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Bart MetselaarUI/UX Designer

Available prefilter state settings severity in variants only equal or above settings from defaultOpen

The setup of a prefilter state in a variant of a subject would be more user friendly, if I can set it up with a severity only higher than the current setup in the default. Now it is possible to make a prefilter in the default with ‘on hidden’ while it is possible to change this in the variant to ‘off’. This gives the impression that the variant will respond in the way I set it up, only to find out that it has changed back to the setting of the prefilter state of the default of the subject. If the prefilter state in the variant could be set up only from the setting of the default and upwards, (with a possible added bonus read-only ‘current default prefilter state’ field) it would be a lot clearly to the developer which options are available to use in the variant.

Mark JongelingSoftware Architect

Widen the Query input field at Calculated field (Data model)Completed

I would like to see the Query input field widened. Currently is hard to see what the query is without opening it. Especially when looking through multiple expression fields it would be great if I didn’t have to open every single one to see the query. Too smallMy suggestion would be to put Calculated field on it's own tab page, then making the field as wide as two groups together, so probably the Field width would be 660. Then also changing the height to 8 or so. For example: Much more space and better insights into the query

Harm HorstmanSuperhero

Multirow report executionOpen

I wish that the multirow functionality, as is available for tasks, becomes soon available for reports too.

Hugo NienhuisSuperhero

Starting a process flow from the SQL Job agentCompleted

It would be nice if we could start a process flow on scheduled times, using the SQL Job Agent. At this moment an external call for a task with an attached process flow will not trigger the process flow.

Jop ter HorstThinkwiser

Validation on RDBMS reserved keywordsCompleted

I noticed there isn't a (complete) list of reserved keywords as a validation. A customer of mine had a upgrade go wrong because there was a domain with the name 'boolean’. Ofcourse that's not a good name, but the Software Factory didn't tell him in the validation, but only when the upgrade script went wrong. I suggest that the list is expanded and depending on the selected RDBMS available as a validation.

Mark JongelingSoftware Architect

Changing Process Action Input fields to Multiline fieldsClosed

Currently we can't enlarge the Process action input fields and when I want to fill in a Constant Value, I notice it is kind of small. For example the Parameters (JSON), this is only one parameter. If I have 5 or more it will be very hard to see if everything is entered in the correct way. Also for the SQL, my query is small luckily but if it would be large, I wouldn’t be able to see all of it. I would like to see these field to be enlargeable, for instance by giving these fields a domain with Multiline control on it.

SF - generate data migration for roll back in addition to data migration for upgradeClosed

During an upgrade of an application it is handy to have backups available, but once normal operation ensues, they are out of date. If it turns out that there is a critical problem a day after the upgrade, and a solution takes too much time, a roll back could be a preferable option. At the moment we tend to give roll back as an option for risk mitigation, but lacking tools it is a last option in case of data model changes. Restoring a backup would mean losing a day’s work, while a roll back would only lose data in the mismatch between the two data models. Is it a lot of trouble to generate a roll back script including reverse data migration in addition to the regular upgrade script?

Arjan SollieThinkwise blogger

Quick entry for reference while adding table columnsCompleted

Currently within the Tasks and Reports items a user has the option to quick add a reference (and lookup) by using the task "Create lookup-reference". This is a good and quick way to set up an additional (parameter) with a lookup. I was wondering why such an option hasn't been added to the "column add screens" within the datamodel modeller. This could really save me a lot of time, when setting up tables that included columns with a lookup reference. Instead of having to go through all the steps: open the design tab, enable both tables and manually draw a reference between both tables, I could simply just run this task. It will automatically add my required columns and set up the reference with the preferred lookup.

Arjan SollieThinkwise blogger

Maintain project version destinationCompleted

Files used by an application, say images, reports etc., are store in a specific folder. In most cases the location of this folder is different for the development environment then it is for the production environment. IAM provides a task the update all the file links within a project version. This is a useful feature. However I would like this feature the store the altering made to the path (difference between development and production). Currently you have to update this path each time you synch a version, whether this is a new or already existing version. In my opinion this is redundant. IAM should be able to store the altering made within the path to set it the right path used in the production environment. Therefor automatically update the path upon synchronizing the next time.

OTAP for file locationsCompleted

When syncing IAM from a development environment (which can be a different server/ different company (for example development at thinkwise)) the icons and reports locations are incorrect. You can either change them in the IAM script by search and replace or relink them in IAM. However, it would be very helpful if there was an OTAP for file locations. How this would work: you can specify a folder for each of your OTAP environments when syncing there is a dropdown with 4 options to select which environment you are syncing file locations are amended according to the selected environment This also opens possibilities for future improvements like: variable Export locations changing certain parts of the code depending on the environment (now most of the time this is done hardcoded with something like: if @@servername = 'production' begin. disabling/enabling certain rights for a certain environment. also if for some reason this is not feasible then a 'do not update file locations' button would be greatly appreciated. For those cases when you did not make any changes to icons, images or reports.

Andre te RaaCaptain

Extend the features of chartsOpen

I would like to have more features in the charts, for example: Running totals Moving average Trend line Regression line Secundary axis When I look at the DevEpress features, it supports a lot more than available in the SF model (e.g. series points (bar and line, with a proper legend). We should be able to model all the supported charts in the GUI (e.g. Gantt chart). Finaly, it would be great if we could select a ‘point’ or 'bar’ in a chart to show details (like we select a cell in a cube and show details).

Table task parameter change order of the columnsCompleted

In the table task parameter screen the order is column and then task parameter. I think it makes more sense to set a value to the parameter, instead of choosing a column to assign to the parameter. The parameter list is a shorter list to work with and if you use correct naming the column is selected automatically. Therefor i propose to change the order of the columns. first task parameter then column.

Bart MetselaarUI/UX Designer

(Active) functionality added as detail in the Subjects menuCompleted

I would like to see the added/active functionality of a subject, added in the menu item ‘Subjects’, to see what scripts are active for this subject.

René WSuperhero

Select all with CTRL + A in web guiCompleted

In the Windows GUI a user can - when focused on a grid - use “CTRL + A” to select all records. I would like to have this also possible in the Web GUI.

Mark JongelingSoftware Architect

360° product view supportOpen

Got an idea the other day to support a 360° view of photos. This would greatly benefit the software in my opinion. Let start off with what I mean: 360° photo viewer (Purely to illustrate)This is a series of photos that rapidly get presented to the user upon dragging to the left or right. In practice this could be used in factories for designing and checking products but it can also be used in shops to show customers the product in a 360° view. One way to implement this from what I found is this way: Not sure if this will be the final way of doing it but it gives an idea.

Add option to also run validations for previous projectClosed

A very helpful option is the "new in this version” filter on the validations screen. However, if you did not run the validations on the previous project this filter does nothing. Now I first have to go to my previous project (which is hidden behind a filter), run validations, then return to my original version and now the prefilter works. What would be very helpful if there was a task: run validations including previous project.

Rename start merge session to create merge sessionCompleted

In my opinion the merge session screen could be much more intuitive if the start merge session task was renamed to create merge session. If you are not familiar with this screen, or you do not use it regularly then the start and execute tasks are very confusing (since they imply to do the same thing).

Kevin HorstThinkwise blogger

Validation for invalid domain namesMerged

As a developer you have a lot of freedom when creating domains for your project. You can choose any name you like. Herein lies a tricky situation however. The developer can also create domains, with a name the same as default data types on the RDBMS, resulting in errors when deploying the model. At the moment there are no default validations for these kind of easy mistakes, so rookie developers can create these invalid domains and don't know why they are not allowed. To make the Software Factory as easy to use as can be, it would be beneficial to included these validations.

Harm HorstmanSuperhero

New Process action - Extract plain text from PDF filesOpen

With many PDF documents it is possible to extract the content as plain text. This makes it possible to thoroughly automate certain document flows. This would be a welcome addition to process flows. Or perhaps it is possible to extend the existing 'Read file' action with this option.

Harm HorstmanSuperhero

Disable detail tabs when master record does not existCompleted

For example, in SF the tab 'Table task parameters' should be disabled or hidden, as long as no 'Table task' record exists. I know, that in end user applications this can be achieved with a context procedure, but I believe this is generic logic.

Mark JongelingSoftware Architect

Auto-refresh on specific columns of subjectOpen

Currently auto-refresh refreshes the whole subject it was turned on for. In my case I only use the auto-refresh option to show the user the active/up-to-date status of a row. Luckily it's not a very long list or anything so the refresh is very quick. It would be preferred, also performance-wise, to have a sort of partial auto-refresh where only a single column or multiple columns get refreshed. What do you think of the idea?

Mark JongelingSoftware Architect

IAM - Order Project version selection from new to oldCompleted

When I copy an existing application to a new one I have to select a new project version. Upon opening the combo box I see that the project versions are ordered oldest to newest. I do think it would be better to order it from newest to oldest. So in my case, 1.16 would be on the top and 1.08 on the bottom. Ordered old project vrs to new project vrs

Raj RozendaalThinkwiser

Hide 'Ok' button in look upOpen

When we open a look-up we get to see the option ‘Ok’ while there won’t ever be a moment we can use that button when in non-edit mode. We would like to see the button hidden.

MichaelThinkwiser

Add a checkbox to the software factory reference popup to set the reference as No CheckOpen

The option no-check on references is something that we could use when applying a reference on a table that contains historic data from a old-application. For example you can only migrate the headings of invoices to the new system but no invoice lines. You do want that new invoices created in the system you are creating has a check constraint that is validated. But for old-data you want it not to apply. For this reason SQL implemented the No Check option on references… What i would like to see is a checkbox on the reference box where you can set the reference to be as a No Check reference. Why do i want this? Well i've seen many projects where people just toggle of the Integrity check on the reference. But do not consider that database could get corrupted when something goes wrong. Fixing missing data is harder dan solving the problem when the check constraint gives an error.

Arjan SollieThinkwise blogger

Update on status change of idea'sClosed

Currently when an idea, which I have submitted, undergo's a status change, I'm not informed about this status change. Personally, I would prefer to receive a notification of this status change. Is it possible to configure the community so that a user, like myself, receives a status update when an idea's, or its status, is changed? If this is not currently possible, it would be of great help to add this feature.

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