'all' in hierarchypicker with shown members should only select the shown members

#1

Not sure if this a bug or a feature request...


I have a hierarchypicker which is acting on a parameter that has 4 options. I only want 2 options to be available on my dashboard. I am using the ‘shown members’ option to just show those 2.


I would like the ‘all’ option to just select those 2. When I have ‘show checkboxes’ then the ‘all’ will select just those 2. However I need single select, so do not want to show the checkboxes. When the checkboxes are not shown then ‘all’ will select all 4 which is not what I want.


I know that I could make a custom token, but I want the option to appear in the hierarchypicker selection box and not in the triangle on the right.


As a workaround I could put a ‘parameter value changed’ script to check if the ‘all’ token is set and then manually change the filter values to those 2, but I would prefer not to do that if there is a better option.


In summary: The ‘all’ option of a paramterhierarchypicker should only select the shown members whether the checkboxes are shown or not.

#2

I agree, I tried to like it but for a whil enow every time i hit like it just blinks and ignores me, did i reach a like limit? (opened up F12 on chrome there seams to be an error). I will submit a bug report.


Update to my Like issue. We got it fixed. I had to clear chache.

#3

On 2nd thoughts...


This might not always be the required behaviour. I may want users to choose between a few categories, but then 'all' should include responses that are missing answers to that category question.

If that is the case, then the behaviour with checkboxes would not be what I wanted...


Maybe the 'shown members' option could have a checkbox to indicate if 'all' should be just the shown members or all values possible

#4

Let me see If i have this right.


Your users only want to see a subset of the options and most of the time when they select all they only want it to be the all shown options but on occation they want it to be all to include the not shown options and they do not want check boxes they want it in a single select. Nor do they want to have a token.


Cant you Hide the All token and replace it with your own "ALL Shown" token and another "All everything" (these are not the best titles but point gotten).


maybe just "ALL" and "Include Not Shown" token names.


Is the time it will take you to make some script to get this behaviour or do that until Dundas makes it possible (they might get use to it by then and you will not need to change it).


I am all for the User sign our pay cheks but sometime we got to say it is on the list of things to do but it going in at the bottom, here a temp quick soloution. There more important things that need to be done.


Oh but if gotten that list down to those things you always shoved to the bottem and now it time to deal with them, I say two things CONGRATS on a job well done and sorry you got to dela with them now.

#5

Sort of.


Each parameter will either always be one way or the other, but different parameters need to act differently.


At the moment I have gone down the script route, but it got me thinking that maybe other people want this behaviour to be built in too.


I am moving this long-time client of ours from the old Dundas Dashboard to our new BI and the one thing they wanted was that everything should still look and behave the same. The speed and browser compatibility will be amazing for them, but BI is still lacking in functionality and element design customisation compared to DD.

#6

I have not used DD only BI. If they did it in DD they should be able to replicate (maybe not with same code but same idea) in BI.

#7

Thank you for your feedback. This behavior is expected for single selection (i.e. no checkboxes). Regardless of what members you’ve selected under “Shown Members”, selecting “(All)” from the hierarchy picker will retrieve all data. A feature request has been submitted on your behalf (Issue 73200 - "Shown Members" option to have a checkbox to indicate if "All" should retrieve all shown members or all members possible).


As a possible workaround, you can create a custom token and set token value by script when "All" is selected from the hierarchy picker.