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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?

We are running SF 2026.1.11  Recently I started using Copy to clipboard (form) on certain domain entities. I only now encounter the issue that when I want to edit in a grid, the column is not available for new or existing rows. It works fine on tasks and forms, but can't change data in a grid edit?

I am confused: why does a look up most of the times appear as a link, but sometimes as a button on the right of the field?I am looking at the settings of these two columns, but can’t find what would determine this.Another difference is that the link pop up is filtered on the specific record, but the button pop up goes to the row. Since it is not filtered on the row the second can be much slower to load.Is it maybe because of the look up screen type? If it has the grid and form on in one container will it go for the button option instead of the link+filter option?

I am trying to change a file link control, because it is deprecated, to a file upload control.However, the file link opened a folder on the disk. With file upload that does not seem to work.Is it possible to open a folder on the disk from a control?If not, is it possible to open a folder on a disk with the process action open link?From this community post is it correct that there is no option yet to open a folder?https://community.thinkwisesoftware.com/ideas/file-link-and-universal-open-files-directly-6473

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

Hallo, I have a question regarding database schemas in Thinkwise. Is it possible to use tables from a custom database schema (for example, a schema other than dbo) within a Thinkwise application? If yes, are there any considerations or limitations when using a different schema?What is the recommended approach when using tables from a schema other than dbo ?  Thank youJheng

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?

Hi everyone,When I try to fetch the application structure using the PAT via Bearer authentication, I get a 403 error GET /indicium/iam/appl/ii/$metadataHowever, the exact same call works perfectly fine when I switch to Basic Authentication (username/password of the service account).Furthermore, I have no issues at all when fetching actual data from tables (like /employee) using the PAT. It seems to fail on the /$metadata endpoint.The service account has Available for Webservices enabled and full Fetch rights in IAM.Does anyone know why the PAT is being rejected specifically on the metadata endpoint while working fine everywhere else?

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.

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.

Hello everyone,I run into an issue regarding roles and rights. We have a few key roles that need to be restricted a little more, so I set the details of a certain table as the following: And this is how it is in the IAM on the user group in question after a sync to IAM:The rights are fully open, while I set it quite differently in the SF part. Now a user gets to see tables they shouldn't see. Is there something I am overlooking or is there something 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.   

What can we do to show (pdf) documents which is stored in Azure Blob storage in the previewer component?Now it shows a download link (see below), while it worked for files that are stored in Azure File Storage 

Hi,In the past we managed to create a very nice form list grid in the Windows GUI: Every line in the invoice is shown here with dynamic labels.It is build using a VIEW and for most fields the label width is set to 0. The shown labels are fields in the VIEW which we can manipulate. For example the ‘Totaal (€)` could have been `Totaal ($)` if that specific row had prcies in dollars. This way we were able to use dynamic field labels (I think that is a native option in Universal?) and by setting the exact sizes in pixels we were able to get it all nicely positioned.The exact same screens looks wildly different in the Universal gui: In the universal gui, as it is a web interface I guess, it doesn’t adhere to the pixel sizes but uses the Max. form-col space (%) which makes it virtually impossible to position the fields at the exact location I need them to be. It’s already way better than it originally was but for example the fields which I filled with “NULL” to make them visible are complete

I have a few smoke tests that seem to be weird.I have a prefilter like:t1.sales_manager_user_id = (select top (1) u.user_id from dbo.users as u where u.tsf_user = dbo.tsf_user() and u.sales_manager = 1)My dev user isn't setup in dbo.users so dbo.tsf_user() won’t find me.The smoke test tests:-- Prefilter appointment_list.i_am_sales_managerselect top 1 * from ( select 0 as tsf_dummy from "appointment_list" t1) t1where sales_manager_user_id = (select top (1) u.user_id from dbo.users as u where u.tsf_user = dbo.tsf_user() and u.sales_manager = 1)and gives:Invalid column name 'sales_manager_user_id'.But the colum does exist in dbo.appointment_list but it doesn't in the subquery that is used by the smoketest generator (what is tsf_dummy doing here?):select 0 as tsf_dummy from "appointment_list" t1In my perception the prefilter query is added in runtime as a simple where clause:SELECT *FROM "appointment_list" t1WHERE sales_manager_user_id = (

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?

Please let the multiline line control also show the magnifier action button in a read-mode grid when ‘Show action button’ is set to ‘Always’ for the domain. Currently the action button is only shown in edit mode.

Hi all,I recently set up an SMTP connector process action to send emails with attachments stored in an AWS S3 file storage location, and collected the full set of file storage status codes along the way (-6, -7 and -8), so I feel qualified to ask this question now. 🙂What I learned:- **-6**: the storage location wasn't linked to the process action yet. Fixed.- **-7**: *Storage attachment path* must be the full absolute path *including* the storage location root (e.g. `https://bucket.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/2026/06/file.jpg`) — even though the storage location is already selected on the process action itself. A relative path within the storage location is rejected. Slightly surprising, and not great for maintainability if the storage location ever changes, but okay.- **-8**: this is where I'm stuck. I tried semicolon-separated paths to attach multiple files, the way *Disk file attachments* works. The connector treats the whole string as a single (non-existent) file path. The docum

I'm looking for a way to disable validation rules in the Thinkwise Platform that didn't originate from the current branch.The use case is when working in a feature branch: I'd like only the validations introduced or modified in that branch to be enforced, while validations inherited from other branches (e.g. main or parent branches) are ignored.Is there a built-in setting, script, or recommended approach to achieve this? Has anyone implemented something similar in their development workflow?

In the Windows GUI when exporting data it is possible to choose whether to export database values or translated values separately for the Headers and the Data.I’m not sure if this already possible in a newer version of the Universal GUI. In version  2026.1.12.0.0 this cannot be chosen separately.So, my question is whether this is already available or whether it might be added back in the future.

Hi,I am using Testwise generated controls to create a purchase order. The test works, but filling the form feels quite slow.Example code:const expectedDescription = faker.person.firstName();const purchaseOrderMain = await page.subject.PurchaseOrderMain;await purchaseOrderMain.form1.descriptionField.fill(expectedDescription);await purchaseOrderMain.form1.supplierIDLookup.lookupSelect('Demo supplier');await page.getByTestId('form-field__delivery-date__date__input').fill('01/01/2027');await purchaseOrderMain.form1.heatNoMandatoryCheckbox.check();await purchaseOrderMain.toolbar482460FA.getSaveButton().click();In the latest run, the purchase order was created as Purchase-0019. The form filling and saving part took roughly 35-40 seconds before the next step continued. I also see repeated warnings like:Timeout reached while waiting for response. Proceeding anyway.My question is about the slow interaction while filling the purchase order form.Questions:Is this delay expected when using generat

Hi,I'm trying to understand the expected behavior of the following grid validation methods:await grid.verifyGridRecordCount(expectedCount);await grid.hasNoRowsOverlay();I tested them on two different generated subjects/grids.For verifyGridRecordCount():getRowByIndex() and getCellValuesByColId() work correctly on the same generated grid. However, verifyGridRecordCount() always times out after 10 seconds. I tried different expected values (for example 1, 3, 6, and even the visible total count), but the result is always the same.For hasNoRowsOverlay():When the grid is empty, it correctly returns true. After records are displayed in the grid, I expected it to return false (as described in the documentation), but instead it waits for the overlay locator and eventually times out.Am I using these methods correctly, or are there any prerequisites or limitations for using them?For reference, other generated grid methods on the same subject, such as getRowByIndex() and getCellValuesByColId(), wo

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,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.