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The Insight Loop – October 2025, an Economist Roundtable
Where Economic Intelligence Meets Strategic Action Is today's consumer spending fueled by income growth or wealth effects, and what does that mean when the market shifts? Our economists tackle four critical questions about spending, saving, and the signals that matter for your 2026 planning. October Episode: Economists…
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November CommunityCast and Badge Opportunity
🦃 The year is flying by and the holiday season is around the corner with Thanksgiving in the United States just weeks away. What are you thankful for this year, personally and/or professionally? Feel free to share below and be sure to check out our monthly updates to learn about what was new in Community in October. Here…
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Accepted Answers Go Farther
The Board Community forums are the place to go for DIY questions and answers in rapid time. Platform Discussions offer specific Board insights, Academy Discussions help you succeed in your training, and the Partner Forum provides a dedicated place for Partners to share. How can you help optimize the forum experience for…
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Coming Soon: The Board Cloud Status Page
Board is excited to announce that the Board Cloud Status Page is coming soon! This new platform will provide customers and partners with real-time visibility into the health of Board Cloud services — including ongoing incidents, planned maintenance, and service availability across regions and environments. What You Can…
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Now Available: Board Advanced Developer Certification for Customers
We are pleased to announce that the Board Advanced Developer Certification Exam is now available for customers. This advanced-level certification is designed for experienced builders who want to validate and showcase their expertise in designing, modeling, and deploying complex solutions in Board. About the Exam 40…
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5 Tips for a Successful Board Setup
Author: Karry Schupp, Senior Financial Analyst for DH Pace Company and Community Captain. The setup process for Board can be daunting. Board and your Partners are relied upon extensively during the setup process; however, they only understand your expectations based on your communication with them. After experiencing the…
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Monthly Customer News Update - October
As markets grow more unpredictable, planning with speed and flexibility has never been more critical. This month’s newsletter brings youfresh research, customer stories, best practices, and upcoming events to navigate troubled waters and be the captain on Board. Warm regards, Sandra Head of Customer Marketing ECONOMY &…
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Introducing Scout: A Helpful Guide to Fast Answers
We’re excited to welcome Scout to the Board Community! Think of Scout as your helpful guide, always on the lookout to fetch the best answers to your questions. Powered by our Community AI assistant, Scout delivers suggested answers to forum posts within minutes, helping you find solutions faster and keeping the…
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Board 14.4 is here!
We are pleased to announce that the Board 14.4 release is here! 🚀 The new Board 14.4 release includes significant improvements for Developers, Administrators, and Planners (End Users). Board 14.4 proudly introduces the new Board Foresight Add-On allowing users to integrate both internal and external data for forecasting…
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Analyst Review: Gartner Peer Insights (multiple opportunities) (150/50 points)
Board is working with Gartner Peer Insights to publish independent ratings and reviews of Board and would like you to participate, starting with a quick click below. Your review is anonymous (only information about your company industry, company size, job title, and geography are displayed). Leaving a review should take…
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How to use Nexel to select custom time periods
*NEW - includes video demonstration. Build Along with Board Follow along as we bring this step-by-step guide to life. https://player.vimeo.com/1105912052 Quick reference: 4:32 - Custom time period selector 7:23 - Create members 8:38 - Create the cube 10:09 - Create Nexel layout > complete Nexel process begins here 1.…
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The new Board knowledge base is here!
Following the Board 14 release, consisting of a brand-new user interface and improved user experience, we are proud to announce the new Board knowledge base! The new Board knowledge base replaces the Board Manual from version 14 and newer as a support center for helpful resources that reach beyond only documentation.…
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Groups FAQ
Welcome to Board Groups! We’re glad you’re here. What is a Board Group? Board Groups provide dynamic opportunities for members with similar interests, shared challenges, and business goals to solve problems, share key learnings, and foster meaningful connections. Created as an opportunity for valued customers to take the…
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How to Edit the Max Item Number
*NEW - includes video demonstration. 1. Abstract The Entity ‘Max Item Number’ is used to reference data stored in a Cube version. It determines how the data pages are physically stored and influences performance as much as dataflow execution. 2. Context The amount of master data will increase during an application…
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Build-a-board Vimeo access issues
Has anyone else has this issue when trying to watch these videos? All of the videos have been set to private so can't actually "do" the training.
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Add a Sub-Flag for Tuple Cleanup After Limitation in Dataflow
Currently, the option "Limit calculation to tuples of the cube" restricts calculations to a subset of tuples, but it does not address tuples that were previously loaded into the database and are now obsolete due to this limitation. I propose adding an additional flag (or a sub-flag linked to the existing one) that allows…
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When updating a URL on SAP Connector Data sources, update Data Readers too
When updating the URL of an SAP Connector in the data sources, the actual URL in the Data Reader associated to this URL aren't update accordingly unless you go manually edit every single one. My idea is to add a pop up that ask when you save your change in the following screen if you want to update the URL automatically…
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B14 Level 200: module 203, Section 11 to 13
Hi, I have set upped the Cubes and the data reader but when I run the reader nothing happens. At first I have build the reader analog screenshot and the two cube values were missing (unit and sales LC). Before the fix the reader worked fine but I did not had data shown in section 14. So I went back and noticed my failure.…
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API Integration
We were loading the actual data in our application in BOARD with manual files. Now we want to integrate it with ADW Datalake. Please let me know how we could connect the servers with BOARD to fetch the data instead of loading it with text files.
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dataview algorithm block: how to set summary mode to 'no total'?
Hello, I am wondering how to hide the total value in a dataview for a block of type algorithm. This is actually possible for a block of type cube: but i don't see it for a block of type algorithm: Do i oversee some options in the block settings within the layout window ? as a workaround, i play with foreground and…
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Dynawrite: where can the font be defined? Paragraph styles modified?
Hello, I want to display a formatted static text in a dynawrite (screen instructions). Where can i set the font(s) of the text?? I see no font dropdown list in the menu The same question applies for the text formatting styles (Paragraph, Quotation, Heading 1 etc…) Where can I change something in these styles? The…
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remove layout selection
Hello, I have a hardcoded selection on a screen from which I launch a db procedure incapsulated in a capsule procedure. I need to remove the initial selection in the db procedure with a remove selection on tree but it's not working. Is ther another away to remove the layout selection ? thank you Catalina
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200: module 203, Section 11ff, Data reader for Data Cubes is not working
Hi, I have set up the data cubes in Section 11 and 12 and when I added the data reader in section 13 I made an mistake by adding only the 5 entities from screenshot to the reader, leaving out cube data fields. In Section 14 I noticed I do not have data in my cubes, even when the reader said it had loaded it. I found the…
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Scheduler failing.
Community - Need your help in understanding the meaning & reason of the error message highlighted in yellow in attached image.. As a matter of fact, the same is working as expected in lower environments.. but issue in higher one.. can anyone help in decoding the reasoning and solution?
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Closer integration between Board Data Models
With the concept of applications or solutions leveraging a more "modular" data model approach, an idea I would have is closer integration of multiple Board data models. A simple example would be an FPA Planning model with an HR planning module. In this example I could see two different data models: Data model which…
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Asynchronous Option for Call Procedure Step
Objective Add an "Asynchronous" option to the Call Procedure step. This feature would allow the calling procedure to continue executing subsequent steps without waiting for the called procedure to complete. Key Benefits Improved User Experience: Users can interact with other features on the screen while long-running…
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Focus Selection action in procedures
Hi all, I would like to request a new "selection" action in procedures to simplify selection management. Context We have often the situation in a procedure where we need to update the selection by going from a selection on a child to a selection on its parent. Typical case: my current selection is on entity Month for Year…
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2025 Q4 Community Captains
Andrea Sala has recently celebrated his first year at Board. With a background in physics and biophysics, he strives to bring analytical thinking into his role within the Board Support organization. As an L3 Support Specialist he values continuous learning and the stimulation of new challenges, while recognizing there is…
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Advanced Smart Import
1. ABSTRACT The Smart Import object facilitates the upload of data (master data, transactional data) to Board. Before, Dataviews with line number entities or CSV blob cubes with export/import procedures were required to upload the data. In addition, a complex check logic (if implemented at all) was required to detect wrong…
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procedure step > text file datareader > changing filenames: how to manage this
Hello, I want to track manual data-entries done by the users of an application. Therefore i: parse (through Text file data reader and Board ETL) the appropriate file trigger this datareader in a procedure run by the user BUT the procedure step needs a fixed filename whose name is not changing over time. — Details: The…
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Export Logs
Hello, Is it possible to get the logs from c:\board\dataset\Log (Cloud environment) via i.e. API or some other solution? This way, we could optimize the recurring analysis done with the log files.
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Apply selection to screen not working
Hello, I have a procedure that allows me to go on a specific screen and apply the current selection. I use the steps below after "Go to screen" Despite these the dataview are not updated though the selection are stored in memory. This is what it displays when the screen opens (normaly I have only one selecion on unique ID…
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Server Command - Batchfile not visible
Hello Togehter, i try to execute a batchfile with server command step. I placed a batchfile in folder /Board/Job, but it is not visible. Is there more configuration needed? Thanks for your Help!
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Enable Dynamic Resolution of @Week in Algorithm Names When Using Block Reference in Data Views
When creating a Data View with block references, dynamic naming using @Week does not currently work as expected . For example: Setup: Data Block A: Block reference to Week 31 Data Block B: Block reference to Quantity for Week 31 Algorithm Block C: Calculates A / B with a block reference to Week 31 and is named Price@Week…
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How to create bar chart in Data View
1. Abstract This article describes a specific use case: visualizing a bar chart in a data view object. 2. Context In some projects, it can be asked to render a bar chart in a data view object, to provide an immediate visual representation of the numerical values directly in line with the data. This allows users to more…
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The ability to apply border styling to “Total” and “Grand Total” rows in a DataView
The ability to apply border styling specifically to “Total” and “Grand Total” rows is a highly sought after feature for proper report presentations. It is not currently available in Dataviews. This is an enhancement that is currently desired by several customers for their reporting requirements and is being asked for…
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Improvement of text data entry saving in DataView when using an RTF cube
As the title implies; improved text data entry saving in DataView. Please add a “Save” option within the text editor to allow saving without closing it. When using an RTF cube for text data entry in a DataView, users currently need to close the text editor and use the sliding toolbar to save changes. It would enhance the…
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Board Academy - Access Issue with Board 12 Videos
Dear Academy Team, Could you please enable the Board 12 videos on the Academy platform? We have been unable to view them since the end of October. Please find attached a screenshot showing the issue we encounter when navigating to that section. Thanks for your help !
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API Query - Export Flex Grid
I have a suggestion to develop an API query type for Flex Grid in addition to Dataset and Data View. Flex Grid is fast and enables export of large cubes with many Entities.
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Level 300, Module 306 : Facing issues in 306 functional test Q2
Hi Team, I am facing issue in 306 Functional testing Q2 after data entry for - Office salaries, Office Technology Software & Hardware and Global marketing Campaign in the Expense planning page. After following all the instructions and removing the flag from 6400 wages the following are my results: Office Technology…
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Level 300, Module 305 - Functional Q1, GBP not visible
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Best Practices for Deleting "Test" Objects (Screens, Procedures, Entities, etc.)?
Hello, I’ve heard the advice many times to “never delete anything” in Board, but as our snapshots keep growing, I’m starting to question if that’s really the best approach for managing old “test” objects, screens, procedures, entities, and so on. I’m especially interested in how others handle the accumulation of test…
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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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Option to replace blanks or zero's with dash "-" in data views
Hi Team, It would be ideal if we had the option to replace blanks or zero's with a dash "-" in Data views. This would support reporting requirements for our government customers. In the entity row formatting and data view block formatting, we need an option to replace blanks and/or zero's with a dash "-". Something similar…