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VENKAB05
New Contributor III
2 years ago

Retaining Previous Value of Dashboard Button Parameters While Opening in WorkFlow

Hello Everyone, I am having issues retaining the previously selected parameter value in the dashboard, which is linked to a button component. I have a dashboard that has a parameter to pick an e...
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VENKAB05
New Contributor III

Hi Paul,
Thanks for the response.

Parameter setup as Member Dialog in a Button.
I haven't assigned any Entities to that WorkFlow
Dashboard is added to WorkFlow through Form Template.

So i'm currently in 2nd Form. Lets say i choose Entity X and submit some data. Now i am going back to 1st form and then coming back to the 2nd form, i would expect the same Entity X to be displayed but that's not happening. It works fine when i run the dashboard directly, issue is only while accessing Dashboard through Workflow.

 

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JackLacava
Honored Contributor
2 years ago

Works for me, dude (version 7.4.2). Button:

Parameter:

Label to show the parameter:

The label shows the last-selected value for the parameter, after i switch back and forth through forms and even periods.

You might have some Dashboard Extender or XFBR interacting with that parameter.

 

  • VENKAB05's avatar
    VENKAB05
    New Contributor III
    2 years ago

    Hi Jack,

    Thanks, Just to confirm..Does it work even while doing it through WorkFlow ?

    • phollander's avatar
      phollander
      New Contributor III
      2 years ago

      I would check two things:

      • As mentioned by Jack, is there a dashboard extender running on the "Load Dashboard Server Task" or possibly an XFBR within the parameter that you set up?

      • If this is not the case, try to navigate to the following directory path on your local Windows Explorer and confirm if you can find the following .txt file:

        Forms_CustomSubstVars_<UserName>_<AppName>_<DashboardName>.txt
      • If the .txt file is available, open it and you should be able to identify what value is stored for the parameter. Now try opening up the dashboard through the workflow form, change the parameter to reflect a different value. Once it is has processed your action, click away and refresh the .txt file.

      Has the parameter value changed in the .txt file? Has it changed the Date Modified in the file after you changed the parameter value? Reason for checking is to rule out that Onestream somehow does not have the appropriate Write access to the folder where the parameter values are preserved. I have never come across this myself, but it would be good to rule this out.

      Regards,
      Paul

      • VENKAB05's avatar
        VENKAB05
        New Contributor III
        2 years ago

        I can see the text files..

        The Dashboards which has issue are not updated, while others are updated with the right param value. 

        Thanks for throwing light on this by sharing the text file details, this clearly indicates something going wrong with specific dashboards.

    • JackLacava's avatar
      JackLacava
      Honored Contributor
      2 years ago

      Yeah, that's what I meant when I wrote "switching back between periods"