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Mustafa Kazanc
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Mustafa KazancModerator
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Filter Concepts - what's your opinion?Blog

Hi everyone! In this blog I want to take you through my thought process regarding the Filter, Sort, and Search functionalities in the Universal GUI. I’m introducing a couple of concepts for which I’m particularly curious to hear your thoughts. Introduction Over time functionality has been gradually added, each of which has improved the Universal GUI. However, we also notice that it can resulted in a more cluttered and less intuitive user interface where certain elements are hidden or not very user-friendly. Based on my own review, drawing from my experiences and comparing with best practices around Filter, Sort, and Search, I came to the following conclusion: Filters are hidden: The filtering option is not immediately visible and is buried under the … menu. Unclear status of active filters: While filtered results are shown after applying a filter, the positioning of the filter interface is not always intuitive, making it hard to find and unclear whether a filter is currently active. So

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Arjan Sollie
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Arie V
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Arie VCommunity Manager
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🚀 Ideas to be 10X faster - which SF workaround to eliminate?

Compared to other platforms, Thinkwise really excels in productivity. Especially the fact that creating a Data Model immediately results in a working Application is unparalleled! One of the current strategic priorities is to double down on this development speed of the Thinkwise Platform: we strive to make every Developer a mythical 10X Developer! There are a lot of angles we can work in order to achieve that goal. As a first, we want to fix unnecessary limitation in the Software Factory (SF). This means we want to tackle those things for which you as Developer have to create workarounds to get functionality working the way you(r users) need it. There are a lot of great Ideas out there and of course we'll review the existing ones. But I would also like to call upon the Community to highlight which existing Ideas would be your priority and/or to create new Ideas related to eliminating SF workarounds (please keep it to this scope in this topic). Could you please: Reply with Ideas that wo

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Multiple double click tasks on subject

I have enabled two tasks with double click on the same subjects. Both tasks are configured with a different double click column. This seems to work as intended (at least when running the Universal GUI directly on the SF). However the SF gives a validation warning that multiple grid double click tasks are not supported (val_multiple_grid_double_click_tab). It says the consequence is that only the first task will be used. I noticed that this validation message doesn’t check the double click column. Could this validation message be outdated or incomplete (not including the double click column)? I’m using the latest version of the full platform.

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Bart Metselaar
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Bart MetselaarUI/UX Designer
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Data density in the Universal GUIBlog

During our work on the Universal GUI Styling Update, we’ve had several discussions and deep-dives about topics like the form and grid suggestions of the Styling blog with some of you. In those meetings, and as an extra assignment, we investigated improving the data density of our Universal GUI. A common topic on the Community and during conversations is that predominantly the height of several components demands too much space. Our challenge from the perspective of UX is finding the balance between functional presented data and preventing a visual cluttered interface. We are in the midst of trying to reduce the height of components such as form fields and grid rows, but we also think that we have to look into other options, where data may be offered in a different way. Let’s take a look at the suggestions in order of expected impact. Grid elements The current Universal default row height is 36px. We want to bring that down to a default of 28px. On the left, the current Universal Grid (

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Arie V
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Auto-edit grid can trigger process flow

I am working with a grid where auto-edit is applied. In the documentation (https://docs.thinkwisesoftware.com/docs/sf/process_flows_actions#add-row) it says the ‘add row’ process flow action should not be triggered, but it does when the row is added by pressing enter when the cursor is at the last column of the grid. Is this a bug? I would like the process action to be triggered when the row is added regardless, but I believe that should not happen as is explained in the documentation. What is the intended behavior here? And is there another way to trigger a process flow action when a row is added on an auto-edit grid?

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Anne Buit
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Christian Schmidtchen
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Christian SchmidtchenRookie
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Perimeter search on map element

Hello Community, We are trying to implement a radius search on a map element. We have a table with geocoordinates (Lon and Lat), which we can also convert into a geography::Point. For the purpose of planning, I now want to know when I am on a dataset, which datasets from the same table are X kilometers away to do further planning. On the MS-SQL Server side, we know what to do: declare @point geography = geography::Point(<Latitude>, <Longitude>, 4326); SELECT id, geo_pointFROM [table]WHERE @point.STDistance([geo_point]) <= 40000; -- input distance in meters But in the Sofware Factory / Universal GUI we are currently unable to find a solution. Clearly a task with the distance as a parameter and the current geodata of the selected data set. And as a result we could get a list with IDs which data records are within the specified radius. But how do we filter this and how do we prevent everything from being recalculated immediately when the data set is changed? Or are we thinking in the wron

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Anne Buit
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Hugo Nienhuis
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Indicium API performance - large table transfer

For BI purposes we want to make a call on the Indicium API and retrieve a large table from our application. The table has over 22 million records. We did some testing and the throughput is appr. 1 million records per 12,5 minutes, so we estimate almost 5 hours total transfer time. We want to speed up the process; it is a nightly job. But, we also are looking into transferring the data during office hours, but the gui becomes inresponsive during the process. My questions how can we increase the performance? is it possible to create a second endpoint that will relieve the pressure on the gui endpoint? if we would upload the data to another API, would that be faster or give less strain on indicium?

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Hugo Nienhuis
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User Notification questions

Hello, Some questions on notification. When a process flow notification is triggered, users can see it upon logging into the system. But if the user is already logged in, how long does it take for the notification to appear for them? - I’m experiencing an issue where the notification sometimes appears and sometimes doesn’t if the user are already logged in. What could be the possible reasons for the notification not showing up consistently? How long does a notification items remain in the Notifications after it’s sent? I’ve noticed that once the status changes to 'Sent', the notification disappears. Is there a configuration setting to retain it for a longer period? or how can I see all previous items? Additionally, how long does the notification remain visible on the portal? Is there a configuration setting that allows us to adjust the display duration? Is there a way that I can capture the sent date when the notification is sent and capture the statuses (below) from IAM, which I can a

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Mark Jongeling
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Ionut
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Preview of pdf files stored in Azure

Hi! We have some problems when it comes to load the preview for pdf files stored in Azure. We are getting this error "This page has been blocked by Chrome". The thing is that other files as images are working just fine and the pdf files stored using blob are working as well. There is no specific error in console log and in network it looks like it was loaded ok. Do you have any suggestion? Thanks!

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Mark Leunissen
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Mark LeunissenCaptain
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Webpage can not find document

Hi, In my application I am trying to download a file that has been stored in a folder in a local file storage location. The file storage location is configured for the environment I am on. However, I am getting the following error when trying to open the file: The column that has the storage location is indeed file_name_queue. But the file_id is null, which would suggest to me that the file is not found. The file is stored in the folder of the storage location. What could be a reason that the file_id is null?

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Mark Jongeling
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Mark JongelingAdministrator
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Rebase your branch in the Software FactoryBlog

When working with the Software Factory, often times you create a Feature branch to process your changes in, verify the result, and thereafter merge it into the Origin branch. Robert-Jan made an excellent blog about how the Manage branches with Thinkwise which I recommend reading. Developing new features can lead to branches being open for a long time. It may be that the feature is postponed, or just very big. A variety of reasons can lead to a branch being open for multiple months on end. Once the time has come for the Branch to be merged with the Origin, the merge session wil perform a difference analysis and show you all the differences between when the branch was created and now. That impact may be significantly large. With such big impact, it can be difficult to determine the merge session will result in the exact model you desire. You already have the option to first merge the Origin into the Branch to have all the ongoing developments added to your branch. Once done, the branch h

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How to get unzipping to work (status -7)?

I have been trying to get a test case working to use the Unzip action, but all efforts fail with a -7 status ( The 'File data' input parameter did not represent a valid .zip file.). The flow is set up very simple:- Upload file to Azure Blob storage (Task with a file upload);- Use “Read file” action to get the binary data for the next step;- Use “Unzip file” The last step has the original filename “test.zip”, the binary data and a chosen target folder “unzipped_files”. The filename is confirmed to still be the same name at the upload location. Test process flow Input Unzip file Partial shot of Unzip file action step I have even tried setting all “Encoding” options at the “Read file” action in case that was necessary, but nothing seems to change the result. The zip file contains is just 3 .jpg images and manually downloading the file from the storage location has given a working file that I can unpack without problem. Any idea what could be wrong or missing?

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Geurt
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Process flow monitor for system flows without developer mode

Hi, Is it possible to use the process flow monitor for system flows in a test, acc, or production environment? I think it only works if you are in developer mode and in all environments except DEV I do not get the option to test a system flow. How can I solve this? I am now missing the option to select a system flow and application when I start the process flow monitor.

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Arie V
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Column with DECIMAL Domain is not available in mock data

I've noticed that while creating UNIT tests with mock data that data columns which have the domain with Data type decimal do not show up in the mock tests. In this example on the table “voorraad” i have a column named “voorraad_aantal” When changing the datatype of the domain from decimal to numeric the column does show up. when looking into the table “data_set_col_selection” which is what you see then script shows during creation that it has the following when statement it checks the table dttp if the .calulated is 0 when checking the dttp table with the following query select dt.prog_lang_id ,dt.dttp_id ,dt.calculatedfrom dttp dt where dt.dttp_id in ('NUMERIC', 'DECIMAL') and dt. prog_lang_id = 'SQL' the result shows that for decimal the value is null and for numeric is 0 Is there a reason for this? it the use of numeric preferable? In the current model that I'm working in the datatypes are all set to DECIMAL. Changing this to NUMERIC fixes the problem with being unable to create uni

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Send User Notification - Process flow

Hello, I created a process flow to send user notification However, when I run the process, the push notification doesn't send to users. When I login as the user the push notification didn't popup from the website. Is there anything I missed out? The input parameters are successfully captured I only put a show message to verify if the parameters are captured. Please help to advice. I'm using universal GUI 2025 Thank you in advance

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task parameter "next column" works in Windows GUI but not in Universal GUI

Hi, I finally was able to fully upgrade to 2025.1 and fix all validations that prevented me from using the Universal GUI (only remaining is the Excel style filtering 🤐).I'm currently testing one of our applications in the Universal GUI and I notice that there is a discrepancy between the Windows- and the Universal GUI while displaying, at least one of my, dialogs: Even though I’ve set in the SF that the edit_unloading (Lossen aanpassen) checkbox should be at the top of the next column it is shown not at the top of the next column in the Universal GUI. I suspect that the Universal GUI uses a maximum height for the dialog and because of that moves the add_remark group to the next column!?Is there anything I can do to prevent this? But that wouldn't account for this similar situation in the same application: The fact that Universal choose to use 4 columns instead of 3 isn't a real big issue, I only added a “Field in next column” for the first “dagplanpartij” so the GUI is free to pick th

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Arie V
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Creation doesn't add newly added column

When I started with Thinkwise a few years ago our team was not completely using the Creation steps the way I was taught during the training.For completeness: we usually add a column, table or domain to TW and manually add it to the db using SSMS. The problem is that it is easy to forget to add the correct constraints etc… So periodically I would delete my DEV version and rebuild the db from scratch and then compare (using Redgate SQL compare) DEV to TEST, ACC and PROD. I'm trying to correct that but I keep running into situations that I need to manually alter the existing db.I've started out with a newly generated db for branche A and did some development work on this branchIn branch B I've added a new column to a table and did some development that uses that columnNow I’ve merged A and B to MAIN and made a new branch from MAIN which I'll call branch C When I load the new combined branch C I can see that the new column from branch B is existing.But when I run Creation > Generate defini

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Geurt
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Client Application settings in IAM gives a HTTP Error 500.30 message

Hi, After I created a client application in IAM and restarted IIS I get the error below, what is the cause of this?

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Geurt
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Geurt
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GeurtCaptain
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DevExpress decimal separator remains American

I have set in DevExpress that the amounts use a Dutch format, I also see this when I do a preview in DevExpress, but when I upload the report in the SF and generate a preview via the application, it uses the American format by default. DevExpress preview: Universal preview:

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SQL Database Single user mode error

Hi all, I want to anonymize data on a database. However, I cannot set my database to ‘Single User Mode’. I get the following error: I saw on that I have to set HADR to off, however I get this message: ‘Msg 40517, Level 16, State 1, Line 2Keyword or statement option 'hadr' is not supported in this version of SQL Server.’ The database is hosted on Azure. Is there a setting in Azure I need to alter? Kind regards, Rick

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Arie V
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Mark Leunissen
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Mark LeunissenCaptain
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Download file returns unreadable data

Hi, I am running into an issue with downloading zipped data, since it returns unreadable data. The flow I have created looks as follows: The table task sets some parameters, like the folder which needs to be zipped, for the ZIP file process action. The ZIP file returns the binary data of the zipped files in the folder. The download file action is feeded the binary data from the ZIP file. This return something like the following in my downloads: PK V´Z«H[Ï!z A¨ 2_ROOS NV_346514_14-05-2025.pdfÔ»y<›k¿.žÎƒªª©¥h«hKX­©5®VMUMÑš‚´UCDdµ„Ô”NæbaaáEÍm 5Dˆ¥¦ªª¤‚¨YH$qž®wÿöÙ¿wŸ?öÞ篓|îOâÉýÜÏ=|ÇëúR¾sÃ|IC[ô°rAaRªèa­Ó¿œF=ô=lh¨y÷éož§5 }==OkÚ£þ}Å The download file returns a 0 as successfull as well as the zip file action. As you can see, the data from the download file process action does have some resemblance of the zip_file_content which makes me assume that the zipped file data is actually downloaded. However, this is not usefull for the application user. The downloaded data should be a zipped file of

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Mark Leunissen
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SVG icons and darkmode Universal GUI

Some time ago (few years now) I replaced all PNG icons by SVG icons because of the future Universal Dark mode that apperently flips the BW colors? At least that is what I was told. During testing of the Universal GUI I notice that when I switch to dark mode some icons are shown white on the dark background, some are partially white and partially black and most of them are just shown black on the almost black dark mode background. I ran the “Decolorize all SVG icons that contain a black fill color” enrichment but that didn't correct the behaviour. The first icon I dug into (The globe with KIN in it) was one altered (originally downloaded from icons8.com) in inkscape resulting in quite a lot of metadata.I used https://jakearchibald.github.io/svgomg/ to clean my svg but the end result is still the same: I couldn’t find a task that showed the icon all white but there is one in the menu: I have attached a selection of icons used in the screenshots.

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Remco
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Visibility of mandatory fields in the Universal GUI

I've just recently upgraded to the 2025.1 version and I'm preparing the switch from the Windows GUI to the Universal GUI. I've noticed that the mandatory fields in the Universal GUi are a lot less visible than they used to be in the Windows GUI.Is there a simple way to make them a different colour like in this screenshot where I used a conditional layout (condition similar to 5 != 6) to force that this field is shown in Gold? Technically I could think of a query that automagically adds the desired conditional layout for every task field where “mandatory” is set to true to easily force this but that fielss like a very dirty hack 🙄Mainly because that is not what the conditional layout is for and it might even conflict with existing ones….

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Harm Horstman
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Harm HorstmanSuperhero
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Unable to upload images in editable grid

We are wondering if this should already work. I found out not, for that reason we have now added a form to the detail screen, while we want a detail that exists out of just a editable grid that also allows inserts.

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Arie V
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Theo Neeskens
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Theo NeeskensVanguard
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Suppress "The saved data cannot be displayed" message

My users don't like the “the saved data cannot be shown” message.And in the context of this application I understand that.The search for a Person on a screen with a cardlist and a form.If they don't find the Person they must add it.After adding the Person they get this message.But they want to see the Person they just added. I tried making a task with a process flow that replaces the normal Add button.Very simple, a task without template, then process actions for Clear Filter, Add Row (capture Person ID), Change Filter (to Person ID).Work fine, but I cannot disable the standard Add button without als disabling the Add Row process action.So this is not the solution. Then I tried without a task, starting the process flow with Add Row. But then I cannot do a Clear Filter first.So it is Add Row, Clear Filter, Change Filter.But that gives met the dreaded message “the saved data cannot be shown” again. While it IS SHOWN ON THE SCREEN. How do I accomplish this?(On Universal 2024.3)

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