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OpenPages Ideas

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Ability to Schedule Calculations

We would like the ability to schedule calculations. When they are set to auto-start it looks like calculations only run on an implicit save or new record. We're finding relatively dormant records are not having auto-started calcs run on them so we...
almost 2 years ago in OpenPages Ideas / Automation 3 Future consideration

Allow System Name field to be set by calculation

When defining a calculation on an object that is auto-named, it is not possible to set the System Fields:Name. It is possible to define it, but it will not work (IBM support confirmed this is expected behavior and will create an APAR to prevent th...
over 2 years ago in OpenPages Ideas / Administration 3 Not under consideration

Print option is not available in OP8.1 as it was in OP7.2

Earlier in OP7.2 version of OpenPages there was print button for records which used to let users print the record in pdf format. In OP8.1 version, due to TFUI , print option is not available anymore. As per our IBM contact, the team mentioned this...
over 3 years ago in OpenPages Ideas / End User UI 3 Not under consideration

Deletion of closed reporting periods

With the importance of deleting sensitive data combined with GDPR related duties, we would appreciate a solution to select and then delete (or anonymize) reporting periods. More specifically, our system includes various reportings happening on a q...
almost 4 years ago in OpenPages Ideas / Administration 3 Not under consideration

Configurable options for changing the LDAP import settings.

Per IBM the CP4D user job replaces openpages first name with full name. Full name is imported to openpages from “Name” tab of CP4D – which are LDAP names imported from LDAP server. Below are the current LDAP attribute mapping, can you let us know ...
11 months ago in OpenPages Ideas 2 Under review

Validation Field [$System Fields:Date Last Modified$]

I would like to create a calculation validation that uses Date Last Modified but it's not an available field. The use case is being able to reference this date to auto set a status to "Dormant" based off this date.
over 1 year ago in OpenPages Ideas / Solutions 2 Future consideration

Access Rights on Move Option

We have faced performance issues with big customers who used to use Move Options (Folder View) for business change purposes. OpenPages has a way to limit this right but is Binary (everything or nothing), anyway customer has multiple scenarios for ...
over 3 years ago in OpenPages Ideas / End User UI 8 Not under consideration

Editing attachments after check-out (ala SharePoint)

When attaching files to OpenPages we would like the ability to check-out and edit the file and reattach. Currently we can only view the attachment, any edits require the attachment to be deleted, edited separately and reattached. The functionality...
about 5 years ago in OpenPages Ideas / End User UI 1 Not under consideration

Allow a multi select option on Business Entity Selector

The new Business Entity Selector field display type is a fantastic addition but we'd also really like a multi select option for that display type.
about 5 years ago in OpenPages Ideas / End User UI 1 Not under consideration

Provide archival features to efficiently manage large volume of data within OpenPages

As our data increases to a larger volume ( i.e 700GB ) everyday, it becomes longer and longer to manage the data archival / db2 backup process.Also certain task such as reporting schema rebuild takes large amount of space (i.e 50 GB of db2 log spa...
about 5 years ago in OpenPages Ideas / Administration 0 Not under consideration