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OpenPages Ideas

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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...
over 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.
over 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...
over 5 years ago in OpenPages Ideas / Administration 0 Not under consideration

OpebPages Backup script Optimization - multi threaded approach

The Backup script provided as part of Openpages product takes almost 4 hours to backup the Openpages config files, DB and the storage. This can be optimized if the backup of each component is rum in parallel in a multi threaded approach.The detail...
over 5 years ago in OpenPages Ideas / Other 0 Not under consideration

Grid View Export to Excel option to export all objects/fields as displayed - not 1 sheet per object

The GRID views are excellent ways for the users to view complex data structures such as Process, Risk and Controls. However, there is no way a user can export that view into Excel. The export to excel option creates one worksheet per object in the...
over 5 years ago in OpenPages Ideas / End User UI 0 Not under consideration

OpenPages UI Tooltip to show field-specific info when mouse hover over a field in an object view

Customer requested this feature. End users would like to see additional info explaining the current field they are about to fill out in an OpenPages object record. End users would to mouse hover over a field and get hints and additional details to...
6 months ago in OpenPages Ideas / End User UI 2 Functionality already exists

Force Save button

It would be nice to force a save on a record, even if it has not been updated. Business use case: A risk record has a control attached. The control has values that are used in a calculation for risk rating that is stored on the risk. The control...
about 2 years ago in OpenPages Ideas / End User UI 2 Future consideration

Chart should allow drill-through on "Other" or "No Value" segments

When pie/bar chart is based on a dropdown field with more than 10 values, the pie/bar chart automatically shows top 9 segments, and then groups remaining small segments into an "Other" segment. The top 9 segments are clickable for drill-through (t...
about 1 year ago in OpenPages Ideas / End User UI 1 Under review

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...
about 4 years ago in OpenPages Ideas / Administration 3 Not under consideration

Ability to run a report in OpenPages e.g.(in a Risk Register) and automatically send the result output as email to the login user.

It would be great if a business user can click on a link/button in say an Risk Object and it will run a Cognos report and allow the report output to be delivered through email with the email address registered under the user that logged in. Save t...
over 1 year ago in OpenPages Ideas / Reporting 2 Future consideration