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Recently we have updated our SF to the 2020.1 release. The specification part has changed, but now I can't find the possibility to create the requirements report anymore. Where can I find it in the new version?

I have added a custom validation. The validation I’ve added is to prevent ‘localhost’ as part of an url in a http connector in a process flow. This works, however, the columns pk_col_1 - pk_col_7 are a bit of magic. As far I can see they are used to calculate what to show behind the tab ‘Related Object’ in the validation screen. In this case i want the related object is reflecting the following address:   I notice there is a column “Object type” which is not documented, but I think does affect what the values of pk_col_1 - 5 needs to be: But what Object type should I choose in this particular situation? And with what values the pk_col_ columns should be filled? I currently use this query: insert into validation_msg (project_id , project_vrs_id , validation_id , pk_col_1 , pk_col_2 , pk_col_3 , pk_col_4 , pk_col_5 , generated , insert_user , insert_date_time , update_user , update_date_time)select @project_id, @project_vrs_id, @validation_id, @project_id as pk_col_1, @project_vrs_

The debug screen in the SF shows annoying behavior when minimizing and again increasing the popup.     In addition to the maximize button, it is desirable to have a button that can be used to switch back to the last settings (height, width and column widths). Or consider allowing the maximize button to work this way.  

Is there a way to limit the result in a look-up? E.g. you've created a purchase order and are now inputting pruchase order lines, but for every new line, you don't what to see the products which are already in the purchase order.

What am I doing wrong here… In Windows GUI 2020.1 the height of the tabs is enormous. Any reasin for that?  

How do you translate Maps extender item? I've input the translation objectsd in the extender, but they are not showing in the Translations form.  

Hello,  I am trying to configure the Offfice365 Exchange connector. When I've gone though the steps of the manual (https://docs.thinkwisesoftware.com/docs/kb/exchange.html), and I run the SP: exh_sync_users, error 522 shows up. The error message is: “Er kon geen verbinding worden opgezet met de Exchange koppeling:  System.Net.Sockets.SocketException (0x80004005):  A connection attempt failed because the connected party did not properly respond after a period of time, or established connection failed because connected host has failed to respond 10.0.0.30:9988      at System.Net.Sockets.Socket.DoConnect(EndPoint endPointSnapshot, SocketAddress socketAddress)     at System.Net.Sockets.Socket.Connect(EndPoint remoteEP)     at System.Net.Sockets.TcpClient.Connect(IPEndPoint remoteEP)      at UserDefinedProcedures.SendEvent[T](String exchangeServerIP, Int32 exchangeServerPort, DbToExhEventMessageBuilder message, T& result, String& errorMessage)” When I try to ping the given ip (10.0.

Does anybody know a good way to catch and prevent the error, when a file for some reason is locked for reading and processing? Executing API 'CreateFile' failed with error number 32. Error code 32 is ERROR_SHARING_VIOLATION . So the mailer cannot read the attachment file because something else is reading it. Besides the fact that you cannot really reproduce it until it happens, I cannot really find a way to catch this error upfront. I am using the file_exists function to check upfront if all documents exists, and even though all attachments can be found, at the time of sending the mail at occasions you get this error.  The only solution I can think of now is to set the AccountRetryAttempts to 2 times to tackle this problem. But it's not the fanciest solution, anyone has experiences with this?

Is there a way to return the position of the cursor in a grid to a procedure. Normally the DEFAULT procedure is used for this, but it is not executed when you move through a grid.

In the new 2020.1 version I've created a screentype with a detail tab. In the screentype I've set the Show tab header to 'False’. I've used this screentype on a subject, with multiple details. I also created prefilters and a CONTEXT procedure on the subject, to hide or show detail-tabs according to the result of the prefilters. When I select a different prefilter, the CONTEXT procedure nicely shows and hides the proper detail-tabs, but WITH the tab header. Is this a feature or a bug?

In a main subject there are amounts for sales total and a purchase total (“Kale kostprijs”). The purchase amount is a total of a detail subject. When he result (sales total -/- purchase total) is positive (or zero), the result amount is shown in green, otherwise in red. After adding rows in the detail subject, the total of the details (purchase) is updated to 21.00, the result to -1.24 but the conditional layout for result is still showing green. Because it is a negative result, this should have been red.     How can I update the color of the column result (conditional layout) at the same time as the “Kale kostprijs” and “Resultaat”? The extended property "RefreshOnTabSwitch” is already set to “Yes”.  

How do i make a filed mandatory in the layout for a specific variant

  I have a mobile application in development and I want to connect the mobile gui to the SF so we can see what we are developing. I already have a working connection to our test-IAM, which is located on a different instance . I am using SF 2018.3, Indicium To connect to our test-IAM I am using these settings: Meta source = IAM URL = https://url/mprod/api/iam   Where  mprod is the application in the IIS and the corresponding IAM is located at SERVER/test_instance.   I want to connect to our SF which is located at SERVER/dev_instance. This does not work. Now I have the following questions:   Do I need to make a separate application in the IIS to connect tot he SF? I already did so, and I called the application sf, in the appsetting: server = SERVER\\dev_instance ;database = sf_database. Is this correct? What will my URL look like? I think it should be https://url/sf/api/sf. However, this leads to a 404 error. When I try to retrieve the metadata (https://url/sf/api/sf/$metadata) I receiv

Does anyone know a good algorithm to search a string on whole words only. For example, look for order and not order_line in a query.    This could be an useful addition to code search. 

I noticed when exporting a cube to excel that the filters, column and data labels are printed to the first two rows of the file. This has the effect that the first 4 as well as the 6th column of the actual data (from row 4 onward) consist of so-called merged cells. Is it possible to export without those first 2 lines and end up with an export that consists of only regular single cells, similar to the output of a regular grid? Quite a few of our users struggle to integrate the current output in their analyses.

I have a http connector in a process flow which communicates with a .net core 3.0 web api. The API can both produce XML and JSON: [HttpPost][Produces("application/xml", new string[] { "application/json" })]public IActionResult Post() If I do a call with no accept headers specified, this API returns the content as application/json. According to the documentation you can add headers to the HTTP connector: [ { "Key": "Accept", "Value": "application/json" } ] or: [ { "Key": "Accept", "Value": "application/xml" } ] To specify the expected result content type, so if XML is required, the last header should be applied. When I add this and execute the http connector it shows me the following message: The 'Accept' header must be modified using the appropriate property or method. Parameter name: name With a stack trace: The 'Accept' header must be modified using the appropriate property or method. Parameter name: name    at System.Net.WebHeaderCollection.ThrowOnRestrictedHeader(String headerNa

In the eLearning environment of TW the last step is an exam to become a 'Certified Thinkwise Associate’. At the moment I'm not sure what the requirements are? Is the exam about ALL the courses available, so including SQL and reporting Is it required to have done all the exercises (also from SQL) Are there any other requirements other than the courses available? I'm also curious in what form the exam is held. Open questions, multiple choice, cases etc. Perhaps an example exam to prepare would be nice, maybe that is already available?

The project version has quite a few fields that relate to the OTAP environment. Often a path, database name or other property changes from one environment to the other. Project versions have a status, and some statusses imply one OTAP-environment or another. Would it be a lot of trouble to add OTAP-specific settings at the project level, and declare a project version status for which it is valid? It still means some editing in case of distributed server environments, but it makes some releases easier to manage.

Currently we have the development environment on a local SQL Server Environment (On Premise). The product is targeting the Azure environment (Azure SQL database & App Service). For testing purposes I want to be able to attach a project (branch) to an Azure SQL Database. Problem here is that it's kinda mixed mode: The SF-databases uses the Windows Active Directory (AD), whereas the Azure environment uses ‘rdbms’ users. When I set up the ini file I sort of have the following: metasource = sfserver = dev-serverdatabase = software_factoryauthentication = mswindowsproject = branchlanguage = engrdbms = sqlserverexecutionmode = developer Problem here I use mswindows as authentication. But the Azure SQL Server uses ‘rdbms’. I have a kind of a hack for it; I’ve added the same user/login to the on premise environment with matching name and password. That works, but I would prefer to use different credentials for the Azure environment. Is there a way to do this? Or should I see if it's possib

We have an strange probleem with the popup field on the web by an task; In IAM the same problem exists that the buttons will disappear, so please advise me what to do?        

I'm curious or there are customers who using Thinkwise for company-wide planning. We would consider the options for a planning module in Thinkwise. But because we are still a bit skeptical we would like to hear who has already developed something similar. Important requirements are at least to plan projects and resources and show and edit them in a Gantt Chart diagram. Of course there will be a set of basic requirements like the possiblity to create some dependencies between taks, assign tasks to people and monitoring the progress of a task.  Example Gantt Chart to develop in the SF At the moment we're using Timewax as our project & resource planning software. With the open Timewax API we can create seamless integrations with our own Thinkwise system. We can retrieve, create, edit and delete both master and transaction data in Timewax.   Gantt Chart planning  Planning board 

I read the topic how to create a new printer.  That post helped me a lot to print a shipment document to a dedicated printer. But guess what … We have another site where we need to print shipment documents on another  dedicated printer on that site. What’s the best way do do that.. I could create another report pointing to the same report definition and the only thing that changes is the printer. Or is it possible to create a report parameter where you can let the user choose the printer and by calling the report this printer is send to the report. So can I overwrite a report property (the printer) with a report parameter value. In that case I should create a table or a domain with printers to let the user choose in a drop down.  (And why is the field related topics filled with ‘Introduction to Machine Learning Services on SQL Server? Will the machine decide it self which printer to use, that would be awsome :-)   I can’t change that)

We have the following requirement: We would be able to let the user set a use filter for f.e. an ordernumber. The user can open the orders tab/document and set the filter. The filter data is stored in an employee_filter record in the application The next step is to let the user open a new  tab/document - also orders - and the user set the filter to another order_number so he’s able to work on 2 different orders in one moment.  So the 2nd should not affect the first opened tab.  The problem is when setting the filter for the 2nd opened tab, de data on the 1st opened tab is changed conform the new filter when pressing F5 (refresh)  We store the filter data in the application database per user.. A pre filter on the orders subject takes care of selecting the data based on the user filter as set in the application. At this moment we have 1 employee_filter record with user filter data. We could create more but the problem is that we are not able to assign a specific filter record to a specif

The users in our EndProduct can create employees for their company within the application. We have a task that creates a relation + an employee record. In addition to creating an employee we would like to be able to create an IAM user with the information and credentials the user has supplied. So we made a subroutine called ‘create_iam_user’. This subroutine does inserts/updates on the IAM database. After creating an employee record the subroutine will be executed. But when it does, we get the following error in return. The users in our EndProduct have no rights on the IAM database and the ‘User Admin’ rights are not granted. I tried altering the procedure to execute it as OWNER or as a SQL login that does have ‘User Admin’ rights. After changing the procedure the execution (via SSMS) of the procedure succeeded with a SQL login that has no IAM rights. However when trying to execute the procedure via the EndProduct user we still receive an error. Why doesn’t the ‘EXECUTE AS’ method work

Is it possible to enable a warning to tell the user if their Caps lock is turned on?    I know that the Windows GUI does have it but I don't seem to be seeing it nor being able to enable it for the Web GUI, hence the question. Kind regards, Mark Jongeling