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OpenPages Ideas

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Option to change Field type from Simple String to Large Text

We are facing the challenge that after implementation, it is found out that simple string fields do not allow enough characters to be added and therefore we need to change the field into a large text field.This is currently only possible by creati...
4 days ago in OpenPages Ideas / Administration 1 Future consideration

autosave capability

Provide an autosave capability prior to the user being logged out of OpenPages. Currently, OpenPages logs out a user after 15 minutes of inactivity. Prior to that automatic logoff, OpenPages should save the latest draft of object.
5 days ago in OpenPages Ideas / End User UI 1 Future consideration

Allow for custom auroralogging.properties file to define custom loggers that aren't overwritten by upgrades/fix packs/interim fixes

When implementing custom loggers we have to place these in the auroralogging.properties file. This works great until the file gets re-created during the installation of upgrades, fix packs or interim fixes. We would like a custom auroralogging.pro...
10 days ago in OpenPages Ideas / Administration 1 Future consideration

Monitoring capabilities for Openpages scheduler

Openpages scheduler does not notify in case there is a failure. Moreover, there is an issue with logs not appearing for custom schedulers. Can this be fixed/enhanced to have following capabilities. It could be similar to the way the notifications ...
9 days ago in OpenPages Ideas / Platform Features 1 Future consideration

Calculations - Dropdown values inside calculations should fetch locale values

We’ve observed an issue when using a dropdown field as an input in a calculation. If a dropdown value has a label that differs from its system name, the calculation consistently retrieves the system name rather than the localized label. Example: S...
20 days ago in OpenPages Ideas / Platform Features 2 Future consideration

OpenPages Scheduler - allow client to set max concurrent jobs and display any that are queued.

Currently the system has a hard wired limit of 5 concurrently executing schedule jobs. You can start a sixth one but the system actually queues it to start when one of the others completes. However, the system does not provide any display to show ...
2 months ago in OpenPages Ideas / Platform Features 1 Future consideration

Allow workflow instances to allow filtering prior to loading the instances

The workflow instances page can take ages to load when your system has a lot of workflows running. It would be great if you could filter upfront prior to the instances being loaded. This would greatly improve the productivity of administrators rat...
3 months ago in OpenPages Ideas / Administration UI 1 Future consideration

Ability to create a default filter for My Tasks tab

Right now My Tasks tab is not configurable. Users request the ability to create and save a default filter for the My Tasks tab. Scenario: users may be assigned to objects in a workflow stage for a long period of time. Eg. a "monitoring" stage that...
over 3 years ago in OpenPages Ideas / End User UI 3 Future consideration

Business rules on notifications

Need the capability to be able to apply business rules on notifications using different time zones, days of a week and dates. Examples - User action triggered notifications should be sent between Monday to Friday 9AM-5PM EST. User action triggered...
over 3 years ago in OpenPages Ideas / Solutions 5 Future consideration

Calculations -- FOR Loops

Calculations often require a long list of 'if/elif/else' statements (sometimes over 100 of them) to account for a lot of management of lists and larger inputs. Adding a For loop would significantly reduce the complexity and maintenance of large ca...
over 2 years ago in OpenPages Ideas / Platform Features 4 Future consideration

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