Skip to main content

Featured Topics

F.A.Q.

What happens to your ideas?

Your input is very valuable to us. That is why you can share your ideas for improving the Thinkwise Platform. (Last updated: november 2024)Tip 💡Don't...

Idea pipeline (top 25)

Filter by idea status

Filter by product

2004 Ideas

Back to top of the list
Moderator
Erwin Ekkel

2023.1 after merge when deactivate branch is selected switch branch to the merged into branchCompleted

In 2023.1 if you merge a branch into main/or other branch version you can opt to deactivate the current branch. Doing this will still keep the deactivated branch as the active branch (if you are working in this branch at the moment). Working in a deactivated branch is not advised so it would be better to switch to the merged into branch instead. I propose on a merge into with the deactivate branch option selected give a popup of if you want to switch branches to the merged into branch.    

5
Jeroen van den Belt
3 years ago
Captain
André RomijnCaptain

Universal Custom CSS - Additional settings for specific modesCompleted

Goal: customizing the Universal GUI for different platformsIt could be helpful to tweak the Universal GUI based on the platform. We would like to make a difference in look & feel between mobile and universal logins.Currently there is no selector in the custom css, so selectors for ‘mobile’, ‘universal’, ‘windows’ and ‘web’ could do the trick

2
Tim de Lang
3 years ago
Arjan Sollie
Thinkwise blogger
Arjan SollieThinkwise blogger

Disable tab icons in Universal ThemeCompleted

In the Themes used by Windows & Web it is possible to disable the display of icons on tabs. I was wondering where this could be set for Universal themes. I need to disable the icons on tab level. We only want to display icons on the tiles and not on tab level. This setting is not available in the Universal theme page of the SF.  

6
Tim de Lang
3 years ago
Victor Klaren
Thinkwise blogger
Victor KlarenThinkwise blogger

Language selection in Universal UICompleted

To give the user a language choice as a user preference in the Universal UI.We also need this for ourselves to get rid of the different logins (demo_en, demo_eng, etc.) in the Insights application.

7
Tim de Lang
3 years ago
Freddy
Thinkwiser
FreddyThinkwise Local Partner Brasil

dbEventlog improvementsOpen

The current dbEventlog has potential but not very friendly to work with, can it be upgraded a bit to have the abilitty to filter, sort the list on long running queries. Also showing the type of query (app, sf, iam) the main subject would help..  now you have to decipher the query to actually know what it's doing. And lastly, can you show the query and not the prepared statement.. 

2
Mark Jongeling
Administrator
3 years ago
Captain
HarryACaptain

Differentiating snackbar messages with colorOpen

Our application would greatly benefit from the ability to customize the background color of snackbar messages.This simple yet powerful feature would allow developers to more effectively communicate with users, and improve the overall user experience.By allowing developers to change the background color, they could easily distinguish error messages from confirmations, making it easier for users to understand and take action.

1
Mark Jongeling
Administrator
3 years ago
Freddy
Thinkwiser
FreddyThinkwise Local Partner Brasil

Filter form with required valuesClosed

It would be a nice feature if we could make certain filter form values mandatory and set a default value. Especially with big datasets you would require the user to for example fill in minimal 3 filter criteria before actually executing the filter.. (in this case we would start empty with filter).  

6
Jeroen van den Belt
3 years ago
Moderator
Erwin Ekkel

Model Rights show the lowest access levelClosed

Model rights has 2 levels, the allowed or set level (model rights level) and the meta level. If a model right is set to read/write but the meta level is set to read only the action will still show up as green in the list. When synchronizing the model rights to IAM the model rights will be adjusted to fit the meta level setting. So when applied to IAM the action will be shown as yellow (read only), even though it shows as green in model rights in the SF. To make this process more user friendly I suggest instead of showing the model rights level show the lowest level instead (since this is the level that will be applied to the IAM database).  

3
Jeroen van den Belt
3 years ago
Freddy
Thinkwiser
FreddyThinkwise Local Partner Brasil

Create a meta custom view automatically with the activation of system versioningClosed

The option to enable system versioning is great for creating log options. As I see it the SF could do it automatically already by creating a copy of the system versioned table, make it a meta custom view, copy all the column names into the view column_names and add the valid_from valid_to fields at the beginning as PK's.  I do it manually now, but it would be great to have it as a default option in the SF. 

3
Jeroen van den Belt
3 years ago
Captain
Marc FerketCaptain

Make role_id field of role longerOpen

Currently, the "code" of a role (role_id) can contain a maximum of 100 characters.To clearly define roles, we would like to have more space available, so that we do not have to work with all kinds of obscure abbreviations to be able to make sufficient distinction within those 100 characters.The description of a role is longer (1000 characters), but in many places in the SF and IAM the role_id is shown and not the description.Can the length of the role_id field be increased, for example to 250 characters?

3
Mark Jongeling
Administrator
3 years ago
Moderator
Erwin Ekkel

Add merged trunk version to code historyClosed

Currently code history only shows the project in which the code was created (often this is a branch) but not the main trunk version in which the new code was introduced. This is important information since this gives you an indication how many releases there were after the new code was introduced. Please add a column to show the trunk version in the example below the 2nd line would show: trunk version: 2.30 and the top line would show trunk version: 2.31.    

5
Mark Jongeling
Administrator
3 years ago
Captain
HarryACaptain

Improve the workflow for maintaining unit testsCompleted

Currently creating and maintain unit tests is extremely cumbersome, to illustrate I’ve written down the steps I needed to take to fix the unit test for a simple default.1.    Go to Unit Test2.    Run unit tests3.    Filter on Failed Unit test4.    Have a look at actual output5.    Open functionality6.    Try to find the code the unit tests is based on7.    Check the code8.    Go back to the unit tests and op the maintenance tab9.    Go back to Unit tests to copy the name of the failed unit tests since the failed unit test is not by default selected.10.   Check input parameters11.   Select tab expected output -> check output parameters12.   Check Mock Data to see which data set is coupled13.   Select tab Mock data set14.   Select data set that is coupled to the unit test (again I need to do this manualy since there is no reference)15.   Look for the tables that are used in the code16.   Go back to the tab with the input parameters to check how the code will interact with the mock data17.   Open the mock data to see the expected value18.   Fix the mock data.A big problem here is that the UI is failing me, I need to keep switching back and forth between tabs to look at the input/output parameters, mock data and actual code. Furthermore is switching between these tabs made difficult because there are no reference in place to open the detail I’m working on and need to keep looking for this.I don’t have a cut and dried solution for this problem but I do think this part of the SF could be improved by having a look at which information should be shown when (maybe an elaborate screen type of some sort) and reevaluating the workflow.  

8
Mark Jongeling
Administrator
3 years ago
Vanguard
Anne VriesVanguard

ODATA -> filtered odata documentMerged

Dear thinkwise We are using the Odata api to retrieve data from the thinkwise application but when we retrieve the openapi document from:https://server/indicium/sf/insights/openapiwe find it contains too much information too.Is it possible to only retrieve the information of certain endpoints/tables so we can automate the updating of the openapi definition in other application. 

3
Mark Jongeling
Administrator
3 years ago
Jeroen de Klerk
Vanguard
Jeroen de KlerkVanguard

Menu-based OpenAPI specs and metadataClosed

Our application is very large. This also leads to a very large OpenAPI spec (~50MB) and metadata file (~3MB).This is disproportionate for any external application that may wish to integrate with a Thinkwise application, which generally only need access to a small portion of the application.However, the OpenAPI spec is considered the industry standard for consuming an outward-facing API.In our Thinkwise application, we have several defined menu’s for different apps, which can be switched to in the Windows GUI through the context menu.See below screenshot for an example:The context menu within the Thinkwise Windows GUIThe “DMS app” and “Klantportaal” are menu’s containing a subset of views, tables and tasks which the respective applications use.Currently, these applications each required a lot of effort to implement each endpoint, because there is no tangible way of getting the specs for this menu.I understand, from this answer on a forum post, these specs and metadata files are filtered based on the authorized user's roles defined within the Thinkwise application.This is sufficient in the context of a user account defined in the platform, but falls short in the context of an external application which doesn't interact with Thinkwise in the context of a user.Currently, in Indicium Basic, the OpenAPI spec and metadata are available at http(s)://{{server_url}}/indicium/[iam/sf]/{{app_id}}/openapiandhttp(s)://{{server_url}}/indicium/[iam/sf]/{{app_id}}/$metadatarespectively.It would be a great addition for Indicium if these endpoints could become available per menu. For example, the OpenAPI spec for above “dms_new_mobile_app” menu could be accessible through http(s)://{{server_url}}/indicium/[iam/sf]/{{app_id}}/dms_new_mobile_app/openapior something similar.I think this would be a good step in making applications developed in Thinkwise more accessible to external applications.Currently, as a developer working on external systems, Thinkwise seems a very isolated environment, with little to no flexibility for integration.This seems like a design flaw for a low-code platform suitable for “large and complex business applications”, of which the data is almost always required by other applications that exist in an organizational landscape.I would love to discuss what possibilities there are, or even discuss other potential solutions for improved integrations.Should you have any questions, do please ask them in the comments.Thanks in advance!

4
Mark Jongeling
Administrator
3 years ago
Mark Jongeling
Administrator
Mark JongelingSoftware Architect

Password control with 'Show password' buttonCompleted

I'm missing this button in the GUI when I’m using a password field:Show password button I only see this: Can this 'Show password’ button be added? Else there is a possibility that I put in a wrong value.

6
Erik Brink
3 years ago
Robbert van Tongeren
Thinkwise blogger
Robbert van TongerenThinkwise blogger

Run system flow manually via IAMMerged

In IAM you can see your system flows and also add an extra schedule as a application owner. But the thing I am missing is that an application owner can manually start a system flow from IAM.Epically handy when in D/T/A environments but also useful in production when you don't want to wait 59 minutes for a system flow to become active when it just ran 1 minute ago.  

2
Mark Jongeling
Administrator
3 years ago
Bart Metselaar
Moderator
Bart MetselaarUI/UX Designer

Show labels which use icons as detail of said icon.Completed

In the Software Factory, we have the Icons screen where we can find every icon used in our project. However, if I reuse the icon for a label, this icon gets duplicated in my overview. As a result my overview gets crowded with identical icons:  I would prefer to see the used labels as a detail list per icon. This would motivate the reuse of icons, because I would have a much more streamlined overview of all icons. This would also make the list of icons more manageable: instead of altering an icon per label, I can change a group of labels in one alteration of an icon. 

3
Jeroen van den Belt
3 years ago
htimmermans
Captain
htimmermansCaptain

Differentiate tables from task or reports in listbar menuClosed

Currently there is no way, in for instance Themes, to differentiate between tables, tasks or reports in a listbar menu. Or I have missed something. See the example below; the last two items are tasks and the rest are tables. I've switched of “Show icons” in the Theme, to keep it slick… Whether a table or view is opened or a task is started (possible on the background) is a surprise for a (new) user….  It would be nice if there were a way to seperate tasks from tables in a Listbar menu. This might be done by the GUI or give the developer the tools to achieve this…Perhaps the addition of a dummy divider line with possibly a translatable label...    

4
Jeroen van den Belt
3 years ago
Captain
PatrickW

More print parameters available in Print File-process actionOpen

In 2023.2 there are a lot new input parameters in the Print File process action. Very nice, but I am still missing a few.For example:Scaling option. In Windows you can choose ‘Fit to page’, ‘Actual size’, ‘Shrink original', or a custom percentage. We want to have these parameters because if we print a PDF with a size larger than A3 (for example a variable paper size), Indicium will only print the part fitting on A3, so you will miss a lot of information. It would be nice if Indicium has options to scale the print size so it will completely fit on the paper. Paper size option. If you have a printer that has both A3 en A4 paper size available, but A4 is configured as standard, Indicium will print the A3 PDF on A4 size. Maybe are there other users that have ideas for more new parameters, we can use this topic to collect them all and vote to get them available in SF :-)

1
Mark Jongeling
Administrator
3 years ago
Robert Jan de Nie
Thinkwise blogger
Robert Jan de NieThinkwise blogger

Retry on deadlockOpen

When a user currently encounters a deadlock and she is chosen as the deadlock-victim, the user gets a message asking to rerun the transaction.Solving (frequent) deadlocks is something a developer should do, but they still can happen. Often, when a user retries to run the transaction, the problem has gone away.I’d like to propose a client side (GUI/Indicium) solution that will re-try the transaction without the user intervening. This way, the user is not seeing a technical message regarding the deadlock and the action the user wanted to make still pulls trough.I would implement this as follows (my suggestion)Store a setting in SF specifying the amount of deadlock retries (default = 5) GUI/Indicium: Retry the transaction as many times as specified in SF (with an appropriate wait-time) When a deadlock occurs, store the deadlock graph XML in a deadlock-log table in IAM Write to logfile a deadlock has occured (warning) The advantage to this solution is two-fold:The user can (mostly) continue their work and is not bothered by ‘scary’ deadlock messages The developer/administrator has insight in how many deadlocks happen and has got a log of deadlock graphs to look at.

2
Hugo Nienhuis
3 years ago
Warrior
BramGWarrior

Create role Data analyzer in SFOpen

Hello,The software factory can be used by a variety of different user roles. It is not only for developers, but can also be used to analyze data and read/create tests. Therefore, i would like to see the following role in the SF:Data analyzer: Has rights to read tables, columns, domains, diagrams and other database related entities.Thanks in advance.Dear regards,Bram.

5
Jeroen van den Belt
3 years ago
Arjan Sollie
Thinkwise blogger
Arjan SollieThinkwise blogger

Unit test for triggers should pass input as parametersOpen

When setting up a unit test for a trigger the input you set up is not passed on as parameter. Instead, it is only available in the insert statement values list (hardcoded). This makes is super difficult to set up an assertion using the input parameters. Therefor the only way to check your inserted data is setting up a hardcoded assertion query, which is not what you want. Because if you change an input parameters you also need to change the assertion query.A unit test for triggers should pass the input as parameters. These parameters can be using in the insert statement and then also be used in your assertion query.Currently example below is not possible. This should be possible. 

1
Jeroen van den Belt
3 years ago
Apprentice
Peter van LeenenApprentice

By upgrade only add mutated records to history table instead of all actual recordsOpen

Hi, when performing an upgrade on a system versioned table, the current data of the table is always completely written to the history table. In most cases this is unnecessary because the data does not change. I would like to see that only records which are mutated by the upgrade go to the history table.Especially for the development environment I can imagine being able to completely disable writing to history during upgrade.  

1
Mark Jongeling
Administrator
3 years ago
Apprentice
Hans PotApprentice

Set custom start date of resource schedular to allow scrolling back to resources in the past.Completed

The resource scheduler automatically choses a startdate as range. For example on the first of june, the first of june is also the startdate of the resource scheduler range. This is very inconvenient, if you want to scroll back to a resource of yesterday or somewhere in may.Than you first have to click the little left arrow.Would be nice if either by default a peroid of the past is taken as range with the resource scheduler, or if the user could specify the startdate of the range.   

6
3 years ago
Freddy
Thinkwiser
FreddyThinkwise Local Partner Brasil

Universal Action Bar should always be contained within the defined containerCompleted

 We have been playing around with the Universal GUI and we find it more and more limiting that the action bar doesn't play by the rules of the screen containers. The action bar always covers the whole width of the screen and if you want a list on the left and details on the right it becomes very confusing for the user, because you end up with 2 actions bars one under the other. It shouldn't be to hard to make it follow the screen containers you define. The first screenshot only has a container for the detail and the action bar is contained by it.  The second should follow the same principle, the action bar(s) should be contained by the containers they've been put in.  

12
Tim de Lang
3 years ago
Show more

Filter by product

  • All products
  • Community
  • Deployment Center
  • Documentation
  • Indicium Service Tier
  • Intelligent Application Manager
  • Mobile GUI
  • Software Factory
  • Thinkstore
  • UI/UX
  • Universal UI
  • Upcycler
  • Windows GUI
  • Testwise
Terms & ConditionsAccessibility statement