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2025 June Badge of Impact and CommunityCast
It's June, and time is flying by! We're keeping it simple this month with your updates in under a minute, and the opportunity to earn your June badge in (about) one word or less. Here we go… Thank you to last month's badge earners @Nico Weber and @Karry Schupp 👏👏. It was fun reading about Board's 'Force' multiplier. May…
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Excel Workbook: Best Practices and Steps
Author: Eugen Melnic, FP&A Manager and Community Captain We all know that Excel is often the source of business frustration and confusion that leads to the start of a successful transformation through the power of Board. Excel can also be the end point too, as once the business data and processes are in Board, business…
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Board 14 Upgrade Logs
Hello everyone! Keith Crosslin here. I’m a Board Customer Success Manager for Board Switzerland. Often, when I talk to customers about the possibility of upgrading to Board 14 (B14), they ask me what other customers are saying about it. To answer that question, I interviewed three Swiss customers who shared their…
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Monthly Customer News Update - May 2025
We’ve been busy behind the scenes, and we’re thrilled to share some big, exciting updates with you today: Board 14.3 is coming Get a sneak peek What's happening in the US market? Watch our economic outlook Need a best practice? Check out the customer stories by Kraft Heinz, Iren Energia, and Dr. Beckmann How mature is your…
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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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US Economic Outlook: May 2025
The outlook for 2025 has shifted dramatically. In this month’s 10-minute report, Board Principal Economist Natalie Gallagher explains how policy changes are reshaping the macro landscape—and why businesses need to rethink their assumptions. Highlights in this month’s report include: Growth projections have been downgraded,…
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Board 14.3 is here!
We are pleased to announce that the Board 14.3 release is here! 🚀 The new Board 14.3 release includes significant improvements for Developers, Administrators, and Planners (End Users). Board 14.3 proudly introduces new improvements to the Flex Grid Object, including the additions of Data Entry, a Detail By-like feature…
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3 Q's with Fethi Zerara, FP&A Consultant
Featuring: Fethi Zerara, FP&A Consultant and Community Captain Learning how to use Board is a journey but one that can yield truly incredible results. This installment of the Community 3 Questions series is a conversation with one of our more experienced members, Fethi Zerara, as he shares his thoughts on the Board…
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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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Level 304: Question 3 (Update the P&L)
What is the wrong with my solution when I put it in it says incorrect despite following all the instructions. Am I missing something?
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PLN - Product and Driver Mapping
Why is the data not populating on my Data View?
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expiration of the training environment for the 200
Hello, I have a question, after the expiration of the training environment for the 200, is there a way to recover what I did before (like the screens I created, procedures ... ) or not?
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How do i change the number format
Hi, I have a question regarding the format of the number in Board how do i change from the format of number from "," to "." → for example 25,000 to 25.000?
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Procedure Select step critical bug
Hello, I am following the 212 module and I am working on the BUD - Consolidate Budget into P&L procedure. after following every step, I am stuck at the Select Account step in the sales group. The UI element that is supposed to allow me to select an Entity isn't working. No bypass that I know of is currently working (not…
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Level 200 Extend a Training Instance
Hello Board team, Can you please extend my training instance that's set to expire on June 8th? I'm currently halfway through the course but couldn't complete it on time due to other work priorities. Thanks in advance for your support. Best regards, WS
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Level 200 - Module 213 - Expense Data Issue
Hello, I am having issues with publishing my expense data with the new procedure updates made in this module. After I load the data in the expense and click publish data, the data does not disappear from the screen and I do not get prompted that the expense data has been published. Also, I do not see any expense data in…
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Extend Instance
Hello! My training instance expires tomorrow, could you please extend another 3 weeks? Thank you!
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Extract / Reload / Clear Cubes by Group and Support for Sub-groups
Hi Community Currently, procedure steps like Extract Cubes, Reload Cubes, and Clear Cube apply to all cubes or to manually selected ones. I suggest two improvements: Add the ability to perform these operations by cube group(or subgroups - improvement 2) (via dropdown selection) Introduce the concept of subgroups within…
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Dynamic Visibility of a cube / data block in a data view
Hi, is there any possibility to steer the visibility of a cube / data block in a data view? I want to achieve that I can steer on an admin scree, if a certain cube/data block is visible in a data view on another screen. I know that you can steer the dynamic visibility of the whole data view, but I need it for a certain…
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The importance of documentation for long-term success: Deployment documentation
Author: Lucas Charello is a Community Captain and Senior Board Consultant at Kiwika. Hello, Community! My name is Lucas Charello, and I’ve been working at Kiwika for almost three years as a Senior Board Consultant and Project manager. Today, I’m excited to bring up a big topic that is sometimes overlooked: The importance…
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Ability to Set a Data Entry Trigger in drill down popup
Currently the Data-Entry Trigger can be set only by the master data-view , it will be good to set a custom data entry trigger specifically designed for the drill-down popup. For now, we can work around the issue using 'Drill to Screen', but it would be interesting to have this capability within the 'Drill Down' itself.
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Procedure Concurrency Management: Lock Edit Mode When in Use and Enable Read-Only Access
Hello Community, Currently, multiple developers can open the same procedure in Edit mode at the same time, which increases the risk of overwritten changes, loss of work, and version conflicts. I suggest implementing a concurrency control mechanism where: A procedure is locked as soon as it's opened in Edit mode. Other…
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Linear Programming Problems in Board
How can we solve Linear Programming Problems in Board - Nexel or Procedures or any other tool ? Example contribution maximisation with limited machine hours, what should be the product mix. In Excel we can solve this using solver addin.
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How to Group Columns by Cube in Data View Layout
Hi everyone, I have question about data blocks Detail by Month As shown in the attached screenshots, the columns for Q Ovun (PO) and Q Ovun (GR) in the Data View are currently sorted by month, which results in an alternating pattern (e.g., Q Ovun (PO) Apr.25, Q Ovun (GR) Apr.25, Q Ovun (PO) May.25, Q Ovun (GR) May.25,…
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Level 300 : Backup Failed
Hi Team, I tried taking a backup as I was facing an issue in module 305, Update Sales Planning. So, thought of trying the workaround mentioned, deleting members, but the backup of the DB failed. Screenshot attached.
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Detail by On a block
Hello Team, I have a question regarding the Detail By option on Cubes in a dataview. Is the Detail By similar to a Group By. I see from the documentation the Detail By overrides the by column axes. Also, if we consider below documentation, why would i override country by Channel by using Detail By when i could only set By…
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Question about dynamic selection with two parents of the same entity
Hi Community, I’d like to share a slightly complex use case that might open a discussion on potential improvements or clarifications around how dynamic selections work in Board. 🎯 Context: I have an entity called Month, which has two parents: Month of the Year → contains values like January, February, etc. Year Period →…
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B14 - Reset Selection to Screen default
Hello, with b14 a change was introduced, that the selection is not reseted to screen default, when switching from User View to Dev mode. Screen design. Makers and end users can quickly switch between Design and Play mode and can do so with a Selection continuously applied rather than being reset. Enjoy faster development…
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Flex Grid header colors
G'morning all, Previously, I was able to have different background colors on a Flex Grid header so that text input to the filter box in each column is visible (first screenshot). Now, the header background is only one color which isn't helpful when a user inputs text to filter. Yes, I have matched all colors between the…
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Loop function doesn't work
Hi all, I'm trying to do a loop calculation, but for some strange reason some of the numbers don't add up the cube has 2 dim (month and Drivers in blue) the first member of Drivers (baseline) has only the value in the first month, while for driver "a" "b" "c" i can data entry after the first month my goal is to copy the…
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How to Change the Export Excel Column Header and Total column Color
Hi, Please guide me how to amend the color for column header and total column color. Thank you. Sin yee
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What is the purpose of "Position Changes" in the Data Model Transporter?
We recently executed a backup and restore of our core data model from production to non-production. Everything was aligned momentarily; However, as soon as we developed a couple new objects (cubes, rules, entity formats), the data model comparison tool exploded to show several hundred changes between environments. Of the…
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Level 300 Part 2 - Extend instance
Hi, I am now consolidating my knowledge by going through the Level 300 Part 2 course again - can you please extend the instance by another 3 weeks please - to now expire on 26th June? Many thanks, David
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No transfer of selections made in play mode into design mode without having been asked
Other than in the versions before, Board 14 transfers temporary selections done in the play mode automatically to design mode when switching to design mode. This very quickly leads to the screen being saved incorrectly (with the wrong standard selection) if you are not very careful. And this results in a lot of extra work…
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Level 300, Module 305 - Functional Q 1
Hi, I am currently getting an incorrect response for the CY Forecast amount for Grey Pearl Stud. I have checked the steps and instructions numerous times but just cannot seem to work out where the issue is. Having looked at what the correct answer/amount is, it seems for whatever reason my procedure is doubling this…
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Level 200 Module 206 - Italy data not populating.
Hello, I'm having an issue with Italy data. Everything seems okay but while doing knowledge test, i choose country "Italy" the data is not populating. I've checked all the steps but don't see any discrepancy. Can someone please help me with this. Thank you.
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ALM to allow selection of desired objects to migrate at source
In the current scenario, if we need to migrate objects from one source to another, we need to take a snapshot and compare the differences at Target to determine what all objects should be migrated. In projects where multiple users might be developing objects in parallel, this requires a lot of manual effort to identify…
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Skipped rows of Cube value of 0
Hi guys, I have some issues that have skipped rows of Cube value of 0 but in Data Reader ETL is displayed well. I have unchecked Hide zeros and checked differentiate zero and null. Anyone have some ideas or solutions about this one? Thanks previously
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Suggested value in Excel Add-in
Hi ! Is it possible to show suggested value feature to user when using excel add in ? Also can I put data validation check in excel add in?