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A new home for selectors/pagers to offer more space on the development area
Hi Community Members, do you have the same situation like we have with cluttered reports because of many selectors and big dataviews to show? Please feel free to add your ideas or solutions in the comments below. current situation The selectors/pagers etc. which has to be placed on the development area steal the space for…
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Take a look at the New Board online documentation!
Hello everyone, in my previous post I wrote that the first draft version of the new Board online documentation would be coming soon. Well, since I'm a man of my word, I am happy to share the link to the new Board manual with all of you! But first, a couple of notes: * It's a draft version and it's far from being complete:…
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How to use the API to exchange data between Board databases ?
Hi all, I have been wondering recently, with the new Board API functions, is it possibe to use it to read data from a Board database to another, or within the same database (to manipulate data through mapping and / or ETL functions that would not be possible through dataflows) ? If yes, how would you do that ? Thanks,…
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Update SQL DB
I know that I can create an infocube using RDB. My ODBC connect is set with user who has read and write rights. Can I update my SQL Table with Entity data or MDB inforcube data using the RDB infocube? How do I accomplish this task? Thank you for your help. Tuyet-Lan Faber
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Vertically align with data entry
Hello, in our solutions it would be really useful to apply the vertically align option keeping active the data entry. In this way would be possible to plan with metrics on the row. Many thanks, Giulia
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Multiple MyView versions
Hello, regarding the MyView feature it would be really useful to allow users to save more than one version of a given screen. In this way, starting from a unique layout, user can save different versions of the layout without asking for the implementation of different screens/tabs. Many thanks, Giulia
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Export Data Model Structure to Excel
When we create the data model documentation or when is necessary to analyze the data model is very useful to export the Impact Analysis result or from the data model, would be very useful to have one action that exports the "cube/entities/data readers/procedures" list, therefore is very useful to create documents based on…
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New Board online documentation
Hello everyone, we receive many requests regarding the new Board online documentation and we know it's something that would benefit employees, partners, and customers alike. Well, I’m happy to announce that the completely rewritten version of the manual will soon be published online. You'll notice that the manual has been…
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Impact Analyse readable for Powerusers
In our company the PowerUsers design the screens for our other users. The Developers only create Entitys, Relationships, DataReaders and Cubes. It would be very helpful if the PowerUsers can get access to the Impact Analyse to get an overview over your database strukture. My Idea ist to grant the access over the permission…
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Export Daten mit Info der Kopf- und Dataview-/Grafikobjekt Selektion
Hello everyone, often data still has to be exported. However, the selection of the data is not automatically specified. Therefore we always copy them manually from a label (@Selection). I think it is important that the selection is automatically transferred. For example, the header selection could be in cell A1 of the…
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Dataflow using rule with datapicker issue
Hello, I am having an issue with a dataflow where I apply a rule to the source cube in order to populate some metrics. The rule uses data picker to populate data for the entity. After running the dataflow, the target cube is empty, however, the source cube displays the correct data when the rule is applied. * Source cube…
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Adding a system message when a transparency value greater than 1 is entered in RGBA section
When a transparency value greater than 1 is manually entered in RGBA color section (i.e. rgba(36,55,131,255)) on a layout, Board accepts it and the color is considered valid. Instead, when exporting the object via standard mode in Excel format you obtain an error message and the export procedure fails. The error is due to…
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Filter by relevant entities in the capsules
hi, It would be really helpful if it were possible to filter the entities for each capsule. This means that within the select each capsule would only display entities that are relevant to that capsule.
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Allow Data View to ignore format settings
Current situation: In Board Data model, designers have the option to define a Format for specific entities. Once set this format will impact each data view created using cubes with these entities. Limitations: The format setting is acting as master for all data view, this prevent to have a different format for specific…
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Impact Analysis - SQL/ASCII identifier
Hi, The impact analysis tool is very helpful, but I'd like to propose an improvement which will increase it's usability: the inclusion of a data reader type next to or as part of the connected object column. It's not possible to determine if an entity/cube which is connected to a data reader is being used in a…
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Simplify DataFlow's - Remove Calculation Domains
It would be very useful if you define a dataflow which is e.g. c=a*b or any other algorithm that this dataflow always does the calculation described in the field for those combination that exist without having to think about to extend a calculation domain. The problem now is if you flag several dimension in the calculation…
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Auto refresh of a screen
Hello, We would like to use ROLAP (RDB) Cubes to show nearly real time data. Is there any possibility to auto update a screen or an dataview object in a time interval. Board Web. 10.7. Kind regards, Marco Oerder ------------------------------ Marco Oerder BI-Reporting Optibelt GmbH Germany ------------------------------
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The Sunset of Board 10
Board International made a commitment to provide extended product support for Board 10 when it was released over six years ago. Since 2015, Board has launched two new generations of software. The latest of these is the Board Spring 2021 release, which represents a milestone in the evolution of Board technology and combines…
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Sorting on Nexel column
I just tried to sort the content of a dataview by using a column that is based on a pretty simple Nexel calculation (single rule), but apparently sorting does not work on Nexel columns. Data type is numeric. If I click on the header of the column, sorting is working fine, but I would like to have it automatically, on open,…
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BOARD 11.3
BOARD 11.3 is now available! What's New in Board 11.3 BOARD 11.3 includes several new web objects, functionality, improvements on the engine processes and a huge set of fixes. Below some of the new available features: New chart objects: - Gantt chart - Tree node - SVG Map - Geo Map Impact Analysis: new tool that allows to…
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The Sunset of Board 10
Board International made a commitment to provide extended product support for Board 10 when it was released over six years ago. Since 2015, Board has launched two new generations of software. The latest of these is the Board Spring 2021 release, which represents a milestone in the evolution of Board technology and combines…
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Speed Test Performance: definition of parameters and BOARD functionalities
The Speed Test functionalities verify the operation performance of the CPU, Disk access times and GPU Type. Through these you can check if any unexpected decrease in performance might be due to hardware. Client Speed Test: CPU: 100 is the speed of our client reference system. Over 100 is a good result. Disk: 100 indicates…
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Pager in ATO Enabled Panel
Is it still possible to have an ATO enabled panel with a Pager in 10.6+ web? In WinClient we drag the panel onto the screen, enable ATO on it, then drag a Pager into the panel. When I do that in 10.6 web I get… "you cannot drag a Pager as a child of an ATO" I'm hoping there's just a different process to achieve it, and…
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Showing 3 different dates in a report
Dear, One of my clients would like to have a supply chain report wher in 3 dates are available. Creation date, shipment date and requested confirmed date. So creation date of the order and shipmentdates and requested dates of the order. I don't know what is the best practice is creating something like this. Do someone has…
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Simple but improved user authorisation possibilities
Problem: If you use several databases, then you have to create a “Profile” for every possible combination of databases, at the moment. For example: If you have 2 Databases, then you have to create Profile_1 for all users, which are authorised for database 1, Profile_2 for all users, which are authorised for database 2 and…
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Filling MXC cube fails
I created a MXC cube to be able to find out how many parts a supplier delivers. When I fill the cube with the data reader the process fails and I don't have a clue why. Any ideas? ------------------------------ Andreas Jeske Anwendungsentwickler Nolte Küchen GmbH & Co. KG Germany ------------------------------
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Database name in ProcedureExecution_YYYYMM.log
1) What is your idea? Provide the database name for each procedure in the procedure execution log file. 2) What specific problem are you trying to resolve? When the file C:\Board\Dataset\Log\ProcedureExecution_YYYYMM.log is populated we can see only the procedure name but not the name of the database. This is a problem…
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Collapse unbalanced hierarchies entities in dataview
Hello, With unbalanced hierarchies entities, it is possible to collapse (more or less) in selectors, but not in dataviews directly. Would it be possible to add the collased functionnality in dataviews for the next releases please? Thanks
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I want to write a calculation formula in Excel
It is possible to add a formula to Excel temporarily, but if you write to Board, the number will be overwritten in the cell containing the formula and the formula will disappear. I understand this is a specification. We correspond it by using macros and "Use Excel Formulas". Is there any other way?
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Totals on top of each group
Hello, currently checking the Dataview Option "View Total on Expanded Group" the totals are shown both on top and bottom of each group. It would be nice to choose where to show the totals (on top OR bottom of each group).