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Default setting for Relationship
Hello, When there's a parent missing to a child, the Default button becomes visible. But if there are no errors, you won't see the button. It would be ideal if the Default button would be visible at all times, or maybe have an overview window (like the Normalize window), where you could set up the default mapping. In the…
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Default setting for Relationship
Hello, When there's a parent missing to a child, the Default button becomes visible. But if there are no errors, you won't see the button. Is it possible to set the Default mapping for each Relationship from somewhere else, even if there's nothing missing at the moment? Thank you
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How to structure cubes with slow moving hierarchy
1. Abstract A common challenge in a Board Application is to fulfill the request of tracking changes in hierarchies, which by definition are the current snapshot of a relationship. This article describes how to keep track of the historical situation using a cube and dedicated entities. 2. Context Since a hierarchy in Board…
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Missing child in Relationships
Hi, I'm trying to create a dashboard on ESG Net Zero Emission. I've picked only a particular worksheet (1a_RM_&_pack_calc_1.csv) and created entities and built relationships for them, but after running the Data Reader, I'm getting an error on Missing Child in relationships. Thanks & Regards, Kranthikumar Goli.
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Extract/Import Trees Unsorted
Hello, I'm sure any admin of BOARD has faced the issue needing to refresh Development Cubes/Entities with new info from Production. I'm sad to say that this process is FAR less straightforward than it would seem. It is very frustrating to always have to follow the steps of : A) Remove all sorting of entities (Production)…
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Level 200 Module 204 Material and Material Group Empty
I'm trying to complete step 7 and following the instruction to manually set up relationships between Material and Material Group but both seem to be empty. Have I missed a step where data was meant to be uploaded? I've scrolled through a few times but can't see anything I've missed. most likely just my mistake though. Any…
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How to use Unbalanced Hierarchy
1. Abstract A common requirement when structuring hierarchies in Board is to create an unbalanced hierarchy, Board facilitates this with a dedicated feature “Unbalanced Hierarchies”. 2. Context Unbalanced hierarchies can be a very useful addition to a Board solution; however, how to define and maintain them requires some…
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Entity with many levels - suggestions
Hello, We have a new customer that has an Account dimension with nine levels (!). It's an Unbalanced Hierarchy. Before we start to build too many objects depended on the Account entity/entities, we would like to ask this creative Community for input and knowledge sharing. This object(s) should fulfill our need of: -…
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Cross-DataModel analyzer for relationships & entities saturation
In a multi data model environment, it could be useful have some centralized diagnostic functions for a quick control through all data models for some common controls, e.g. 1 Relationships (missing parent) 2 Relationship (missing child) 3 Entities saturation (e.g. that highlight all entities with saturation > 80%, or with…
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Deleting entity elements made easy
There is already a guide on "How to remove obsolete entity members". However, this process should be much easier. It would be great if entity members can be deleted easily by hand. Especially, in big databases that would be a huge relief because it wouldn't be necessary to reload the entity and cubes. As a bonus, it would…
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Option of restricting elements for selectors
Up to now, for a selector, there was only the possibility to display all elements or only the active elements. However, I had the requirement in many projects that the selectable elements should be restricted depending on other filtering. Reasons could be for example: Elements of entities are no longer valid, but should…
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Relationship
1. Abstract Properly designing and maintaining relationships is essential for a well-functioning solution. In Board’s multi-dimensional database, relationships are a core component of the database configuration. Incorrectly configured relationships can make data partially or wholly inaccurate and lead to incorrect…
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Relationship - Scanning for Errors
1. Abstract Properly designing and maintaining relationships is essential for a well-functioning solution. In Board’s multi-dimensional database, relationships are a core component of the database configuration. Incorrectly configured relationships can make data partially or wholly inaccurate and lead to incorrect…