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Platform Features

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Terminate Workflow Instance from Another Workflow

It would be useful to be able to terminate a workflow instance from another workflow. Currently, it is possible to start a workflow for a record, but only if it has not been enrolled already. As an example, when a record is "in review" status, the...
almost 2 years ago in OpenPages Ideas / Platform Features 2 Future consideration

format ([$END_USER$]) to be available for Workflow Operations

It would be useful to have < format ([$END_USER$]) > be available in a workflow operation. Currently it is only available when using a calculation.
about 2 years ago in OpenPages Ideas / Platform Features 3 Future consideration

Create a numerical drop down field.

Can we create the ability to have a enumerated field where the options are considered a number? This causes us issues where we use the chart functionality on the dashboard or try to sort on Cognos as the numbers are stored as text. We would like t...
about 2 years ago in OpenPages Ideas / Platform Features 2 Future consideration

Ability to create filters for dashboard

Could we add in the ability to filter for ancestors/"grandparents"? For example, If my structure was SOXSubProcess> SOXRisk> SOXControl could we be able to filter for all Controls which fall under a particular SubProcess?
about 2 years ago in OpenPages Ideas / Platform Features 2 Future consideration

Add another option to the Workflow Stage Property Access Control that would go one step future than the "Read" option, which would prevent unassigned Users from editing relationships between Objects.

In the current version of the OpenPages Workflow Stage Property Access Control, the "Read" (non-participants can view but not edit a task at this stage) works in only allow Assignees to edit the record. Non-Assignees do have read-only for fields o...
about 2 years ago in OpenPages Ideas / Platform Features 2 Future consideration

Questionnaire and associated parameters

We need to have functionality to associate a ‘Questionnaire’ with a Risk, Control or other object and leverage the results from the ‘questionnaire’ functionality directly into the parameters of these objects (i.e. we are ‘bypassing’ this limitatio...
about 2 years ago in OpenPages Ideas / Platform Features 4 Future consideration

Delegation of workflow tasks

We need to have functionality to delegate workflow tasks to other users and/or invite other users to contribute to specific workflow tasks (e.g. for self-assessment, issue management and other workflow activities)
about 2 years ago in OpenPages Ideas / Platform Features 2 Future consideration

Consolidating multiple notifications over a limited period of time

We need to have functionality to consolidate e-mail notifications to users (i.e. consolidating multiple notifications over a limited period of time (e.g. 24 hours) addressed to a single user into one ‘combined’ (e-mail) notification)
about 2 years ago in OpenPages Ideas / Platform Features 3 Future consideration

History of previous Global Search Terms

As soon as you click on one search result it will open the result in another tab. If you go back to the dashboard (global search widget), it will refresh and show a blank search screen. The search term/results should still show, otherwise you have...
about 2 years ago in OpenPages Ideas / Platform Features 2 Future consideration

Static link to an object in OpenPages should open in a tab in the same browser window, not launch a new window

If a user adds a Dashboard panel with a static link to an object within OpenPages that they have access to in their current profile, the view for the object should open up as a tab in the same browser window, not launch a new separate window.
over 2 years ago in OpenPages Ideas / Platform Features 2 Future consideration