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Hi, we noticed that in the universal gui we cannot change the filter behaviour anymore: At the top in the windows gui we can still switch between equals, between, empty etc…The bottom screenshot shows the exact same filter form in the universal gui and we can only use the one filter option selected in subjects.Am  missing something here or is this something we need to get used to?

Hi everyone,I’m currently working on a small UX improvement for one of our customers, and I was wondering if anyone has already tackled something similar.The issue is about multi-row selection in a grid. At the moment, the first selected row is visually more prominent than the following ones, because the background color uses a higher opacity:First selected row → opacity: 0.12 Additional selected rows → opacity: 0.06This difference is subtle, but it’s confusing for some users. (🙄) They expect all selected rows to look the same. I’d like to make all selected rows visually identical, meaning the same background color and opacity for the first selected row and all subsequent selected rows. My questionHas anyone:already tried to override the selection styling in the custom.css? or knows which CSS classes/selectors that are used for: the primary selected row additional selected rows And how to make them visually identical?Any hints, selector names, or best practices would be greatly appre

As it turns out the behaviour of the Windows GUI and the Universal GUI differ when it comes to the order of the buttons on a Task and the Confirmation to execute a taskWindows GUI:Universal GUI Can I influence it somewhere to have the default order again as the Windows GUI? We also have “messages” which we can change the order from, but that is useless if they will align with one GUI, but not with the other.

Hi,While working with Testwise I noticed that the documentation describes generated Task Bar components such as:subject.task1subject.task2However, none of the generated subjects in our project contain these properties.Instead, only components such as toolbars, grids, forms and tabs are generated.Could you explain under which circumstances Task Bar components are generated?Are they only generated for specific Thinkwise screen types, or should they always be available when a screen contains task buttons?If Task Bar components are not generated, what is the recommended way to interact with task buttons?Thank you.

Is it possible to send a WCF web service request in the MSBIN1 format using the Thinkwise Platform?I have tested a standard Web Connection, but it is unclear whether the MSBIN1 format is supported. Could you please clarify if there is a way to send requests to a WCF service that requires MSBIN1-encoded messages?

When running the smoke test, I notice that durations above 10,000 ms end with: 'The command did not complete - the command timed out'.This is always an encouragement to critically review your code, but is there perhaps a way to adjust this time? Kind regards

When I use the download Icon task in TSF, the file is not saved in the Downloads folderWhat am I doing wrong?

Hi, I have a process flow that is started by a table task. The second step is another 'Start table task’. This task has several parameters (read-only, set by default proc), and yes/no buttons. This works fine in Win gui, but in Uni this flow stops in endless loop, since this table task parms/button doesn't popup. Is this expected behavior? We have quite a lot PF with table tasks in the middle of the flow.. and now moving to uni gui it's causing problems. Let me knowThanks, Blommetje  Second table task - in win gui - with parms/buttons. The process flow causing a lot of trouble.I could show a screenshot of an endless spinner in UNI gui, but I don't it will add any value.   

Hello,We are experiencing an issue with the following process flow, see attachment. As you can see, it is a very large process flow, but in general it does return the correct results and performs the expected actions.However, when I quickly click through the process, open and close the task, etc., basically when I interact with it a bit faster, it starts to behave unexpectedly. For example, an intermediate screen sometimes no longer opens. In addition, cancelling also takes quite a long time, around 10 seconds.Could this behavior be caused by the process flow being too large, for example because the flow has not fully completed yet before a new start is triggered? Or is there likely something else going on?Our preference would be not to split up the process flow, as this would require a lot of work and would also introduce additional risks. Therefore, we would first like to understand whether there is another way to make this process more stable.

I installed the Thinkstore solution Translating model objects in business logicThen I found generating the code takes too long. I wanted to make my own version for domain elements only, but since I cannot edit the generated control procedure, I made a copy instead and edited that.I set the installed control procedure to inactive… but it is still being executed in the “Generate source code” step? And I can’t delete the subroutine either… There is no “uninstall solution” button...What now? Must I perform queries on the SF database to delete them?Am I forever bound to the generated procedures?Appreciate any help. Thanks!

The Edit in Grid mode, as we knew it from previous versions, no longer seems to be available. Is there any plan to bring this functionality back?We would very much like to see it return, allowing end users to enable Edit in Grid for specific datasets. The ability to navigate from record to record and modify field values directly within the grid, without having to repeatedly click Save and Edit for each change, was very powerful.This functionality is also missed in the Software Factory, where it provided a much more efficient editing experience.Could you share whether this feature is on the roadmap?

How do you set up a process flow as an API where a request_body and response_body can be realized?At the moment, I have managed to do this by using Deep Link with the request_body parameter,but then it is not possible to return a response_body.

Currently, we send PDF forms to our customers. They fill them out manually and return them via email, after which we process the data. We want to modernize and digitalize this process using Thinkwise.Our goal is to set up a portal/webpage where customers can enter their data directly, ensuring it is immediately stored in our database. Since we are dealing with a broad, shifting customer base, we want the URL to be publicly accessible. Customers should be able to open and use the page without logging in with a username and password (no login prompt from the Universal GUI).Is it possible? And what are the best practices within IAM of Indicium? Because I think that you will create a sort of pool-user for that, which has some limited rights. 

I want to retrieve a file from a folder using a Thinkwise application and move it to another folder so an external organization can collect it.My starting point is a folder containing multiple files. I am using the List Folder process action to search through them. I intend to use the returned JSON to extract the filename, read the file, and eventually move it.The 'Read File -> Write File -> Move File' sequence worked correctly when I wasn't using process variables. However, after adding the List Folder action, I am not receiving any data back.In my process flow, the List Folder action has a storage location assigned but no input parameters. The output parameters are set to status_code and json_outputWhat is the solution to get this working? This is the flow I am currently testing. 

At the customer we are facing the following issue:We have a table with a primary key (PK), and this field is of course mandatory.This column is not an identity column, and currently it cannot be made one because we need to remain compatible with the existing system (RPG/iSeries DB2).Because the field is mandatory, we populate the PK with a number via the DEFAULT, so that it can be sent to the database already filled in. However, it is possible that a second user generates the same number in the DEFAULT, since it is simply calculated as max number + 1.Duplicate numbers are not allowed, so in the TRIGGER the number is recalculated to ensure it is unique regardless. This uses the same logic as in the DEFAULT.As a result, when saving, you may receive a different number than what you initially entered. The GUI is then unable to find the inserted row and shows an error message.How can we solve this without using an identity column?There is a risk that, for example when adding a sales order,

Hi,I’m in the process of testing our Windows GUI apps in the Universal GUI and I noticed that messages seem to display differently: The text is done thru the translation: How can I fix this?

 Somehow we are not able to print labels from Thinkwise with the quality that we would like to see.In above picture the right label is printed directly from Thinkwise Universal (worst quality), the middle label was first generated as PDF from Universal and then opened in a browser and printed from the browser (Chrome). The left label was generated as PDF from Universal and printed from Acrobat Reader (best quality). All using the same label printer with the same driver settings. If we print from Acrobat and choose the option “print as image” the quality gets worse. We have done a lot of testing with changes in driver settings and playing with the print settings in the SF but without good result.I wonder if anyone experienced the same problem and has a solution for this?       

Hi, Within DEV express I have built a document that generates an Excel file with multiple tabs. The DEV express report looks like this:The problem I am running into is that in no way I am able to change the names of the tabs in the Excel file. The name is stays OHW overzicht(number) for each tab. I have changed the SheetName and Name of the subreport but the name doesn't change.I have tried adding a script to the Report, but that doesn't work either. My gut says that in some way the tab names are blocked or written over. How do I change the tabs names to the names that I need? Kind regards,Mark

Hi,Since a couple of days I get the follow error message when generating a branch: Error: 'Cannot find either column "dbo" or the user-defined function or aggregate "dbo.tsf_user", or the name is ambiguous.'.When compiling the function through the Functionality menu option, there are no problems, only when generating the branch. It would seem that the order of execution when generating functions has something to do with it, but the 2 functions used in this function, dbo.current_actor_id() and dbo.get_topic_access_level() both have a lower execution order number. So they should already exist before this function is generated. The function where the problem occurs is a new function, recently added.Any ideas where I can look to see what the cause of the problem could be? An unknown error occurred while executing '/* Create or alter function can_assign_objective_topic_to_case. */create or alter function "can_assign_objective_topic_to_case"(   @process_id     "identifier"   ,   @objective_i

Hi everyone,We are currently experiencing a behavioral difference between the Windows GUI and the Universal GUI and were wondering how others are handling this.In our application, we frequently work with grouped data in grids/views. For example:a trip containing grouped orders, a planning containing grouped tasks, or other master/detail-like groupings.Users can expand and collapse these groups.Current behaviorIn the Windows GUI, expanded groups remain open after the document or data is refreshed.In the Universal GUI, however, we notice that after a refresh the groups are often collapsed again. As a result, users continuously need to re-expand the groups they were working in.ImpactFor our users this is quite disruptive, especially in screens where:many groups are present, automatic or manual refreshes happen frequently, and users work in the same dataset for a longer period of time.This causes loss of context and unnecessary extra clicks.Our questionsIs this currently standard behavior

Since yesterday our reports are not working anymore. No update on our side, nothing in error log. Anyone same experience or suggestions where to look?

Hi,We are currently transitioning a client from the Windows GUI to the Universal GUI.In the existing situation, reports are generated via tsfreportmailer (gui_code), which is not supported in the Universal GUI. During the transition phase, both GUIs are active, so we need to support both approaches.At the moment, we are experimenting with a process flow that calls Indicium for report generation.What we would like to achieve is a where we can decide, based on the client type, whether to:execute the exesting Windows-specific reporting task, or execute a Universal/Indicium-based reporting taskSo effectively, detect the active GUI..For testing, we tried select app_name(); This returns:Thinkwise Software Factory in the Windows GUI Indicium in the Universal GUIThis seems to work, but it feels a bit implicit.Questions:Is using app_name() the recommended way to distinguish between Windows and Universal GUI? Is there a more robust or supported method (e.g. via session_context or another mechani

Wanting to experiment with the new IAM process actions, I notice it does not have any requirement for a target IAM location.My suspicion is that it will use the IAM that the model is of, so if that is true, would it try to talk to the SF IAM when developing? I would not like that to happen and rather not have to experiment to find out how much I can break this way.So before I might mess something up, what are the rules to which IAM the process actions connect to?

To make navigation in the scheduler a bit more clear, it’s preferable to give the weekend days a background color.So I thought I could achieve this with the cell colors. I added a column in my view wich sets the field week_day to the value of the in the month if it’s a saturdaty or sunday. So for june 6 it will hold a 6 and for june 13 (also a saturday) it holds 13.I add a cell color of the type time scale.Time scale day, condition equals to column week_dag (Which is the column in my view holding the day of the month)But… it’s not working. How can I achieve this?A variant on this..  if I’m able to give the 00 hour colomn a color on a sunday or a monday, So the user has a more clear reference where the new week starts. This is now real unclear. You have to look to the columns and interpret the numbers which are dependent of the view.