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Search results: OpenPages Ideas

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Issue Entry App Form

Currently, there is an existing LossEvent entry app form that enables users to create loss event records without needing to log in to OpenPages. This is very helpful & efficient, especially for users who only need to submit data occasionally. ...
2 months ago in OpenPages Ideas / End User UI 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...
about 2 months ago in OpenPages Ideas / Platform Features 2 Future consideration

TFUI Allow Bar Chart Order to be based on dropdown display order

When adding a bar chart, there is no option to select the sort order of the bars. It automatically orders the bars from longest to shortest. Clients have requested to allow sorting of the bars to be fixed order based on the dropdown order. For exa...
about 2 years ago in OpenPages Ideas / Administration UI 2 Delivered

Implementing setting Forbid the orphans (false/true)

Since current version (IBM OpenPages on Cloud) doesn't prevent creation of orphan object from being removed from their only parent in order to consistently ensure data integrity it is suggested to implement System setting called Forbid the orphans...
about 2 years ago in OpenPages Ideas / Administration 1 Under review

IF Statement w/out ELSE

Would be great to have the ability to end an IF statement after condition is met. e.g. IF (_add_months([$System Fields:Last Modified Date$],6) >= [$TODAY$] THEN “Dormant”, ELSE <Do Nothing> ENDIF If we set it to what it was already (“In P...
over 2 years ago in OpenPages Ideas / Administration 2 Not under consideration

Make unsaved changes message clearer

We think the current warning message when a user leaves a screen with unsaved change could be improved 1) We think the ordering would be more intuitive / consistent with other applications, if the two options were swapped over 2) The amount of tex...
over 6 years ago in OpenPages Ideas / End User UI 0 Not under consideration

Configurable generic warning box (with icons)

Generic warning message + icon. Where a record is confidential, or inactive, or closed, we'd like an easy but consistent way to alert the user so they instantly notice. Suggestion is for configurable warning messages that can be re-used across obj...
over 6 years ago in OpenPages Ideas / End User UI 0 Not under consideration

OpenPages auto-generate test result & questionnaire feature

Ability to auto-generate test results & questionnaire assessments via a frequency (due date) criteria that can be defined within the system. The user will define the frequency criteria on the parent object (e.g test plan for test results) and ...
over 6 years ago in OpenPages Ideas / Administration 0 Not under consideration

Format of Default Date in Add Helper Should be Consistent

Upon initial entry to the Add helper any date field will show a default ofm/d/yy. If a user selects a date the field updates to m/dd/yyyy (e.g. 3/20/2017) - Note yyyy format On the detail page the date is shown as m/dd/yy
over 6 years ago in OpenPages Ideas / End User UI 0 Delivered

Task View Icons

Consistent with Standard UI each object should have a distinctive icon consistent with the Standard UI
over 6 years ago in OpenPages Ideas / End User UI 0 Not under consideration