.6 We have a MTD cube, with a selector of generic fiscal period (1-Jul, 2-Aug, 3-Sep…12-Jun). I have a block with MTD value with "detail by fiscal year" set and "Tme function>Yearly Cumulated Value (fiscal years checked)". No time entity in rows or columns. The MTD cube contains 6 years - all years are 0 amount…
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SubHub - Create a new Copy from an existing User
Add the new feature "Copy settings from existing account" to the Users page inside the subscription hub. It enables to create a new account copying an existing record and changing only key data (i.e. account name and email).
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Input in Thousands - Decimal issue
Hi, We have a Dataview to input plan in Thousands. The column on the right is the input one. And the left one, which usually is hidden, is a the real amount. The right one is the left /1000. And has an invers algorithm, the left is the right x 1000. The issue which we don't understand is the following: we add 10 units on…
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Error On-screen selection
Hello, I am having trouble because even though I have narrowed down the entities displayed by screen selection, entities that are not selected in the data view are also displayed. There is more than one user experiencing this phenomenon, and even within the same capsule there are DataViews with and without this phenomenon.…
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Level 200: Module 201: Training instance is completely empty
I have accessed the training instance and it is completely empty. No Data Modules or procedures. I only have a capsule that is completely empty. The next two modules appears to require/expect some level of set up already.
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Split and Splat doubt
Hi, I have a dataview where Quarters are displayed in columns. In Q2 only two months are open. This dataview has a locking condition based on a cube that points the months that are open I have realized that when I do a input on Total Year the amount is spread on the weight of full Q2 and then this amount is spread on the…
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Error when changing entity relationships
Even if I reconfigured the entity relationship, it was not reflected in the data view. The data is displayed in the data view with the original settings. ① Apart from the time entity, I created an entity named "Month Stamp". (Entity items include 202402, 202403, 202404, etc.) ②I created another entity named "Last…
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How to remove the AVG letter from the table?
Hi BOARD Team, Under Configure Layout, I calculated a data block by using Average. In the table, it will always show the AVG at the front. Anyway I can remove the AVG letter from the table. I only want to display the number, but not those letters. Thanks
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Level 300, Module 304: What is the answer for the Question 3:Update the P&L
My answer is 133779319. But it is said 'Incorrect'. Total Income in Total columns is 252,448,539 on my environment. It's same as shown in the example picture. Total Expensens in Total columns is -118,669,220 on my environment. It's same as shown in the example picture. For me, it seems that my answer 133779319 is correct…