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Mark Jongeling
Administrator
Mark JongelingSoftware Architect

Exclude .bak files from being PreviewedOpen

The previewer is great but it is not so great when a row is selected with a .bak file. The GUI will load the whole file to try and preview it, but will not succeed as .bak files cannot be previewed anyway. Would be nice if the Previewer excluded this file extension. But of course there are more file extensions to exclude.Or; The Preview component should check the extension first before trying to preview filedata. 

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Mark Jongeling
Administrator
4 years ago
Jeroen van den Belt
Administrator
Jeroen van den BeltAdministrator

Include some more data when saving cubesOpen

This idea is created on behalf of some of our users, combining their ideas into one.When saving a cube view as an UP cube view, it would be desirable to include some more data/settings:Prefilter state: for example, a detailed overview of hours will often cover the last period, where a trend analysis will cover several years. When you are always interested in the trend analysis, you have to activate the prefilter yourself every time. Active filters: any manual filters should also be saved. Selected print options: a user now has to reset these with every print. Expansion of rows: the rows are always expanded when working in the cube view, even when the rows were collapsed when the cube view was saved.

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Mark Jongeling
Administrator
4 years ago
Arjan Sollie
Thinkwise blogger
Arjan SollieThinkwise blogger

Assign table variants based upon breakpointsOpen

Currently the Software Factory allows you to assign a different screentype based upon a breakpoint. This is a very useful feature. Unfortunately you still lack the option to optimize the different screen layout. Because all subject configurations such as the grid, cardlist and form are still having the same setup. This leads to setting up a compromised setting for these components. So that it will work on a large and small screen.How great would it be to be able to assign a table variant based upon the same breakpoints! This will allow you to fully configure your table for multiple resolutions, and therefor devices.Obviously the GUI will do some scaling, to help with adjusting the grid and form, but often on smaller screens things such as the sequence of fields or the grouping of fields should be different. Users do not want to scroll before being able to see the most important data on this table.All of this can be configured if we could assign table variants to breakpoints.

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Arie V
Community Manager
5 years ago
Superhero
René WSuperhero

Accept type for file upload (only allow specific extensions)Completed

I would like to be able to specify the valid extension(s) that a user can use on a file upload.I want to help the user a bit more saying they can only upload for example .zip or .xml files, of only images. The accept attribute could be used for this.Clicking on this, should result into a restricted set of file extensions.  I currently use a default, but that's triggered after someone has selected a file.

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Jeroen van den Belt
Administrator
5 years ago
bverhoef
Thinkwiser
bverhoefThinkwiser

Progress bar while executing more than 1 unittest.Completed

At Deployment -> creation -> tab unit tests you can find many unit tests. It would be nice if there could be a progress bar that at least informs the user of the progress.

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Mark Jongeling
Administrator
5 years ago
Mark Jongeling
Administrator
Mark JongelingSoftware Architect

Copy all column values from selected columnOpen

We can copy all row data by using Ctrl+A and Ctrl+C but even when I hide all other columns (through User preference) than the column I want to select all values from, it still ends up copying all the values of all other columns too. Maybe that's a bug but… What I would like to be able to do is selecting all values from a single column and copy it. Can we make this possible?

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Jeroen van den Belt
Administrator
5 years ago
Mark Jongeling
Administrator
Mark JongelingSoftware Architect

Ability to change domain control iconsClosed

I would like to be able to change the icon next to the file upload field. In the application, gray icons are being used to open/start tasks and this task makes it possible for an user to upload a file. Currently there's a difference between my task icon and the file upload icon. If I could make these two the same, that would greatly benefit the look of the application.   Difference in Icons 

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Jeroen van den Belt
Administrator
5 years ago
Thinkwise blogger
Maurice LiebregtThinkwise blogger

Alternative units for requirements/user stories and work sizeClosed

In the 2021.1 version of the Software Factory storypoints can be attributed to requirements/user stories and hours to work, which is definitely useful. The flexibility/usability of these elements would however be improved if the units of measure could be freely chosen in a future version.   

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Jeroen van den Belt
Administrator
5 years ago
Captain
Roy van UffelenCaptain

Change order of columns for table task parametersCompleted

I understand that this issue has already been addressed in However currently the order is confusing in the following way:Order of first column is: Table - Task Order of secord column is Task parameter - Column (so reverse from first column)I would like that the first and second column match. So this basically means that the order in the first column should be reversed (starting with Task and continue with Table).PS This also applies for Table task parameters within subjectsPPS Why are project and version visible from the subject and not from the task? Showing project and version is not something I see on other forms, so maybe removing them will be an extra bonus.

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

Enable task and report for empty subject - Default value set falseCompleted

Currently in the Software Factory the checkbox Enable task/report in empty subject is set to true. Personally I would like the default set to false. In most cases the task/report should not be available when there is not subject. The exception is the case in which you would like to enable the task instead of hide it.

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Jeroen van den Belt
Administrator
5 years ago
Sidekick
efitskieSidekick

Data conversion support lookup query or joinCompleted

When adding new columns to existing model it’s possible to add default values with the data conversion. I would like to produce a specific value for each row that is the result of a query. With this i can calculate and populate the new column with a value.

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Jeroen van den Belt
Administrator
5 years ago
Moderator
Erwin Ekkel

Execute a system flow from the SF (for development purposes)Completed

After creating a system flow if you want to test it there are 2 options: create a starting point in the GUI and run it is a process flow, or sync to IAM and test as a scheduled system flow there. I would like to have another option which is execute the system flow from the software factory itself. This will speed up the development process and give the developer more tools to create a working system flow. 

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Jeroen van den Belt
Administrator
5 years ago
Moderator
Erwin Ekkel

add previous project and version to creation screenCompleted

During creation of a project it is very important to correctly set the previous project and previous project version. However there is no indicator or option to change this during creation. For a better creation process please add the previous project and previous project version to the generate definition screen. This way you will have a double check if you are basing the generation on the correct previous version, and this also removes a step in the process as you do not have to go back to project.   

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Jeroen van den Belt
Administrator
5 years ago
Jop ter Horst
Thinkwiser
Jop ter HorstThinkwiser

'My' work items in specification taskboardCompleted

In the last release we got a kanban board within the Thinkwise Platform. I want to use it in my projects, but when I open the board I see all the work within an iteration. I'd like a prefilter for work items that are assigned to me. 

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Jeroen van den Belt
Administrator
5 years ago
Superhero
René WSuperhero

Unit test "Expected parameters" for tasksCompleted

I would like to have the ‘Expected output’ detail also available for Tasks to unit test. It's currently only available for defaults / layouts etc. I have a task (or could be subroutine?) which has an output parameter that should be tested.  

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Jeroen van den Belt
Administrator
5 years ago
Arie V
Community Manager
Arie VCommunity Manager

Application names in IAM are unclear when using multiple Applications on same DatabaseCompleted

We are running multiple Applications on the same Database, each having their own Translation (and alias). The information as displayed in IAM (Universal GUI) makes it unnecessarily hard to distinguish these different Applications.I would suggest either of these solutions - I prefer 1 more, but 2 might be even easier):Display the Translation (first Translation it finds or based on user Language setting) as Expression field on both Grid and Form Update the Expression field that is currently used as Display Lookup column for Applications to include the AliasCould this be improved in the next Release or in a hotfix? 

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Jeroen van den Belt
Administrator
5 years ago
Apprentice
Dries FransenApprentice

Change the tsf_send_message parameter datatype to nvarcharCompleted

Currently, when I want to send a message through the tsf_send_message stored procedure with a parameter that contains non-latin characters, such as Cyrillic and Thai, these characters are all converted to question marks.i.e. <TEXT>"ภาษาไทย Phasa thai"</TEXT> becomes <TEXT>"??????? Phasa thai"</TEXT>. However, as was noted in the answer to the related question, by changing the datatype of the tsf_send_message function from varchar to nvarchar, the use of non-latin characters in parameters will become possible.

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Jeroen van den Belt
Administrator
5 years ago
Captain
Roy van UffelenCaptain

View generated source code from SFCompleted

After generating source code you can deploy them to the database in the Execute source code tab.I would like to select the various scripts to be able to see (check/edit) certain items before actually execute them on the database.It would also be interesting to know when a specific block of code was changed (using trace-information). Maybe that can also be added during generation.

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Jeroen van den Belt
Administrator
5 years ago
Robert Jan de Nie
Thinkwise blogger
Robert Jan de NieThinkwise blogger

Insert your own code into CATCH part of 'atomic transaction'Completed

For a while now, there is a checkbox that lets your code run in an atomic transaction. This is a great improvement allowing you to easily let your code run inside a transaction.I would like to propose an additional improvement, by letting the user put in a template within the catch-part of the atomic transaction. This way, you can add your own error handling in the catch part of the code as well.Below an example of what this could look like:CREATE or ALTER procedure demoasbegin --PART 1 of default transaction code, generated by default by Software Factory begin try begin transaction; --Force an error select 1/0; --PART 2 of default transaction code, generated by default by Software Factory commit transaction; end try begin catch if @@trancount > 0 begin rollback transaction; end; --USER ENTERED additional error handling --for example, writing some error in a log. insert into error_log (error_log_message) values ('something went wrong'); --PART 3 of default transaction code, generated by default by Software Factory throw; end catch;end 

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Jeroen van den Belt
Administrator
5 years ago
Moderator
Erwin Ekkel

Process flow as action to connect process flowsCompleted

Currently as far as I know it is not possible to connect process flows. This causes multiple duplicate process flows with some minor differences, this is not in the spirit of reusable code. Having the option to link one process flow to another would Eliminate the need to copy functionality in several process flows. It would also make large process flows more readable since you can now cut the process flow into smaller specific task driven process flows. The way this would work:A process flow action can only be used as an end or start point. example:process flow 1 has process flow 2 as an end point. process flow 2 has process flow 1 as a begin point. Additional checks to prevent problems: check for loops and check if process flow is used as a begin/end point. 

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Jeroen van den Belt
Administrator
5 years ago
Robert Jan de Nie
Thinkwise blogger
Robert Jan de NieThinkwise blogger

See what program objects are linked to a control procedureOpen

I’d like to be able to see within the control procedure screen what program objects are linked to it. This could just be one field with an aggregate of the assigned control procedures. This way you can easily see/find what control procedure is linked to a specific program object.Nice quick win, I’d say…

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Jeroen van den Belt
Administrator
5 years ago
Robert Jan de Nie
Thinkwise blogger
Robert Jan de NieThinkwise blogger

Automatically create unique index for lookup columnOpen

There is a nice validation called 'Reference source table has possible double look-up values’. It even tells us the solution to resolve it: 'Create a unique index on the source table of the reference, to ensure the look-up value is always unique. The unique index should have the following fields:- All primary key columns which are also a foreign key column.- The lookup display column.’Why can't the Software Factory create these indexes automatically? It would save developers a lot of time and would improve the quality of the data quite a bit.

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Mark Jongeling
Administrator
5 years ago
Captain
Marc FerketCaptain

Easier selection from pop-up list in Universal GUIOpen

On mobile devices it is hard for a user to make choices from a combo list. Because the screen is small, it is difficult to open the list (clicking on the triangle) or the icon next to it.Some lists do not require the user to type in part or all of a potential choice. The list of possible choices is limited, so picking from a list (box0 works well.The easiest for the user would be if the full text (the orange part of the image) is clickable, which will open a popup.The triangle should then be suppressed.  

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Mark Jongeling
Administrator
5 years ago
Thinkwiser
Boudewijn

SF: Add 'remarks' column to rolesClosed

I have a small request for role management: please add a ‘remarks’ column to role-screens in the SF.When making changes to role configuration, it is helpful to leave a message to other maintainers why some functionality is now (un)available for certain roles.Without a remark, there are many cases where it is not clear whether a given configuration was made by mistake or changed on purpose.

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Mark Jongeling
Administrator
5 years ago
Sidekick
Spyros.NeofytouSidekick

Edit on Grid and be able to move to records like in ExcelCompleted

We would like to be able to edit on Grid and be able to move to records like we do in Excel and when we save to save all the records changed 

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Erik Brink
5 years ago
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