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1815 Ideas

J. de Lange
Hero
J. de LangeHero

Run "Create mock data table from database" enrichment from Mock data screen, with Where clauseCompleted

Creating mock data sets is the single most time consuming task when creating unit tests. Often data already exists in the project database which, after some careful adjusting, is suitable for unit tests. I would like to easily import this data into a mock data set to speed up creating unit tests.

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Jeroen van den Belt
Forum|Forum|10 months ago
Robbert van Tongeren
Thinkwise blogger
Robbert van TongerenThinkwise blogger

Insert your own code before try catch and after end catch in 'atomic transaction'Completed

In addition to the following topic:It would be nice to be able to weave code before the begin try so we are able to create custom scenarios in the software.(For example for logging purposes)For the same reason it would be nice to be able to weave code after the end catch. 

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Jeroen van den Belt
Forum|Forum|10 months ago
E
Moderator
Erwin EkkelModerator

A more user-friendly version of cubesCompleted

Can we please get a more user friendly version of cubes? Setting up a simple graph is more complicated than it should be. I feel like we could greatly benefit from having the UI/UX team having a look at cubes and think of a more refined way of creating cubes and graphs. Maybe adding a wizard to guide you through the creation process would be very helpful. 

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Jeroen van den Belt
Forum|Forum|10 months ago
Ricky
Superhero
RickySuperhero

Asynchronous process flowsCompleted

Per request of @Vincent Doppenberg & Rene JochemWe’ve build more than a few systemflows to act like if it is a asynchronous processflow. These systemflows will do some stuff when it finds a record in a certain table, for example the recalculation of prices within an (larger) offer, which can take a while to complete due to fetching stuff like current prices from the outside world. The systemflow will scan every 5 seconds to see if there is something it can do and for a very large percentage of its lifespan it will find nothing to do. With enough applications on a server this will cause harsh spikes on them.What we were and still are looking for are asynchronous process flows, that for example are triggered by the end users push on a button (within the Windows GUI) in which the process flow will act like a systemflow does and needs no more user interaction so that the user can either log out or do something completely different with the application.rgds Ricky

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Jeroen van den Belt
Forum|Forum|10 months ago
mperrott
Hero
mperrottHero

Have separate icon for a filter when Active and when Inactive (on/off)Completed

Goal is to have a separate icon defined for a filter when Active and a different one for Inactive. We came to a situation where we need to have a filter icon more visible towards when active or inactive. Currently the only separation between the 2 states is the underscore under the icon itself.The idea is to be able to define the icon for Active like  and when Inactive likeWe can use icons of opposite state for defining the Active and Inactive state.

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Jeroen van den Belt
Forum|Forum|10 months ago
B
Warrior
BramGWarrior

Display type for prefilters and cube viewsCompleted

At the moment, we show prefilters in the prefilter bar. The prefilters only show an icon, and no text. Unfortunately, it can be pretty hard to find an icon that perfectly reflects what the prefilter does. Therefore, a text/title can sometimes help. Luckily, this can be found in the overflow menu. We would like to see a display type for prefilters, where you can choose to show the prefilterOnly with an icon With icon and text Only with text In the overflow menuSame logic could be applied to cube views 

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Jeroen van den Belt
Forum|Forum|10 months ago
Hugo Nienhuis
Superhero
Hugo NienhuisSuperhero

SSH-protocol support for FTP-connectorCompleted

The FTP-connector currently supports regular FTP and FTPS. The sftp or SSH protocol is not yet supported. I would like to see this additional protocol supported.

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Jeroen van den Belt
Forum|Forum|10 months ago
A
Vanguard
Allard LakerveldVanguard

Automatically expand grouped rows in a gridCompleted

Currently, grouped columns open by default with all groups closed and only the top row expanded, like this:I would like to have an option in the subject to open all grouped columns by default. Then it will look like this when I open the document: This option is already available for the tree settings, but not yet for grouped columns.

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Jeroen van den Belt
Forum|Forum|10 months ago
Blommetje
BlommetjePartner

Proposal for Optimizing Table Change DeploymentOpen

Hi,A suggestion for the improvement to the current deployment process for table changes in our Software Factory. At present, when a table undergoes a change, the deployment package generates a CREATE script for the entire table. This approach often results in significant data migration, which can be time-consuming during deployment.To improve efficiency, I propose that if a table change involves adding a column at the end, the deployment package should generate an ALTER statement instead. This modification would significantly expedite the deployment process.Implementing this change would be highly beneficial for us, as the order of columns in a table is generally not critical. The GUI is configured in the Subject, and for views, handlers, triggers, etc., the code should specify the correct columns explicitly.Could this be considered as an optional feature in the deployment package?Thank you for considering this suggestion.Blommetje

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Robert Jan de Nie
Forum|Forum|10 months ago
F
Rookie
Franks1Rookie

Adaptive field names in a formlistOpen

Hi,Currently I am setting up a dynamic form using the formlist screen type.So far I have been able to recreate the formlist similar as shown in the documentation. Displaying two columns, one as a label (using the domain control type label) and the other column containing a value. However, I would like to display the formlist similar as how a regular form is displayed. Meaning with a field name that is inside the field, instead of a label that hovers above the field.Is there anyway in which this is possible? My eventual goal is to use this formlist together with a regular form (one being a detail reference) on the same screen. So it would be most ideal if the layout of these forms can match. 

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Jeroen van den Belt
Forum|Forum|10 months ago
Arie V
Community Manager
Arie VCommunity Manager

Add intelligent Search box to Universal GUI headerOpen

One of the greatest features in Office 365 nowadays is the Microsoft Search box on top of every Office 365 screen. It searches through all O365 tools, records and document content I have access to. This does away with the traditional need to navigate to the right menu/folder and then filter/search for the right record or document, as well as with the concept of adding a very long and descriptive title or tags for a document.Other tools also offer this feature and display the returned records order per Entity (see attachment for how Salesforce does this). Could this functionality be added to Thinkwise, having the Search box in the top bar of the Universal GUI?

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Anne Buit
Forum|Forum|10 months ago
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Captain
PeterKeerisCaptain

Global application searchMerged

Who hasn’t seen a user entering an order number or a product number in the menu search bar only to get disappointed that it does not work this way? So why not make it possible to search for (the main) objects of our applications this way? Of course performance is key, so I am thinking it should be configured by a developer on what exactly will be searched and with what condition (different from what is configured as global search for each object).  There are countless ways to implement this and how the result could be presented. But by taking Microsoft office as an example, it would be cool if the user could select one of the configured subjects or search in all. When clicking on something in the result list, I am expecting that it will open the subject page jumped to/filter on the selected object.

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Anne Buit
Forum|Forum|10 months ago
E
Moderator
Erwin EkkelModerator

Add model prefilters customization to universalOpen

In universal you can only add/remove custom prefilters. What’s missing is the customization of predefined model prefilters like in the windows gui. Because of this if you deactivate a prefilter it will stay deactivated. This makes the universal very confusing to use. If you deactivate a prefilter to find a inactive company that prefilter will stay off. The next time you open the screen all inactive company’s will be visible again. The show active company’s only prefilter is there for a reason. I think the windows gui logic makes more sense. The on/off settings in the model should be respected, and there should be the option to change this in the prefilter settings (like in the windows gui). so i propose: 1. add the model prefilters to the prefilter customization settings for UP.2. don’t save prefilter settings by default but always revert unless changes were made to the UP.  

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Mark Jongeling
Forum|Forum|10 months ago
B
Warrior
BramGWarrior

Allow logic to be executed after deploy/creationOpen

When phasing out other ERP systems, we are in a hybrid situation where the singe point of truth is ensured in a view in Thinkwise. Sometimes our views contain so much business logic that we base any upgrade scripts on them. This sometimes causes some occasional problems with upgrades. If a view depends on a field change in the generated upgrade script, the view may break and the upgrade may fail on our manual upgrade script. We would like to see a new code group 'after_deploy' or 'after_creation', which is executed only after all other generated objects have been deployed on the database. We can use the 'manual' code group, but it is only generated in case of a full upgrade, which we prefer not to do for performance reasons.

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Mark Jongeling
Forum|Forum|10 months ago
C. Lousberg
Captain
C. LousbergCaptain

Add possibility to use different database SchemasDeclined

I would like to maintain views in the SF which should be part of a different database schema, so not dbo.Use case is a set of views which will be authorized for a group of users (via Excel link) of reporting system (e.g. PowerBI) to query on.Assigning the rights is much easier if a specific schema can be assigned to create the views.Also it will be clear what the purpose is of a certain set of views. 

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Anne Buit
Forum|Forum|10 months ago
Theo Neeskens
Vanguard
Theo NeeskensVanguard

Option to hide Detail tabs with less codeOpen

I would like to have the option to hide a detail tab if no data for it is present.This obviously only useful for data that the user does not have to add, only for display, update or delete.In some applications it can prevent inexperienced user for clicking on loads of empty tabs to find the information she/he is looking for.

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Arie V
Community Manager
Forum|Forum|10 months ago
htimmermans
Captain
htimmermansCaptain

Call context procedure when adding a recordMerged

Currently the context procedure is not being called when adding a record. I wonder why and what the drawback of this could be. When the context procedure is called when adding a record each time a default procedure (if any) would be called, the following could be achieved in the application: When creating a new order for (in this case) a vehicle, it could be the case that a vehicle is not known in the database. So while adding and no vehicle is yet selected, a task is available to the user to create a vehicle with the minimum of known information entered as parameters. A vehicle is created with a “request” status, someone else can enter all viable information at a later point in time…. The new vehicle_id is an output parameter en will be entered in the new order's field…. But with a context procedure not being called at this stage, I can't hide or show the task and someone can keep clicking on it, creating one after the other partially entered vehicle… I could circumvent this with a default and layout procedure in the task, but I'd rather see the task hidden completely when a vehicle_id is entered while adding a new order…. Long story short: why not call the context procedure always the same time when calling a default procedure (at least when adding a new row)….

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Arie V
Community Manager
Forum|Forum|10 months ago
M
Warrior
MaartenWarrior

enable for empty subject on detail levelMerged

With table tasks we have the model option to say if we want the task to be enabled for empty subjects. I was thinking this would be usefull to have on details. instead of saying in code if the a primary key value is empty hide or disable detail you can just model it.

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Arie V
Community Manager
Forum|Forum|10 months ago
B
Warrior
BramGWarrior

Show code button at data migrationOpen

At this moment, we can display the generated code for unit tests, dynamic models and control procedures. I would like to see a similar button at the data migrations screen, so we can see what query will be generated later on at the actual creation process, to migrate data from the old to the new table structure, including any user defined column mappings and expressions.

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Jeroen van den Belt
Forum|Forum|10 months ago
Dennis van Leeuwen
Hero
Dennis van LeeuwenHero

Default Filter Behavior in Statistics ModuleOpen

The image illustrates the current display of statistics per industry in our system. By default, upon opening the statistics module, all industries are displayed. Given the extensive number of industries, this results in a cluttered view, making it cumbersome for users to focus on specific industries of interest.We would like to request an enhancement to this behavior: instead of displaying all industries by default, the screen should initially open in an empty state, where users can selectively enable the industries they wish to analyze.This change would significantly improve usability. For instance, if I want to compare only the "Bakery" and "Fish" industries, I currently need to manually deselect 15 other industry filters. The proposed adjustment would streamline this process, making data analysis more efficient and user-friendly. 💡Default Selection via Software Factory Settings: It would be beneficial if system administrators could configure default industry selections via SF settings. This way, different user groups or report variants (e.g., a variant focused on a specific industry) could have predefined filters without requiring manual selection every time.💡User-Specific Preferences: A further enhancement would be allowing users to set their own default filters when opening a chart, similar to how "pre-filtering" works in other areas. This would ensure a personalized experience, enabling users to start with their most relevant data immediately.

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Jeroen van den Belt
Forum|Forum|10 months ago
Jochem Pieper
Moderator
Jochem Pieper

Make card list labels conditionally visibleOpen

Currently, the card list component allows selecting one or more columns as the Card List Label. This feature works well when using the card list for a specific subject. However, it lacks flexibility when dealing with multiple variations within the card list, such as tasks.A key limitation is that card list labels cannot be conditionally hidden. I would like to see an option to show or hide columns based on their values—hiding them when they contain null and displaying them when a value is present. The behavior would look something like this:Null values in column labels remain hidden but appear when a value is available. Labels should follow a structured format and avoid excessive display clutter. Currently, empty (null) values are shown, which should not be the case.I believe applying the standard layout logic to this feature would improve consistency and make the logic more intuitive to use. 

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Jeroen van den Belt
Forum|Forum|10 months ago
L
Apprentice
luukschoutenApprentice

Include search columns in user preferencesMerged

I would be useful if users could deselect search columns in their user preferences. Developers can then set up desired columns for all users, after which users can make them specific to themselves

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Mark Jongeling
Forum|Forum|11 months ago
Harm Horstman
Superhero
Harm HorstmanSuperhero

Optimize preview zoomOpen

Change the behavior of the open/zoom function of the preview component to responsive, instead of opening images scaled to 100%.See the example below. End users experience this as annoying.  

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Jeroen van den Belt
Forum|Forum|11 months ago
eurban
Captain
eurbanCaptain

variant_id for layouts, contexts, defaults, handlersOn the backlog

It would be nice to have a variant_id for layout , context and default 

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Jeroen van den Belt
Forum|Forum|11 months ago
Nick Janssen
Moderator
Nick JanssenModerator

Make handler logic variant dependentMerged

Hello,It would be nice if there is a possibility for the handler logic to be variant dependent. Just like badge functionality, I would suggest adding a parameter @variant_id.An example usecase is where we have 2 screens in our application. The first screen disables the default edit button when the row has a specific status. The second screen is a screen available for some type of admins, where they can make changes to the row. However, because of the handler logic, the edit button will always be disabled when it reaches the specific status in all variants of the subject.As a workaround, we changed the handler logic to check if the user is an admin or not and disable the button based on that logic. However, I think it would be nice if we had access to a @variant_id parameter in the handler logic.

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Jeroen van den Belt
Forum|Forum|11 months ago

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