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Programmatically Adding Profile to Domain(business entity) using API

we are automating the Business Entity (Domain) setup by enabling the assignment of Access Groups, Role Templates, and Profiles (for example, a Leader Profile) directly to a Business Entity. The required API for adding a Profile to a Business Entit...
5 days ago in OpenPages Ideas / Administration Future consideration

Add a Filter in Workflow View to Display Records Based on Registered Location

Objective: Enable users to filter workflow items by the location where a record is registered, allowing entity‑specific visibility within running workflows. Background / Current Behavior: Currently, the workflow instance displays records based on ...
5 months ago in OpenPages Ideas / Administration Future consideration

Increase the log level to get more fine grained details in all OP logs

Hi, It would be great if we could increase the log level to Debug , with some guardrails like a limited period of time to avoid overflowing the disk space, in order to better capture the root cause of a failing situation in OpenPages. As an exampl...
6 months ago in OpenPages Ideas / Administration Future consideration

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...
11 months ago in OpenPages Ideas / Administration 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...
11 months ago in OpenPages Ideas / Administration Future consideration

Option to select "OpSystem" user in Applicability conditions on workflow

Option to select "OpSystem" user in Applicability conditions on workflow. IN cascading workflow on the same object Sample Workflow A is calling Workflow B, I dont want user to See workflow B in action, However Currently I do not have option to hid...
over 2 years ago in OpenPages Ideas / Administration Future consideration

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...
almost 3 years ago in OpenPages Ideas / Administration Future consideration

Bulk unlock records and Bulk cancel checkout of attachments

We have a lot of records where end users have put a lock on records and when a bulk folder move is requested, administrators have to manually go on each record and unlock it before we can perform folder move function on the grid. This can be in th...
about 3 years ago in OpenPages Ideas / Administration Future consideration

Workflow Administration - Terminate Workflow Instances

PLEASE create separate security permissions around Workflow Instances. Right now, it's baked into the "Workflow" security permission. This isn't helpful - we have to rely on our IT team to terminate workflows when we (the business leads) should be...
over 3 years ago in OpenPages Ideas / Administration Future consideration

Recycle Bin for OpenPages Processes

We would like to see a recycle bin for processes and other objects deleted from OpenPages so when mistakes occur by a user, admins can be called to assist in restoration. Baring this, a 'soft' delete would be helpful to give users time during thei...
over 3 years ago in OpenPages Ideas / Administration Future consideration