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Display Entity Description in Data View
Hello, I am attempting to apply logic in a data view only when specific Months are selected. When I use the Month entity in the data view, it displays the total number of months selected. I would like for it to display either the selected Month description (January, February, etc.) or the number associated with each…
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What's New: Board Academy and the Foundations of Building in Board Course
We’re very excited to announce that as of today, November 11th, the following offerings are now live: * Board Academy * The Foundations of Building in Board course Read on to learn more about how to access both the new learning experience and course. Board Academy Your new home for Board platform-based training is now at…
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Tab container : Tab name / Allow images and shapes
Idea : In the Tab container, the tab name is currently restricted to text. My idea is to add features to have :* a tool tip when hovering the tab name (particulary useful if using emojis as name (i.e. : ?????) * shapes instead of text tab name (like in labels) * small images to use as icones instead of text tab name Why :…
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Error Codes
Does anyone have a link to a page listing error codes with explanations? Does something like this exist? ------------------------------ Matthew Sobon Data Analyst M.T. Maritime Management (usa) LLC United States ------------------------------
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Ability to single click buttons in a dataview
Hi, It would be good to be abe to change between a double click and single click when you add a procedure to a dataview block. Many customers have asked for a single click as apposed to a double click. Thanks Jack
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BOARD R Calculation Step
At this point, BOARD's software includes an R calculation step. This supposedly allows users to run R scripts on data extracted from BOARD, then read the results back into BOARD. Unfortunately, the server package used to connect BOARD to R, Rserve, is known to have several IP connectivity issues when used on Windows. The…
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Deleting entity members in Board 11
Hi Fellow community members, In Board 10, deleting entity members was/is against best practice. Has this changed in Board 11? I reckoned this might be the case since also the max item# property is not there anymore. If yes, is there a difference between a migrated database and a fresh Board 11 database? Thanks for your…
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Procedure to Show Hidden Blocks
Hello, Does anyone know if it is possible to show hidden blocks through a procedure? Or something similar. Thank you, ------------------------------ Matthew Sobon Data Analyst M.T. Maritime Management (usa) LLC United States ------------------------------
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What's New: Customer Support Portal
A new and improved Customer Support Portal is here! On November 22nd, we launched the Customer Support Portal powered by Salesforce. View of the new Customer Support Portal from a customer perspective. What Happened? The customer support teams that provide you Board platform support moved to a new support tool that…
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Show code and description separately in layout
In over 20 years of experience with Board I've been asked hundreds of times to show dimensions by row in a dataview with separated columns for code and description. As far as the last dimension by row is concerned I always use a workaround to show the entity description as a block but the problem is not so easy once you…
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Presentations - Folder-Structure / Categorization
As we are having already a lot of Presentations in use, it would be great to have a possibility for structuring Presentation via Folders, Categories, Tags or similiar. Currently they are all in one list, which is getting soon very confusing. Also a search function would be great.
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How to manage and prevent runaway queries
In the Summer 22 release, we introduced a new functionality to avoid memory consumptions peaks caused by the Board web engine. Those memory peaks are typically generated by huge layout requests generated by the users (most commonly using the quick edit layout function) and sent to the Board platform. In this article we…
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Power Users - Restrict Data Entry Ability
Currently Power Users have the ability to turn on Data Entry. This introduces a huge risk in that any power user could turn on data entry and clear any of cubes of the data. Can this be included as a capability for the user type? i.e. so they have the ability to build layouts and screens but not be able to enter data into…
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ALLOW THE SEARCH BAR IN THE IF THEN ELSE ACTION
Currently, we are not able to search in a dynamic way a cube in If Then Else action. Even if we can type the begining of the cube name, this is not flexible. Please add the search bar in the If Then Else action as we have it in the Clear cube action.
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Coming Soon: Board Academy and the “Foundations of Building in Board” Course
November is an exciting month here at Board as some great new offerings are on the horizon! We’re very excited to announce that on November 11th, 2022, we’re launching two all new offerings for you, our Board customers and partners: * Board Academy * “The Foundations of Building in Board” course Read on to learn more about…
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BOARD Cloud - Admin Portal - Enable Schedule for Services Restart
In BOARD Cloud platform, it's not possible to schedule Restart of Services. It could be nice to be able to schedule the restart of Board Engine service and Board Web service. As well as being able to schedule the "Unload" (of a DataModel in RAM). These schedules would ensure to have a Re-set of application on a regular…
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Analyst Review: G2Crowd (150 points) plus included $10 donation to World Central Kitchen
We would like to invite you to participate in a brief review for G2Crowd. Your review will help people like you make better technology decisions. The review should take about 7 minutes to complete. For leaving a review, you will: Share your experience with Board and help other companies find a suitable product for their…
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Kick-off for Board Connect Series in Frankfurt
The first Board Connect event took place on September 23 in Frankfurt, Germany. The feedback from the attending customers has been overwhelmingly positive; from getting to know new ways to design the platform to learning tips on how to use it, or – and this being the most mentioned fact – the exchange with other users…
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Same Data Entry Rules when dataview is vertically aligned
Hi, It would be good to be able to use the same data entry functions when a dataview is vertically aligned. An example is when I have a dataview formatted by 5 cubes with the Years in the columns I cannot use the ">" function to split the same value across every year. Thanks Jack
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Monitor sparsity in B12
Hi, It would be good to have a section to monitor sparsity in B12 (in particular in the Cloud) - like we use to have in B10. Monitoring by cube, as currently available, is not efficient. Thanks. Bests, Quentin
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SubHub - List of Users with Microsoft Office Licence
The current extract of User from Subscription Hub doesn't specify if the user has a Microsoft Office Licence Assigned. The Licence menu in SubHub only shows us total number of licence of Microsoft Office but not the list of users. It was available in older versions of Board. The old extract of Users from System…
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Add database procedures grouping
Hi, it would be great to have a grouping funtion like in the Entity or DataReader Manager. Thanks. Best, Jannik
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Sending parameters to REST API
I want to import weather data to an application. I have an api from the Swedish Weather center that allows me to retrieve min and max temperatures from several weather stations https://opendata-download-metobs.smhi.se/api/version/latest/parameter/19/station/159880/period/latest-months/data.json Parameter 19 is min…
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Interfacing the SubHub with an authorization management system
Allow data exchange (API / CSV) between a third party system that manages authorizations in order to allow : - Creation / Modification / Deletion of users, with in return a log file indicating the status of operations - Program the extraction of a daily audit file This functionality is sometimes a prerequisite for certain…
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Board Connect Starts Next Week – Register Today
If you haven’t heard already, Board Connect, our series of exclusive in-person meet-ups, kicks off next week. Starting on September 23, Board Connect officially launches in Frankfurt and continues on through over 10 locations across Europe and North America: * Germany: September 23 * France: October 4 * Italy: October 4 –…
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Visualize procedures with breakpoints
Hello, during development I use breakpoints regularly, and sometimes if I got locked out I forget removing some of them. Until a user calls for help. Can board mark procedures with active breakpoint in red to allow a faster identification? Regards, Walter
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"Sorting on two or more entities with cube"
The manual says “If the Layout has two Entities set by row or by column, the sorting condition will consider only the most nested Entity.” It does not solve most of the problems because the client requirement specifically asks - the sorting on more than one entity combination. Presently it affects more than 150 reports I…
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A New Course: Subscription Hub Available from the Board Academy
Board Academy has launched a new eLearning module, “Subscription Hub,” to help everyone understand the feature of a unified, or centralized, portal where subscription management can be accessed. With Subscription Hub, it’s simple to administer all user maintenance in one place, including assigning user rights to specified…
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Power BI Connector for Board | Login issue
Hi All, I want to ask if has anyone been successful to set up connectivity between Power BI and Board? I followed the steps as per the documentation. It states that we do not need any redirect URL when working with Power BI, but it doesn't show any login screen. It prompts me with the below error. I have tried clearing out…
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3 Things to Know about the End of Support for Board 10 on December 31, 2022
We are approaching the end of support milestone in the Board 10 sunset plan. If you are still using version B10.x, here are the three things you need to know and plan: 1. What does End of Support mean? After December 31, 2022, applications using the B10 version will no longer be supported by Board. Practically, this means…