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Is anyone able to direct me to the Dynamics 365 documentation?
Hi all, I anticipate that I'll need to make use of the Dynamics 365 connector and the only documentation I've been able to find in the manual relates to this 2022…
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Cube visibilty lock failing when time function is applied to a cube in the same layout
Hi experts, Seeking your opinion and expert assistance with an issue related to applying time functions to a cube in the same layout where cube visibility is applied for data visibility restriction. If you use cube visibility function to lock a cube in the first picture below it works. However, If you then apply a time…
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Possibility of calculating YTD figures based on MTD data using Rul
Hi All, I want to explore the possibilities of calculating YTD figures using MTD data using a rule. For example - Revenue for Jan 2023 - 1000 Revenue for Feb 2023 - 1000 Using Rule can we calculate and store it under new member called "YTD Revenue" YTD Revenue for Jan 2023 - 1000 YTD Revenue for Feb 2023 - 2000 Using…
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Down Totals - What am I doing wrong?
Hello, What am I doing wrong here? In Block D, I want to display the Down Total from Block C. In the headers, I've written what Summary I'm using. In Block E, I just wanted to display what happens if I change the Summary to "Calculated".
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Unbalanced Hierarchy - selecting descendants not available when "show only active members is ticked"
Hi, Has anyone come across on unbalanced hierarchies where if you have "Show only active members" selected in design mode, you then can't use the descendants option to select multiple members when you use the selector in play mode? I don't understand why you wouldn't be able to still select descendants on the list that's…
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Detail By - Column Headers not showing
Hi all, I wonder if anyone has any experience with the detail by column names not appearing? In the example below I am detailing by this entity "Hub Source Stock Location" and the screen has 3/10 selected currently. In my dataview, I am able to view the 4 columns (which is correct, the 3 from the selection and a total…
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Unbalanced Hierarchies - Entry on a Parent Level
Good morning, dear community, I'm seeking advice on a data entry challenge involving an unbalanced hierarchy. Is there a way to perform data entry at the parent level and propagate the values top-down to the leaves? Specifically, I want to apply an allocation percentage to all the leaves associated with "Parent 1." Here's…
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Normalization in High Concurrency
1. Abstract In Board’s multi-dimensional database, relationships are a core component of a data model configuration. Properly designing and maintaining relationships is essential for a well-functioning solution. Missing relationships, both direct or indirect, can lead to inaccurate or incorrect conclusions or behaviors.…
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Update Data changes Colours in carthesien objects
Hello everybody I have a week based report that is updated each tuesday with the previous week data. In the report itself it has a carthesien object showing the previous 7 weeks. The chosen Colour is "warm" (with yellow to red). Now when updateing the data and displaying the new week and the dismissing the week -8 the new…
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Board time out duration
Is there a standard time out duration set in Board when a user leaves their browser open? if so, is there a way this can be amended?
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Board Academy Roadmap
Academy has rolled out Level 100 and Level 200 of the Developer Series this year with positive learner reviews. Now you can look forward to Level 300: Expanding Board in Your Organization in 2024. Check out the updated roadmap to see new courses and certifications that are in development for the next year. Get energized to…
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Level 200, module 212: Running the Update P&L Procedure
Dear, My P&L Data view isn't populating when I press the Update P&L button. I checked all the instructions twice and can't seem to find a mistake. I played around a bit with a data view object of the BUD - DF - Profit and Loss Statement GBP cube to find out where the problem lies. It seems like the problem lies with adding…
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Is there a simple way to rename a data model name (in bulk) in call procedures?
Hi all, I'm wondering if there is an easy solution to rename the data model name in call procedures in bulk. I've just read the best practice with regards to data model names, and it's to bad that during the implementation of BOARD (years ago) we didn't take this into account. While implementing BOARD, the consultant used…
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Going to data model > cubes > structure is making IIS CPU load to 100% and super slow
Hello, We have this issue for a long time. Each time we are going to Data Model > Cubes > Structure our BOARD platform is instable / super slow because IIS CPU load start to increase to 100% and IIS memory also increase a lot. As a consequence, our PROD platform became super slow and unstable for users. Most of the time we…
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Format Template - Mass font size assigment
I have a rather lengthy template - I want all rows to be the same font size, but it seems I have to click on each row individually. Am I missing a "select all" option? Thanks! Matt
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Store SQL FileTable in to Board
Good morning: I saved a PDF in a SQL FileTable. Now I would like to read and write it from SQL to Board but I can't get it. I tried to upload the SQL FileTable mapping the differents fields but none of them succeeded. Could you confirm me if it is possible to send PDFs stored in a SQL FileTable to Board? As an example see…
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Triggering procedures with REST API Calls from within Board
1. Abstract This article discusses the possibilities of triggering Board procedures via Rest API Calls from within Board itself and the how’s and why’s of this approach. 2. Context The Board Public APIs empower external systems to seamlessly interact with a Board application. By utilizing REST API calls, you can, for…
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Data Reader load 1st row only
Hi Board Platform, is there way to force a Data reader to load only the 1st row of a file?
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Board integration with Monday.com
Just got a question from a Customer if Board integrates with Monday.com. I was wondering if any of you interacted with this software before and if we can connect directly, via DR to pull data in Board? I'd think APIs but unsure from their website
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Is there a way to transport Presentations from one server to another?
Hi, I'm trying to move presentations built in S3 to C2. The Data Model and Capsule has already been pushed to C2. How can I do the same for the Presentations? Or will I have to manually recreate these presentations?
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Level 200 Module 205: Issue with final totals.
Hi, I am having issues with my final totals with the sales actual report. The values are away off the from what is shown on the course yet the percentages are an exact match. I have rebuild the procedures and report several times and am still getting the same numbers. After inspecting the cubes after the data is published…
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Latest Value Per Month
I have a cube by Employee, Cost Center and Day. I would like to populate a cube which is by Employee, Cost Center and Month with the latest value (as close to the last day of the month as possible) for each Employee, Cost Center combination as shown by screenshot. Doing an extract reload unfortunately does not work as…
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Level 200, module 204: All my numbers are double those of the screenshots in the course
Dear, After setting up the Data View configurations for the Sales and Units data, all my numbers are double those of the screenshots in the course? For example The units for the product "Bangle" in Feb 21 are two on my screen while they are one on the screenshot. Is there anyone that has an idea where the problem could…
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Reporting Layer: Optimize a report
1. Abstract Users are more and more demanding and are looking for the right balance between the correctness of the result and the scalability of the solution at the same time. Improving response time has always been a top priority, therefore the purpose of this document would be to explain the main best practices to apply…
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Level 200, Module 210: Expense Planning Screen
The data in the data table disappears after applying the default Screen selection for Country = "UK - United Kingdom." Data will populate when the default Screen selections are set for Year and Currency per the instructions. I've checked the Cube and procedures and they match the instructions in this module. My only…
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Sending data between data models.
Hi Board, We have two different data models and we need to sedn data from the one data model to the other and vice versa. Currently what we have tried is the following: Extract the data from data model A, call a procedure in data model B that would import the extract through Azure using a data reader and paste the data…
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Cool dashboard screenshots & efforts
Hi Board Wizards, could you please take a screenshot of your best dashboards in Board or one you found that was presented well? I am looking for some dashboarding inspiration. Thanks a lot!
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Board API query: How to authenticate and use Secrect Key
Can anyone show me an example of calling the board api queries? I have am API user setup with a secrect key, and a query. example. curl -X GET "http://p-p-board4/public/ARGDB/query/indexPricesNymex"
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@datetime
Hi Board Platform Wizards - Wondering if anyone could help me with the following conundrum... The standard @Datetime substitution formula you can use on layout file name exports as 'YYYY-MM-DD-HH-MM-SS' - Does anyone know of a way I can amend the standard format and instead export as 'YYYYMMDDHHMM' ? A client has requested…
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Columns in Excel Add-in
Version: Board 12.6 Hello, I need help setting up a layout in the Excel Add-in.If I have two entities in the column field, I would expect one of them to lay on top of the other. But I can't get it to work. Without it, the layout is not so readable. Setting up the layout like this, I expect to have the Month on top of…