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Spandan98Budding Pigmenteer

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Enter new rows in metric

Hello Pigment Community,I am not finding a way on how to add a button to enter additional rows in the metric. For example in the screen shot given below: I want to add a button which will choose Topline in the row header but it will allow the user to enter new values in the newly added row in the completion and Employee levels in the incentive metric.I am attaching another screen shot to properly understand what I want. Please kindly let me know how can I achieve it. Thanks a lot!

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1 hour ago

Spandan98Budding Pigmenteer

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Select only one option from the Boolean metric. The other options get disabled.

Hello Pigment Community,I just want one option to be marked, if suppose Absolute is checked, then the other options (Percentage and fixed) cannot be checked. How can I do this? Please kindly guide me to perform this operation. Thanks a lot!

6 hours ago

Spandan98Budding Pigmenteer

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Adding a "Submit" Button for Data Export

Hello Pigment Community,I’m currently working on creating an incentive scheme that allows users to input and customize data as needed directly within a board. My objective is to add a "Submit" button to this board, enabling users to:Save all entered data into a structured list. Export the stored data as a .csv file for further analysis or record-keeping. Could you kindly guide me on how to implement this functionality in Pigment? Specifically, I’d appreciate any tips or best practices for:Linking the "Submit" button to capture and store user input. Automating the export process for generating a .csv file.Thank you in advance for your support and insights!

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6 hours ago

Spandan98Budding Pigmenteer

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Absolute value, Percentage & Fixed Value button Creation in board.

Hello Pigment Community,I want to create three buttons :Absolute Value Percentage Fixed ValueNow, for absolute value button only numerical values can be entered in the metric. For, percentage value button only percentage inputs will be considered and for a fixed value a single value will be entered in each cell of the Topline Metric.(Image attached below)It can be a button or a boolean tick as well.

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10 hours ago

pigment_enthusiastSeasoned Pigmenteer

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Access and Permissions for Standard Member

How can I create a test user and assign the boards’ permissions and rights for a standard member and can test if only the right KPIs are accessible for that test user?

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2 days ago

Raphael CNewly Minted Pigmenteer

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Import into Dimension List - with property generating unique IDs (Fail)

Hello, I’m trying to import a csv file (Employee referential) into a Dimension List (Employee Referential List). The target Employee List has 5 properties : ID (“generate unique ID” setting toggled), Name, Country, Cost Centre & Salary band. I’ve set the ID property with the “generate unique ID” parameter (+Integer format), because the CSV file has 2 employees with the exact same name (but not the same country).I get an error message preventing me to run this process (in the “map data” step): “The unique Property “ID” has to be mapped”. (the source is grayed since it’s an automatic property.) Is there a problem somewhere? Pigment doesn’t allow a direct import to a dimension list having an “auto-generated ID” property? (Sorry if this was mentionned in one of the academy paths, but didn’t find this precise information. I just found that it is possible with a transaction list, but a dimension list should be more appropriate since we are talking about a referential update).Below the ma

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4 days ago

pigment_enthusiastSeasoned Pigmenteer

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Highlight the Totals number at each hierarchy level in a grid/table

Follow the steps if you want to highlight your totals:Select the header cell of the row which you want to highlight/color code Click on “arrow” icon dropdown and “Format” Choose “Cells” tab in the mini dialog box and select “Every Instance of my Selection” in the “Apply To” field Choose the color and Border ; select Apply and now all the totals at each hierarchy are highlighted!

5 days ago

Ta-WingNewly Minted Pigmenteer

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How to show legend text wrapped in chart

Is there an option to wrap the text of legends in a chart so that it doesn’t get trimmed like the example below?Should be reading “Actuals & Forecast”.

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5 days ago

Krete J.Just Arrived

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Remove not Filter Blank cells?

Ideally in the metrics we could remove 0 metric values if it is ok with the analysis to remove those cells[FILTER: Currentvalue<>0]Also usually we add the “Hide empty rows and columns” - but is there possible to remove those empty cells by formula? Or does it give something regarding performance wise?

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5 days ago

Ta-WingNewly Minted Pigmenteer

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AI Enable metrics

HiDoes enabling AI for all boards slow down the performance?There is an option to enable all blocks for AI at a click of a button but when it comes to switching it off, you need to do it one by one, is there an option to switch off AI for for all blocks in one go?

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6 days ago

pigment_enthusiastSeasoned Pigmenteer

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Shared Scenario Usages

How to check the usage of a shared scenario?

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7 days ago

MohanBudding Pigmenteer

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Equivalent of Vlookup to return values in number or integer format

Hello, I am trying to perform a vlookup function where I would like to retrieve a value from a transaction list and return to a dimension with same number format. I want to extract the “Weeknum” from Transaction : Calendar Weeks based on unique property Calendar.Date and populate it in under the Week Dimension’s property “Weeknum” based on its unique property Start DateTried ITEM function but i get a lot of data type errors using this formula , ITEM('Calendar Weeks'.Weeknum,Week.'Start Date') thanks

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7 days ago

Omer NahumOccasional Observer

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Top 10 in Chart

Hi Pigment, Do we have the ability to create a pie chart with only the top 10 of specific dimension values?I wish to have this Chart live with the most updated Top 10 values. Thank you,Omer.

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10 days ago

DastanSeasoned Pigmenteer

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Adding empty rows in Tables

Hi Pigment team, I’m trying to add empty rows into my Table block, so that I can separate some categories of expenses from each other: I tried to create and add empty “Placeholder” Metric, however it requires a name and I can’t simply leave it empty. Is there another way to add such empty rows between items? Best,Dastan

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11 days ago

OttJust Arrived

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Automated task for "Delete User Inputs in Bulk"

Hi Is there a way to Create Automated task which deletes user inputs in bulk when trigger is met. I’d like to set it up in a way, than when Month becomes from Forecast to Actual, it would delete the new Actual month user inputs which were so far meant for Forecast, but Actual month value should come from formula. I know how to set up task to notify, once this month changes and also how to set up one-time bulk deletion, when Month becomes Actual, but is there a possibility to combine these to so I could stop being middle-man? Best regardsOtt

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11 days ago

Xia HeNewly Minted Pigmenteer

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Unable to find the block to complete the activity

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11 days ago

LASJust Arrived

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How to Dynamically Sum the Last N Months of a Metric

I have a single that needs to essentially aggregate a rolling sum (of that last n months) of another metric. The manual method I have found is:TargetMetric + TargetMetric[SELECT: Month -1] + TargetMetric[SELECT: Month -2](I am incuding the current month in the “last” three months calculation)But if I want to change this to the last 5 months or the last 24 months, I would need to add an n number of selects.How Can I formulaically drive this calculation?

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12 days ago

Shane CrinesNewly Minted Pigmenteer

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Circular References Across Applications

I am trying to build a metric to forecast interest income on corporate cash. To do so, I’d like to reference our forecasted cash balance from the balance sheet & cash flow statement. This becomes circular since our interest income rolls into net income which then drives our indirect cash flow statement. I believe I could accomplish it by using the previousbase() function but the various metrics are all across different applications. The interest income & revenue metrics sits in a revenue application that feeds into a nexus in the data hub which then feeds the cash flow statement in a financial reporting application. Does anyone know a way to create this metric given the above criteria?

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12 days ago

Fabien BigeardNewly Minted Pigmenteer

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Sort / Ascending-Descending

Hello,I want to sort a table by descending or ascending, depends of my metric value. I don’t succeed. could you help me please ? Thank you in advance. Best regards.

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13 days ago

Spandan98Budding Pigmenteer

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Display only the unmarked options

Hello Pigment Community,I need help with automating calculations for specific brands in Pigment. Requirement: For the brands marked (e.g., checked/true), I want Pigment to automatically calculate the values. For the unmarked brands (e.g., unchecked/false), I want to manually input the data. Goal: I would like to filter the view to display only the unmarked brands (those marked as false), so I can easily input data manually. Thank you for your help.

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14 days ago

Daniel CicakNewly Minted Pigmenteer

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Planning Best Practices - Versions & Import via API

Dear Community,we are currently within our FY24 budgeting process. We have the standard setup with Headcount-App, OpEx-App & Topline App.Topline-App & HC-App are connected with source systems with daily uploads to have a proper reporting in place. OpEx-App is manual input only. To avoid that managers have to incorporate changes (Forecast & Budget 24) in two Versions we use our Forecast Version only. For Budget Versioning we copy a Forecast Version as Budget Version 2024 VX.We face the challenge, that the imported data will change our Budget Versions VX as well. A first idea was to take snapshots of the application and connect the Version of a snapshot into the Core-Reporting, but not sure if this is possible? Or does anyone have any other idea how to lock the data without stopping the imports? BR,Daniel

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14 days ago

William Murray BrownBudding Pigmenteer

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Cannot deactivate library due to block being used... But block usage says it is not used.

I’m trying to deactivate this library:Deactivation is disabled because the “P1 Brand” block is in use... But when I click “view”, it doesn’t show any usage in the application where I’m trying to disable it:Can anyone help with figuring out why the block is showing as used?

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17 days ago

MisbahFrequent Reader

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Queries related to Pigment

Pigment Champs! Could you please help me understand how Pigment is handling DevOps (Or is it still not available)? Is there any Best Practice document on Pigment (Like Planual in Anaplan)? I see many Pigment sponsored apps have hardcoding in the formula. For Example - As Per Pigment: 1+ INP_YearlySalaryIncrease[BY CONSTANT: Month.Year][FILTER: Month.'Month of Year'= 'Month of Year'."February" ][BY CONSTANT: EE_Data_Stand.Region] I want to write it this way - (1+'01. INP Yearly Salary Increase')[BY CONSTANT:Month.Year][FILTER: Month.'Month of Year'= '00. INP Month of Increase'][BY Constant: 'EE Data Stand'.Region], here the inputs can be changed easily and freely. How does Pigment’s engine perform calculations? How many cores does it leverage at the same time? Is there any recommendation about the source data, that it should have a unique key? I understand that transactional dimension does not need one but it means that you would have to delete and reload/refresh the entire transac

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17 days ago

MaxenceGoigNewly Minted Pigmenteer

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Impact of CSV Uploads on Historical Data in Pigment

Hi,We have a data table on Pigment that we update daily with new data by uploading a CSV file.The CSV contains data from January 1, 2021, and every day the new daily data is added to the file before being uploaded to Pigment.I wanted to know if CSV uploads delete the old data and then completely update everything, or if they only push the new data.For example: If tomorrow the file no longer contains data starting from January 1, 2021, but instead starts from January 1, 2022, will we still retain the 2021 data in our source list in Pigment when I upload this new file, or will it be deleted?If the historical data is deleted, is there a way to push the new data every day without deleting the old one?Thanks in advance!

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18 days ago

Bill RauschBudding Pigmenteer

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Link to Data Import on Board

Is there a way to get a link that I can put on a board to get to the Import Data screen?

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19 days ago

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