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Mark Jongeling
Administrator
Mark JongelingSoftware Architect

Ability to use .gif background in the Application menuClosed

Currently we can only use pictures to use as background. But I think it would greatly profit the Wow-factor of applications if we would be able to use GIF backgrounds for applications.I'm imagining along the lines of a mostly static picture but with moving elements like a flag or even trucks or something like that. The possibilities are endless. Edit, it is indeed possible in the Universal GUI like Jasper stated. Upload the animated background in Themes: 

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Jasper
Forum|Forum|6 years ago
R
Hero
RolandHero

Set organization size in SFClosed

There are quite a few sections that we don't need in SF. We are a smaller company and for the last couple years I have been the only SF user. The SF over time received new capabilities such as releasing control procedures for review. This means however I'd be reviewing my own code so I basically end up 'dumb' clicking through long lists just to get through validation. I used to do this in batches by changing certain task code in SF but I stopped doing that because every suite upgrade comes with changes in the SF data model. Now with the new 2019.1 version it doesn't even seem possible anymore to ingnore validation messages when pushing a project to IAM. This means I have to go through these lists every single time we release a new version of our application. This makes a lot of sense in larger organizations but for us it's a bit of a burden rather than a helpful tool. Therefore I'd like to see some kind of setting in SF that can take things such as code review out of the equation, perhaps through some simple setting that says small/medium/large organization but with the ability to customize which parts of SF are actually active. Now we always have a fully active SF which is basically overkill at least for us.

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Jasper
Forum|Forum|6 years ago
Mark Jongeling
Administrator
Mark JongelingSoftware Architect

'Collapse all menu groups' buttonOpen

As I'm working with the Software Factory and end product, I noticed that I'm unable to collapse all menu group items in one go. This leaves me clicking all close menu group buttons to get a clean look. Since I rarely use the filter because I like to use my mouse to open menu items, I would like a button somewhere in the menu to close all opened menu groups.

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Mark Jongeling
Administrator
Forum|Forum|6 years ago
Jop ter Horst
Thinkwiser
Jop ter HorstThinkwiser

Automatically create shortcutsOpen

To open an application, we have to create an .ini file and drag it onto the GUI. For all my projects, I have a default folder of shortcuts, in which I change the folder name and project name for the current project. Also, new Thinkwise Developers don't understand this (see my latest conversation with @Freddy) I'd like it when shortcuts would be created automatically. When I create a new project in the Software Factory, create two shortcuts: one to open the SF, and one to open the application against the SF. If there is any information required to create those that can't be found in the model, it could prompt for this information. Also, when creating a new application in the IAM, create the shortcuts too.

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R
Hero
Forum|Forum|6 years ago
R
Hero
RolandHero

Edit row without need for context menuOpen

It's possible to edit rows in a list by right clicking the list and choosing edit in grid. This works fine but I would like to see a more user-friendly option. I propose the following: When hovering over a row a pencil appears at the end of the row. By clicking the pencil the user opens up the row for editing. The pencil is replaced with save and cancel buttons. After pressing the save button the changes are written to the row and the user is then able to do the same again with other rows. As long as the row is editable the other rows are locked for this user only to prevent mistakenly editing data in the wrong row. This not only seems more intuitive than the current edit in grid option but it also allows for editing the grid without a form and without the drawbacks that come with making the grid editable by default.

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R
Hero
Forum|Forum|7 years ago
htimmermans
Captain
htimmermansCaptain

Add language(s) to GUIClosed

At this moment (SF version 2018.3) quite a few languages are available to have the GUI presented in. By adding one or more BASE projects and including those languages in your project the GUI can be used by loads of international users (getting data in your tables presented in the users language is up to the developer). Adding one of the GUI_TRANSLATIONS* base projects makes them available in the GUI. At this moment we have a request to add Polish as a GUI language. An option is to create my own base project and copy all the GUI related translation objects from one language to, let's say, PL-pl for Polish. But as this is part of the Thinkwise set of projects (and I've seen this happen in the past, when I added Spanish before Thinkwise caught up with me), I'd rather have Thinkwise add another GUI_TRANSLATIONS project to the SF (as a Hotfix, preferably). Perhaps others have different languages on a wishlist.

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R
Hero
Forum|Forum|7 years ago
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Moderator
Erwin Ekkel

Deactivate Execute merge session when there are unresolved merge conflictsDeclined

On a merge session if there are merge conflicts you can still press the button execute merge session. However this will result in an error message since there are still unresolved conflicts. Since it makes no sense to execute the session in this state deactivate the Execute merge session button when there are unresolved merge conflicts.

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Jasper
Forum|Forum|7 years ago
K.Bakkenes
Captain
K.BakkenesCaptain

Reset user specific sort order to default sort of subject when opening a screenClosed

We have a table with more than 6 million 'trade item' records (and a top(1000) set via 'Subjects'). A user is allowed to change the sort order of the screen. Some sort orders will result in a freeze of the screen. The user can't reset the sort order to the default (from the TSF) because the screen won't open anymore. Even when closing and opening it again. We could disable sorting completely but we don't want that. The only way to resolve this is deleting the user preference from IAM. But this has to be done by the support department. It would be a nice addition if we can configure the sort order (made by a user) to reset when opening/closing a screen.

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Erik Brink
Forum|Forum|7 years ago
Jop ter Horst
Thinkwiser
Jop ter HorstThinkwiser

Color setting for svg iconsCompleted

Because of Universal we use SVG icons for the entire application. Universal changes the color of the icon for the dark theme. But it only changes the color if the SVG itself doesn't have a color, which makes sense. If I don't use a color, the Windows and Web GUI's interpret it as black. But in the Windows and Web GUI I never want to use a black icon. I'd like to be able to set a color for the SVG icon in the theme, but perhaps also per icon. In that way, I can easily change colors without replacing all my SVG icons. I understand you can have an SVG icon with multiple colors, I don't have a solution in mind for those yet. Maybe you can think with me. But now I have to create variants of subjects merely for the icons, and that doesn't feel right.

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Jop ter Horst
Thinkwiser
Forum|Forum|7 years ago
Mark Jongeling
Administrator
Mark JongelingSoftware Architect

Expand/Collapse all items in Treeview based on User Preference.Open

When using Process analysis in the Software Factory, the project I work on has a long list of requirements divided in multiple categories. (Note: we have over 3500 items in the treeview) Currently I open the Process analysis screen and every time, I will Collapse all items in the Treeview to then select the item I need to open. I noticed that there's no User Preference for this which means I will always need to Collapse all items by right-click and select the 'Collapse all' item (or use the shortkey Ctrl+Leftarrow) What I would like is this to be determined by User Preference if present. If I always open that particular screen and Collapse all items, it should do it for me already upon opening.

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Mark Jongeling
Administrator
Forum|Forum|7 years ago
K.Bakkenes
Captain
K.BakkenesCaptain

A document preview doesn’t scale based on the page size of the documentOpen

When a ‘Preview’ component shows an A4 sized PDF file the whole page is visible but when I select another record with an A3 sized PDF the zoom factor will be the same. Which results in a display of the A3 sized file without showing the whole page. A4 A3 It would be nice if the zoom factor is determined automatically based on the page size of a file.

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K.Bakkenes
Captain
Forum|Forum|7 years ago
Robbert van Tongeren
Thinkwise blogger
Robbert van TongerenThinkwise blogger

Copy IAM groups from another IAM (2019.1)Open

The current situation is as follow: We have a development IAM, test IAM, acceptance IAM and production IAM. For now we can focus on dev and test IAM. The roles are now in the SF, so after synchronizing to any IAM the roles are copied automatically, which is very nice. When creating a new branch or application we synchronize this to the develop IAM, and from there we create groups and attach them to the roles and application. But now we want to push the application to the test IAM, we synchronize the SF to the IAM, all the roles are copied, but not the groups. It would be very nice to have a task which can copy the groups to the test IAM FROM the develop IAM and attach the roles already present in the test IAM. This way the develop IAM is leading towards develop, acceptance and production.

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Robbert van Tongeren
Thinkwise blogger
Forum|Forum|7 years ago
G
Thinkwiser
gariensThinkwiser

Add support for using environment variables in process flow connectors.Completed

In an application, we want the end user to be able to make a selection of documents and download these files accordingly. We use a process flow to make this happen. When a user selects a couple of documents they should be copied to the download or document directory of the end user that executes the process flow. However the current process flow connectors do not support environment variables, like %userprofile%\Documents or %temp%. This would give us the opportunity to move files from a connected file share to the document folder of the end user. This would be a nice extension, since it creates a user friendly experience for the end user.

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Henk Nicolai
Forum|Forum|7 years ago
Mark van den Berg
Moderator
Mark van den BergModerator

SF change the order of menu items under ProcessesCompleted

This is just a tiny wish but in my opinion it makes sense to change the order of the menu items under Processes. It should be in ascending order of importance: Processes Process flows Tasks Reports Custom screens In my opinion the process flows are what binds everything together, tasks and reports are mere tools that can be used to achieve specific tasks and custom screens are quite rare anyways.

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Anne Buit
Forum|Forum|7 years ago
htimmermans
Captain
htimmermansCaptain

Ability to set Extender settings dynamicallyCompleted

Currently some Extenders can be modelled in the SF (e.g. Maps and Resource scheduler). The resource_scheduler used to be a piece of custom code (DLL) in our case, but now we can use Extender modelling in the SF (after some serious help from Thinkwise). Thing is, the custom code provided us with a Month or Year schedule, doing so by setting (amoungst others) the "Minimum date" and "Maximum date" in the Extender. The latter is, as far as we know, not possible when using the Extender modelling. It is either hardcoded (so of no use) in the SF or leave it blank. It would be helpfull if in a project some settings to an Extenders properties could be done dynamically. And as soon as this becomes available a good piece of explanation or better examples would be great as well.

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Roel
Forum|Forum|7 years ago
htimmermans
Captain
htimmermansCaptain

Add functionality to task copying task parameter.Completed

When copying a taskparameter in a project (SF) also copy the lookup information defined for that particular parameter. I'm now adding a new parameter to ten or more task and have to add all lookup settings to the new parameterfield to each new parameter for each individual task. The amount of time I could spend doing other things is significant.

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Anne Buit
Forum|Forum|7 years ago
Mark Jongeling
Administrator
Mark JongelingSoftware Architect

Disable 'Mass update' button in GUI when there are no rows present in the subjectCompleted

One of the members from the project I work on noticed that the 'Update' button stays available even after the subject doesn't contain any rows. This doesn't break or harm anything; it's just that the button is available to push even though it won't do anything. The wish is: If there are no rows present in the subject, disable the 'Update' button automatically.

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Mark Jongeling
Administrator
Forum|Forum|7 years ago
htimmermans
Captain
htimmermansCaptain

Generating new sequencenumbers when copying columsClosed

When columns are copied (using the appropriate task) the SF keeps the original sequence numbers. Instead of that I'd like to see The new columns copied to the end of the target table Even better: insert the copied columns after a certain sequencenumber (that can be entered in the task), but keeping the lot together (by resequencing the table after each copied row). Now, for instance, when copying lets say a set of adress information columns from one table to another, the are spread out through the target table; placing them back together is a nuisance.

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Tom van Druten
Thinkwiser
Forum|Forum|7 years ago
Mark Jongeling
Administrator
Mark JongelingSoftware Architect

Ability to create conceptual data modelsOpen

Currently I'm working on a project for which I need to make a generic import module/environment. This is very complex and costs a lot of time to make, and it is highly possible that tables and columns need to be changed during the creation of it. I have to resort to paper or a whiteboard, since I don't have a tool to make a quick and simple data model. Because I use paper and or a whiteboard, after designing a conceptual data model on it, I have to then make a picture of it with my phone to share the idea with my colleagues. Then if someone says something should change, I have to recreate it again, this time with the changes. Making a data model in the Software Factory is quite quick if you know how it should look, but if I have to recreate it, change it and/or add tables, add references between tables, add domains and so on, it can be quite time-consuming. Also the possibility of unused domains will increase; read more work to delete everything related to a deleted column. So what my idea is, is to make a conceptual data model. Just a plain simple view of a model with boxes as tables, text lines in the boxes as columns and reference lines between the boxes to show references. This could then be used in Design specifications to show (visibly) how tables are in relation to each other. Also a picture tells more (in a shorter amount of time) about what the model will look like. Let me know how you think about it! 😁

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B
Forum|Forum|7 years ago
E
Sidekick
Edwin SaanSidekick

Create dashboard with large tiles and show, data, graphs and Gauges on themOpen

In terms of user interface it would be great if a user could start (or pull-up) a dashboard with a bunch of tiles on them. These tiles can be formatted as: Data, graphs or Gauges. With such a dashboard you can show the user the higlights to work on. By clicking on a tile you can see the underlying data or you can pull-up as more detailed dashbaord

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E
Sidekick
Forum|Forum|7 years ago
K
Thinkwiser
Koen HofsThinkwiser

Change marker icons into customer logo? (Google Maps)Open

I am currently working on a project for which we use Google Maps to generate an overview with the company's customers. To create a well-organized map It seems like a good idea to replace the marker icons for the companies logos!

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K
Thinkwiser
Forum|Forum|7 years ago
R
Hero
RolandHero

Customizable menu in software factoryMerged

With my almost daily use of the software factory I came to notice that I am often scrolling through the side menu looking for the department that I need. On itself the menu has a logical structure but in practice I would rather have a simple list of all the available options and in a customizable order. My list would probably look something like this: Project overview Full model Data model Subjects Tasks Process flows Functionality Etc... All items would be in on screen at all times, easily clickable and without the need to scroll. I hope you are willing to consider such a menu.

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Jeroen van den Belt
Forum|Forum|7 years ago
Michael
Thinkwiser
MichaelThinkwiser

Add an option for Indicium to return null values in its responseMerged

Optional fields do not show on Indiciums output when they are empty. Is it possible to setup a setting in the Indicium conifiguration that all empty values will be displayed in the JSON response?

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Jeroen van den Belt
Forum|Forum|7 years ago
Tom van Druten
Thinkwiser
Tom van DrutenThinkwiser

Possibility to link a task to a table multiple timesMerged

Right now it is not possible to link a task to a table multiple times. I have a task which has to be added to a table multiple times filling the task parameters differently. It is possible to make 'Task variants' which is a great start, but it is not possible to link different task variants to the same table. This because the current primary key of tab_task is not allowing that. (and who knows about the GUI too...) Right now i have 9 tasks with almost the same name, using the same control procedure templates, and linked to the same table. The only difference is the parameters are getting filled differently.

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Jeroen van den Belt
Forum|Forum|7 years ago
Tom van Druten
Thinkwiser
Tom van DrutenThinkwiser

Increase varchar length column: db_value Table: elemntDeclined

I'm running into the restriction of exceeding max length on the column db_value on table elemnt. We're running some dynamic code where we put the table name in the elemnt_id and db_value column, but the db_value is restricted to 25 characters. Is there a reason for limiting this to 25 characters? if not, please increase it.

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Jasper
Forum|Forum|7 years ago

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