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Sidekick
efitskieSidekick

Add "close all open documents" to process flow action typeCompleted

We have a multitenant web application. In this application there is an option for our support employees to assist the customer. We do this by injecting the support employee user into the customer by a Task.When the support employee makes a switch to another customer they must close all open subjects. For this i like to have an option in the process flow actions to close all open subjects.

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Mark Jongeling
Forum|Forum|3 years ago
J
Thinkwise blogger
Jeroen KoleThinkwise blogger

Make unit tests themselves a part of the review processMerged

When you have created / adjusted functionality and as a consequence also created a unit test, the functionality can be send to the review process. Also, you can see the (results of) the linked unit tests.At the moment, the unit test itself is not a part of the review process. To improve quality, I suggest to make unit tests be part of the review process.

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Jeroen van den Belt
Forum|Forum|3 years ago
Michael
Thinkwiser
MichaelThinkwiser

Make data modelling part of the review processMerged

As a reviewer I would like to be able to view all changes to the data model and accept them or reject them with comments. This is because I run into some cases where fellow developers have made some mistakes designing the data model. (for example, wrong use of keys, references etc). One can dispute that things like keys, names, etc would pop-up when you review the sub names and validations. But sometimes it checks all the boxes of the validations but still is not a data model where you as a reviewer can agree up-on. So I would like to see something like the Code review screen but then for data modelling. And maybe include in that screen the use of the on a detail screen sub names and show relevant validations. 

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Jeroen van den Belt
Forum|Forum|3 years ago
Alex Kerschkamp
Captain
Alex KerschkampCaptain

Progress indication for input fieldsOpen

As a developer, I want to be able to pass "dynamic" values to the UI while queries are running, to inform the user of activity. For example, when I have a default that requires, say, a template/script having 5 queries to run before it fills an input field, I want to indicate a percentage of "20%/40%/60%/80%/100% done" before the input field(s) get filled. Or, I want the field(s) that will be filled by the result of the SQL script to indicate activity (an hour glass, or 1-dot-2-dots-3-dots-1-dot-2-dots-3-dots, you get the idea, something like a spinner) in the input field as long as the default template/script gets executed, for long(er)-running scripts. The UI remains responsive and active during execution of the SQL script(s), so the user experience would improve because of this.This idea is based on the case presented here:https://community.thinkwisesoftware.com/questions-conversations-78/progress-or-activity-indicator-for-automatically-filled-fields-3631

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Mark Jongeling
Forum|Forum|3 years ago
R
Apprentice
RonyApprentice

Scheduler Extender Refresh DataCompleted

It was suggested to me that I should make an idea of this in this topic, so here goes: Currently you have to manually press F5 to see any changes made to a certain appointment/task. For example when a status change occurs the color of the appointment/task bar changes. Stuff like that. Is it possible to refresh the data (appointments/tasks) in the Resource Scheduler in a given interval? Just like the auto-refresh in subjects, but specifically for the scheduler. Using the auto-refresh in subjects in this situation isn't an option because it refreshes the whole document instead of the scheduler itself. I haven't found anything in the scheduler extender, but after a little search I've come across this in the devexpress documentation:https://docs.devexpress.com/WindowsForms/DevExpress.XtraScheduler.SchedulerControl.RefreshDataThat sounds promising, but it's currently not enabled I don't think.Thanks 

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Mark Jongeling
Forum|Forum|3 years ago
Harold
Apprentice
HaroldApprentice

Reference without indexOpen

Once in a while a run a query to see unused indexes on applications I am working on. The query result shows (most of the time) that a lot of indexes are not used. The Software Factory automatically creates indexes for each reference. Since it takes time to maintain indexes (performance loss), I would like the ability to indicate that I do not want an index.For example,In the Reference, make available a checkbox “Create index” which is by default checked (same as current functionality). When you do not want the index the developer unchecks the box and the (smart) upgrade script will drop the index and not recreate it again.Unchecking the “Create index” checkbox (like unchecking the “Check integrity” checkbox) must be done with care, but when having this option, this could increase performance in certain cases.

3
Harold
Apprentice
Forum|Forum|3 years ago
Arjan Sollie
Thinkwise blogger
Arjan SollieThinkwise blogger

Include max duration in unit testOpen

The Software Factory offers the ability to set up automated testing via the unit test section. This will allows you to test if a specific error message is returned or whether an action is executed successfully.What would be a great enhancement in this, is to define a max duration time for you test.Sometimes, after a change, the action is still successful but will take quite a bit longer than before. If you were to release the version containing this change, the increased duration could lead to an issue.With the option of introducing a max duration per test, you could prevent these kind of issue from being released.

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Mark Jongeling
Forum|Forum|3 years ago
Harm Horstman
Superhero
Harm HorstmanSuperhero

Enable 'Start empty with filter' for detailsOpen

It seems like that the option 'Start empty with filter’ only affects subjects when showed as main screen.Would it be possible to let this work on detail screens as well? 

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A
Forum|Forum|3 years ago
Robert Jan de Nie
Thinkwise blogger
Robert Jan de NieThinkwise blogger

Fixed output of a function call for a unit testOpen

Code that calls a function can be difficult to test if that function performs significant logic. I want to isolate the code we are testing from the logic buried in the functions that it calls. To create independent tests, you should be able to fix the output of some functions.For example when you have a task that confirms a sales order, you don’t want to unit-test the function that checks for a credit limit. The credit-limit check should just return ‘ok’.Another big advantage is that this will reduce the amount of mock data required to perform the unit test. In some cases you have to fill half a database in order to get a function to return a ‘true’ whilst not even testing that function.

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Mark Jongeling
Forum|Forum|3 years ago
Harm Horstman
Superhero
Harm HorstmanSuperhero

Form list - TasksOpen

It would be nice to have the possibility to show specific tasks on each row in a form list. Not all tasks, because it depends on the function of a task.

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Mark Jongeling
Forum|Forum|3 years ago
L
Thinkwiser
luukschoutenThinkwiser

Multiselect task executionOpen

It would be nice if a task is executed over a multiline select in the grid, this selection is retained after the task has been executed. This way a 2nd task can be executed over the same selection.

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Jeroen van den Belt
Forum|Forum|3 years ago
Harm Horstman
Superhero
Harm HorstmanSuperhero

Synchronize IAM with different DB CredentialsCompleted

In current version of TSF it is seems not to be possible to synchronize from TSF to IAM when the target DB credentials differ from the TSF Webservice credentials.Because of this, in case the credentials cannot be made equal creating a deployment package seems to be the only way to sync IAM, which is not desirable, because this is to much complicated. Especially in case of a making small changes, like a little adjustment in a roles, this cost to much time.I would expect a possibility to enter credentials before starting the sync process or save the credentials (securely) in the IAM Configuration. Or, have I missed something and is there already an easier way? 

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Mark Jongeling
Forum|Forum|3 years ago
J
Apprentice
jjongApprentice

Possibility to apply filters on open document action processflowMerged

In our application we use tasks with process flows, which open a certain document. In a lot of cases we have to use a filter action after opening the document to only show the data which is needed. Because these are two different actions, the application has to do a ‘select’ two times. It would be nice if there was a possibilty to directly apply a filter in the open document action, so that there is only one ‘select’ needed. This would help our performance.  

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Jeroen van den Belt
Forum|Forum|3 years ago
K.Bakkenes
Captain
K.BakkenesCaptain

Code review items per templateCompleted

Currently the ‘Code reviews’ screen shows code reviews per control procedure. Templates within a control procedure can be changed by different developers. We would like to see every control procedure template as an individual code review item. This would allow a reviewer to approve or disapprove a single template. This will also allow you to see at a glance which templates must be reviewed without having to look in the tabpage 'Changes’.

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Jeroen van den Belt
Forum|Forum|3 years ago
T
Thinkwiser
ThijeThinkwiser

Select a default project versionCompleted

When the sequence number of the runtime configuration isn’t filled and the project version isn’t defined during the development, the ‘last’ project version should be selected instead of the oldest (change the order of the project version). 

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Mark Jongeling
Forum|Forum|3 years ago
E
Moderator
Erwin Ekkel

On copying a table/view add a Checklist of what to copyCompleted

When copying a table or a view a lot of things are copied with it, some wanted some unwanted. When copying a view the old template is assigned to the new view, in most cases I do not want this to happen. Same goes for tasks, when copying a table more often than not I do not want the tasks assigned to the new table.  To make the copying more user friendly (and to give some insight of what it is actually copying) i would like a checklist with objects it is going to copy with the option to deactivate some. This way I would know copying a view also copies the tasks, table parameters, assign the template and copy the filters.   

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Jeroen van den Belt
Forum|Forum|3 years ago
K.Bakkenes
Captain
K.BakkenesCaptain

Undo approval of a control procedureCompleted

From the screen ‘Code reviews’ it’s possible to approve and disapprove control procedures. When we accidentally set a control procedure ‘Approved’ there’s no way to undo it because the ‘Approve’ and ‘Disapprove’ tasks are disabled. It would be a nice feature to be able to ‘Disapprove’ an already approved control procedure.

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Jeroen van den Belt
Forum|Forum|3 years ago
M
Thinkwiser
MaartenThinkwiser

Process action output - labels above fieldsCompleted

In the processflow action edit row we have two columns. Which is different from most process actions.As a reminder for the developer i would like to see a little name or indication which tells me which column is which.  I think this is simply achievable by putting a group name above the columns with old and new values, or something like that.process action: edit row  

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Jeroen van den Belt
Forum|Forum|3 years ago
Robert Jan de Nie
Thinkwise blogger
Robert Jan de NieThinkwise blogger

Show more information during 'Generate source code' stepCompleted

However the source code generation step has never failed me, I sometimes wonder if it is doing something. I’d like to have a more verbose output of what it is actually doing and at what step the generation process is.Currently we only see this and just have to wait:It would be nice if we are able to see the smaller steps that are happening inside a specific step. The advantage is two-fold. It keeps you up to date and makes it visible if there are any steps that are running slowly.

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Jeroen van den Belt
Forum|Forum|3 years ago
F
Frank Junger

PDF merge possibilityCompleted

We would like to have the possibilty to merge pdf files. We generate the reporst and pdf with devexpres.  Devexpress itself has functionality (api) to merge pfd's. 

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Jeroen van den Belt
Forum|Forum|3 years ago
R
Captain
Roy van UffelenCaptain

Dealing with templates within code reviewCompleted

By setting a different background color for templates that are in a certain state it will make it easier to focus only on those templates that need it.For instance think about templates that need some fixing, have or haven't changed since last review, have been reviewed and wait response of developer, alongside prefilters to make you focus on one or the other.This not only within the Review code section, but also within the Functionality (Control procedure and templates). 

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Jeroen van den Belt
Forum|Forum|3 years ago
E
Moderator
Erwin Ekkel

if exists Alter procedure on functionality executeCompleted

During development (especially during the user test) you sometimes have to make quick changes to functionality. However executing the code from the functionality - result screen will do a drop and create, messing up any rights set to the procedure. It would be very helpful if instead the code did a if exists alter , if not exists create. Since this is probably not wanted since some people use the result screen to edit their code I would also be happy if there was a second button (generate as alter procedure). This way any rights set to the object will remain intact. This would save a lot of time during user tests and would decrease the change of errors due to overwriting the current procedure. 

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Jeroen van den Belt
Forum|Forum|3 years ago
M
Thinkwise blogger
Maurice LiebregtThinkwise blogger

Formalize translator role in SF suiteCompleted

Importing/adding translations and validating translations are tasks that are sometimes attributed to specific persons in the project team that are not developers. This is especially likely to happen when a high number of languages and/or more exotic languages are to be supported.To better support this scenario a formalized translator user group (and underlying roles) in the Software Factory would be beneficial. Users that are part of such a group should have access to the “Translations” menu item and the tasks to generate and translate translation objects and the possibility to import/export translations without having the possibility to change the data-/gui model and functionality. 

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Jeroen van den Belt
Forum|Forum|3 years ago
Dennis van Leeuwen
Hero
Dennis van LeeuwenHero

Improvement SF validation "Domain is not in use"Completed

The SF came up with the validation message "Domain is not used". After deleting the domain I found out that some functionalities were giving an error message because the domain was using in a declare.  To have the validation perform a code search on the domain name is probably very difficult (because a domain name in a code template can be anything) but feel free to make it so if possible. I would at least suggest that the validation Description, Consequence or Solution text be expanded to alert a developer that performing a code search on this domain name is a required action before deleting the domain. The developer can then determine to keep the domain or to replace the declared domain with another domain or data type.  

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Jeroen van den Belt
Forum|Forum|3 years ago
B
Rookie
BrechtvGilsRookie

Unit tests with @error_msgCompleted

Unit tests are great way to test API's however, our API's have the declared parameter @error_msg. Because this is the same parameter as declared in the unit test code all of our API's get the same failed message for their unit test: This is probably a more common problem, because @error_msg is a widely used parameter. Can this parameter be changed to a more uncommon one, specific for unit testing probably? 

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Jeroen van den Belt
Forum|Forum|3 years ago

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