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OpenPages Ideas

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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

Add support for inline file attachment editing of Microsoft Visio documents

Users can open Microsoft Office files directly from OpenPages. Every time a user clicks save within a file that is opened in this way, the file is saved in the OpenPages file repository. However, other users cannot see the changes until the file i...
about 1 year ago in OpenPages Ideas / End User UI 1 Under review

Create ability to add "delete" and "Disassociate" buttons on embedded Gridviews

Currently in the new OpenPages UI you can create Add Object buttons and Associate Object buttons on the embedded Grid views. For example, you are in a Test Plan and want to add a Test Result object. You can add a button right on the grid view to a...
almost 5 years ago in OpenPages Ideas / Administration UI 4 Not under consideration

OpenPages Lifecycle Notification should have validation for active/inactive users before sending mail notification.

It is useful because the inactive users mail box wont be flooded from Notification when the status of the incident or issue object changes. At present the end user gets confused with the intention of the mail because being inactive, he/she no more...
almost 5 years ago in OpenPages Ideas / Solutions 2 Not under consideration

Task Focused UI - Reporting Period Dropdown in Top Bar

In the current Task Focused UI, the user needs 5 clicks to change the reporting period: - User (opens sidebar)- Change reporting period (opens the popup)- Open the dropdown menu- Click on the desired reporting period- Hit save Which then refreshes...
over 1 year ago in OpenPages Ideas / End User UI 5 Future consideration

Multiple Dashboard Tabs in TFUI

Common feedback from users is to have the ability to create multiple dashboard tabs. This would help with the layout of dashboards, as a single tab can get very busy
almost 4 years ago in OpenPages Ideas / End User UI 2 Not under consideration

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...
about 2 years ago in OpenPages Ideas / Automation 3 Future consideration

Allow resizing or expansion of private/personal filter dropdown

On the task-focused UI when creating a private/personal filter, the size of the dropdown is fixed. When a long value is listed on the dropdown list, users are not able to see the full text. For instance, the dropdown list value is "Supercalifragil...
over 4 years ago in OpenPages Ideas / End User UI 3 Not under consideration

Two pass logic

When a user attempts to delete a record on OpenPages, the system presents them with a pop-up ‘OK' / ‘Cancel'. It's a really good ‘user experience'. We'd like to implement a similar two-pass logic, and being able to utilise this same approach would...
over 5 years ago in OpenPages Ideas / Platform Features 0 Not under consideration

Grid View lacks functionality

Enhance grid view to include more functionality for look and feel. Floating columns and horizontal scroll bar should be visible without scrolling to the bottom of the page.
over 5 years ago in OpenPages Ideas / End User UI 3 Not under consideration