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htimmermans
Captain
htimmermansCaptain
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Where does my (answered) question go????

I've seen this twice this week now... I receive an e-mail from the community with a link to the subject, but (even after logging on) I'm told I don't have access. This is fine by me, if the question or idea is no longer relevant and might pollutes the community with unnecessary topics. But if that is the case, please stop mailing about changes when the link is no longer available.... [img]https://uploads-eu-west-1.insided.com/thinkwise-en/attachment/f748328f-8637-430c-9d01-64515ded6e09.png[/img]

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Moller Toma
Captain
5 years ago
htimmermans
Captain
htimmermansCaptain
asked in Questions & Conversations
Users in SF (Settings)

Does anybody have a clue what the table "Users" contributes to the SF? I mean, a role can be assigned to a particular user, but what the actual effect is, who knows? The following explanation in the Thinkwise manual doesn't contribute much to my understanding of this particular table: "[i]Provides an overview of the registered users of the Software Factory development environment, including their roles (Analyst, Designer, Developer, Reviewer, Tester). Users are added automatically on first login[/i]." It would be great when a certain user is marked as a "Designer" this would effectively result in lesser menu options for that person. But as far as I can tell, what is entered here doesn't effect anything in a users experience when starting the SF. What I'd like to see is additional roles in the SF's IAM that would give users the tools to be a Designer, Tester, Reviewer and so on, and no more. I could try to create roles and groups in IAM that would result in that kind of functio

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Jasper
Superhero
5 years ago
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Sidekick
Edwin van de PeppelSidekick
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Is it possible to have Default values in the FilterForm?

Kinda like the defaults concept, where you have the option to supply default values for a property, except you set the default value for the filter, and this value is used when the data is retrieved from the database. For example a date filter like below. The 'expected arrival' filter should be filtered on a date range. E.g. between 'TODAY' and TODAY+7 days. This gives the end user direct information about the filter that has been used. [img]https://uploads-eu-west-1.insided.com/thinkwise-en/attachment/1c3fc37c-8149-4d67-913b-ecb293630c64.png[/img] The default filter on date could be solved with a set of prefiters. Except that the user does not get an indication about the actual date filter that has been used for this filtering, making this a less than ideal situation.

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Frank Wijnhout
Thinkwise blogger
5 years ago
Peter Verwijs
Moderator
Peter VerwijsModerator
published in News & Blogs
Test your unitsBlog

When developing software, a certain level of quality is expected in order for the final product to be accepted. Unit testing is an important part of the process to ensure that the software lives up to that standard of quality. Unit testing focuses on taking the smallest testable parts of software and matching the actual results of that unit against the expected results for a given input. With the 2019.1 release of the Software Factory we have taken steps to automate this process. Unit testing has always been possible, but up until now involved a manual process. Developers had to manually define the test, execute it and compare results. With unit testing in the Software Factory we’ve aimed to make this process efficient, reusable, and easy to implement in new and existing projects. [h3]Logic concepts[/h3]As mentioned in the intro, a unit is the smallest testable part of the software. The logic concepts in the Software Factory are an ideal candidate for this. They consist of smal

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Peter Verwijs
Moderator
5 years ago
Guido Speelziek
Apprentice
Guido Speelziek
asked in Questions & Conversations
Exchange online in combination with SQL Database mail

Hi, we use SQL (2017) database mail to send mail directly from our Thinkwise application. Currently we host a Exchange 2010 SP3 on premise but need to upgrade. I would think it is no problem to upgrade to [u]Exchange Online[/u] but would like to hear if there is anyone who (our his customer) is already using this combination and if there are any points to keep in mind when upgrading.

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Guido Speelziek
Apprentice
5 years ago
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Andre te RaaCaptain
asked in Questions & Conversations
Is it possible to sort a column on it's database value instead of the element translation?

In some cases you want to sort a column on the database value instead of the value of the element translation. This will be faster (index) and is sometimes the order you want (e.g. months). I know there was a ini. -parameter once, but I don't want this for all columns. Is it possible to do this for one column? For example based on a domain setting?

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Captain
5 years ago
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PimWarrior
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Filtered lookup

Sometimes we want to make a lookup in which you can only pick items that are not already used. Up till now I have been able to come up with three solutions, the first being a view in which the used items are left out, the second being a view in which these items get an 'in-use' flag where a prefilter takes them out of the lookup. Option 1 is not great since it empties the lookup for all saved records Option 2 works much better, but as soon as the user edits the record, the lookup responds by going empty (the selected item is no longer available for selection) Option 3 create a view with a cross join between the source records and the target records, filtered on items that are in use. This allows perfect use with existing records, from them you can pick all available lookup items and keep seeing the selected lookup item. Problem is though that if you create a record the identity is null, now I can make my view include a null value for the key, but then the prefilter checks for

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Warrior
5 years ago
K.Bakkenes
Captain
K.BakkenesCaptain
asked in Questions & Conversations
Changing the order of instead of trigger procedures when executing source code

We have a view 'person_look_up' with an instead of trigger (IOT) that inserts records into the view 'relation_address_view' which also has it's own IOT. When executing source code (via a 'Full' upgrade) we get an error because the IOT on the 'person_look_up' is created before the IOT of 'relation_address_view'. [img]https://uploads-eu-west-1.insided.com/thinkwise-en/attachment/ea8eda85-f7d7-4f99-bb3f-62dc0f23affc.png[/img] I tried changing the 'Generation order no' of the views and the IOT procedures but it didn't change anything. View: [list] [*]relation_address_view: generation_order_no = 100 [*]person_look_up : generation_order_no = 101 [/list]IOT procedures: [list] [*]relation_address_view : generation_order_no = 100 [*]person_look_up : generation_order_no = 101 [/list] How do we solve this issue?

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Moderator
5 years ago
Dennis van Leeuwen
Hero
Dennis van LeeuwenHero
asked in Questions & Conversations
How to set a default Font and Fontsize on a column with HTML-editor?

Is it possible to set a default Font and Fontsize on HTML-fields in the application? Default the HTML-editor use: [list] [*]Segoe UI (9) [/list] [img]https://uploads-eu-west-1.insided.com/thinkwise-en/attachment/eb32732d-d53c-4b50-a8d7-d48967a1ddfa.png[/img] I would like to use as default settings Calibri Light (10).

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Anne Buit
Community Manager
5 years ago
Lars Berntrop
Sidekick
Lars BerntropSidekick
asked in Questions & Conversations
Make create topic visually a button.

'Create topic' is hiding in a big blue patch. please make it stand out. My visual processor marks it as a non-descript label.

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Anne Buit
Community Manager
5 years ago
Dennis van Leeuwen
Hero
Dennis van LeeuwenHero
asked in Questions & Conversations
Thinkwise Deployment Center - IAM upgrade - 2018.1 > 2018.3

When you use the Thinkwise Deployment Center for the upgrade of a new released IAM-version the deployment center is asking to specify the application folder path and the path for linking the IAM files (for example: Images and Reports). In the manual there is no explanation how you need to define the correct path. When you give the wrong network path the deployment center will automatically create a new folder with his subfolders. [img]https://uploads-eu-west-1.insided.com/thinkwise-en/attachment/8f00e939-c3c0-449b-8bb7-4a4eceea0b0b.png[/img] Up to what level do you need to specify these folder path? [b]For example:[/b] ....\Software_Factory\Application\ ....\Software_Factory\Application\SQLSERVER_IAM\ ....\Software_Factory\Application\SQLSERVER_IAM\2018.3\

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Anne Buit
Community Manager
5 years ago
Rianne Weide
Rookie
Rianne WeideRookie
asked in Questions & Conversations
Requirement status

What is the use of the status for requirements? At this point the status of a requirement is always new and does not change during the whole project. It would be nice to have statusses like: [list] [*]In progress - requirement is being worked on. [*]Approved - The key stakeholder has agreed to the requirement and the developer has agreed that it is possible to create [*]Implemented - Code has been designed and is ready for review [*]Verified - The requirement is tested and is functioning correctly [*]Deleted - An approved requirement is deleted. An explanation is needed of why and by whom the decision was made to delete it. [*]Rejected - The requirement is not approved. The why and by whom it has been rejected is relevant. [*]Deprecated - The requirement is no longer in use and has been replaced by a new requirement. [/list] It should also be possible to filter out all of the requirements based upon the status. This way you can always refer to a certain requirement

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Anne Buit
Community Manager
5 years ago
htimmermans
Captain
htimmermansCaptain
asked in Questions & Conversations
Color Picker for Thinkwise Software Factory

I have asked for a tool to convert a RGB color to a value that is used within a Thinkwise application. For other purposes I have used a tool called ColorPic, but the numbers used to store colors when using a Thinkwise application don't match (far from it). It's probably a DevExpress of C# thing Now I am pretty sure I already got an answer pointing to a site or a tool that converts various colors (RGB , HEX and what have you), but I can't remember from whom (or whether it was in TCP, an e-mail or by phone). So if anybody knows of such a tool or a site that does the conversion please share. Colorpic (that can't do the conversion): [img]https://uploads-eu-west-1.insided.com/thinkwise-en/attachment/ccd8cfcd-89f3-4147-9af5-4bb055c84fd3.png[/img]

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htimmermans
Captain
5 years ago
Tom van Druten
Warrior
Tom van DrutenWarrior
asked in Questions & Conversations
Bullet points gets black background in gui after change (alter data / run task)

After I alter the data on my document, or run a task my bullet point gets a black background. Does someone know how to fix this issue (is there a themes setting?) or is this a GUI issue? This still occurs in the lastest GUI: 2019.3.20 [img]https://uploads-eu-west-1.insided.com/thinkwise-en/attachment/be7c704b-5e0e-4153-aa54-c865ebf2be73.jpg[/img]

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Tom van Druten
Warrior
5 years ago
Rianne Weide
Rookie
Rianne WeideRookie
asked in Questions & Conversations
Version control using requirements

It would be nice to fill in different priorities for the requirements in the SF. Currently you can select this release, next release or future release. But it does not give you the opportunity to select which release you would like the requirement to be added to the application. This makes it possible to do release planning using the requirements for projectmanagement and could be very usefull creating sprints.

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Moller Toma
Captain
5 years ago
Jeroen van den Belt
Administrator
Jeroen van den BeltAdministrator
published in News & Blogs
Synchronization and deploymentBlog

In [url=https://community.thinkwisesoftware.com/blogs-21/roles-in-sf-considerations-and-possibilities-373]last week's blog post[/url] we described how we moved the roles from IAM to the Software Factory. Eventually the model, including its roles and rights, must end up in IAM. This blog post addresses that, parallel to moving the roles, synchronization to IAM has now also been moved to the Software Factory. Just like database creation, synchronizing is part of the deployment process, which also belongs in the Software Factory. For this purpose, two new screens have been added under the [i]Deployment[/i] menu group. [h2][b]Synchronization to IAM[/b][/h2] [img]https://uploads-eu-west-1.insided.com/thinkwise-en/attachment/9c1ab2b1-1eed-4f46-9ee6-2c88373380c7.png[/img] Just like in IAM, there are two options when synchronizing: directly to IAM, or by writing a file to disk. When executing these tasks, first a number of checks take place. For example, a check if the project versio

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Jeroen van den Belt
Administrator
5 years ago
Lars Berntrop
Sidekick
Lars BerntropSidekick
asked in Questions & Conversations
Unhide Thinkwise Academy progress

I have several courses at 100%. The my courses view dows not show it.

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Lars Berntrop
Sidekick
5 years ago
Lars Berntrop
Sidekick
Lars BerntropSidekick
asked in Questions & Conversations
Make Idea topics also have subforum selectable

I get you want to gather ideas in the Idea subforum. But why not select that subforum automatically if you select the Idea kind of topic, but make the subforum a subtopic selection, so you can select a topic for the idea. I seem to not understand something since every idea I post is met by a query to repost it as a question...

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Moller Toma
Captain
5 years ago
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Hero
RolandHero
asked in Questions & Conversations
web has no access to the application definition

Because we want to serve our web application and Indicium under separate subdomains I changed our IIS setup. Both applications are now in separate document roots that are added to IIS as separate websites. Each site now has its own bindings (domain and port number). The login page of the web application works. However I now get the following error after every login attempt: [quote]There is currently no access to the application definition using the configured settings. Please contact your application manager.[/quote] This happens both with Windows domain user accounts and SQL Server accounts. I don't understand the reason for this error. The ini file hasn't been changed and still contains the right settings for the database server and the database name. Users have write access to the web folder. I followed the deployment guidelines. What could be the cause of this error? It has worked before this change to a multi site setup.

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R
Hero
5 years ago
Jeroen van den Belt
Administrator
Jeroen van den BeltAdministrator
published in News & Blogs
Roles in SF - Considerations and possibilitiesBlog

Hello everyone! Lately I get asked a lot which project I am currently working on at our Product Innovation department. I tell them I am working on moving the roles out of our Intelligent Application Manager (IAM) into the Software Factory. Most of the times they nod slowly and say “Right!”. Let me begin by clarifying that by saying roles, I actually mean the configuration of roles and their corresponding model rights. However, you can imagine that some extra explanation is still required. Roles are already an important working part of IAM. Why would we want to move them to the Software Factory? It is mainly because of the importance of these roles that we have decided to move them. We consider them as an important part of the model, which is the domain of the developer. Since the model belongs in the Software Factory, why not also the corresponding role rights? In our opinion moving the roles to the Software Factory is the next logical step to take the concept of Role Based Access Cont

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Jeroen van den Belt
Administrator
5 years ago
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Vanguard
Dennis BeerenVanguard
asked in Questions & Conversations
Add a line base on a query to the graph of a cube

Is it possible to add a line based on some queried values to the graph view of a cube. See red line in attached image (Excel example). [img]https://uploads-eu-west-1.insided.com/thinkwise-en/attachment/9f6f76c2-3708-4fee-b404-dc77aa069470.png[/img]

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D
Vanguard
5 years ago
R
Hero
RolandHero
asked in Questions & Conversations
3rd party access and data security

We plan to develop a new part in our application that we want to deploy as a portal for a selection of our suppliers. Our goal is to have fewer phone calls and less email traffic by allowing suppliers to check our supplier orders in our own database and to easily create packing lists from those orders inside our application through an interface we have yet to design. To accomplish this we will have to open up part of our data model to a new supplier role in IAM. How can we ensure that every supplier gets to see only their data and not that of others? I assume this can be accomplished with hidden pre-filters but perhaps there is a better way. Is there a best practice concerning portals in general and data security?

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Tom van Druten
Warrior
5 years ago
K.Bakkenes
Captain
K.BakkenesCaptain
asked in Questions & Conversations
Assemblies for deployment

We have a number of assemblies configured on the current development environment. These assemblies need to be passed on to every development/demo/customer/production environment. Last week we've added the assembly HttpConnector to our current development environment. This assembly was also needed in the multiple demo/customer/production environments. It appears that this assembly wasn't automatically created on the different environments. Whichresulted in errors in a customer/production environment. Besides the above assembly we also have more assemblies that need to be passed on to every environment: [list=1] [*]SQLTCPExhItemSender [*]HttpConnector [*]Newtonsoft.Json [*]System_Runtime_Serialization [/list] Is it possible to configure these assemblies to be part of a deployment process? It also raises the following questions: [list] [*]How do we make the assemblies part of the deployment process and prevent manual work? [*]How do we maintain the original .dll files?

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K.Bakkenes
Captain
5 years ago
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Moderator
Marcel ZuurModerator
published in News & Blogs
Introduction to Machine Learning Services on SQL serverBlog

With the arrival of SQL Server 2016 Microsoft added the R Services add-on, which enables the execution of R scripts directly from T-SQL. Starting with SQL Server 2017, R Services was renamed to machine learning services to reflect the fact that Python is now supported as well. Both languages are highly popular in data science and machine learning. Python is an easy to learn general purpose language, while R was developed mainly for statisticians. Although there is a large amount of overlap between the languages, people with a background in statistics seem to prefer R over Python. On the other hand people new to programming or without a sufficient background in statistics prefer Python because of it's easy to learn syntax. Personally I think it is more a matter of choosing the right tool for the job. I would use Python for creating complex deep learning models and use R to analyze the results afterwards. In this blog I will show you that it is actually possible to do both using R

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Quido
Rookie
5 years ago
Raj Rozendaal
Sidekick
Raj RozendaalSidekick
asked in Questions & Conversations
Login as domain user

One of our customers has the following questions: [list] [*]Is it possible to automatically to sign into the application by using the 'I am a domain user' function? (web based application) [/list] [list] [*]What does the function 'I am a domain user' do exactly? Does this query the Active Directory, on one of our remote servers this functionality does not work properly and we might have to set this up correctly. [/list]

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Erik Brink
Moderator
5 years ago

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