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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 entity, and this parameter is attached to a button component in the dashboard. Let's say I run the dashboard and pick an entity X from the button for the first time. If I try to open the same dashboard again and again, the same entity X gets displayed by default, which is expected.

Now the problem is when I attach this dashboard to a workflow. From WorkFLow, the entity that I picked for the first time in Dashboard is not getting retained when I open the same dashboard multiple times from through WorkFlow.

Is this behavior expected, or am I missing something here? It would be great if anyone could help here.

Thanks,

Balaji V

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

    Hi Balaji,

    How did you set up the parameter behind the button? Is this a member dialog/list/BR-driven parameter, is the entity selection in related to get a list of workflow assigned entities or possibly related to any of the calc-definition assigned workflow entities? Also, did you assign the Dashboard to a workflow step directly, as part of a Form template or did you make it available through any of the Dashboard Profile settings on the workflow step?

    From what I have seen, Onestream stores the selected parameter values of a Dashboard in a temporary file on your computer. Only when you have written a specific BR to load upon opening the dashboard to clear/change these values, Onestream should pull the latest parameter values from that temporary file. If the parameter is workflow-dependent, it could be that the list of parameter values changes when you switch to another workflow profile. In that case, the parameter value is technically still preserved, but it may present it as an empty value on the dashboard.

    Maybe you can clarify the issue with some screenshots?

    Best regards,

    Paul

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

      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.

       

      • JackLacava's avatar
        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

    Thanks everyone for your response.

    I do have a "Load Dashboard Server Task" attached to the button which makes sense why it will not work as many pointed out in your comments. I tried in a completely different environment and it works as expected.

    But still am curious, i tried to create a new button which doesn't have Load DashB Server Task (environment in which the issue exist) and still it doesnt work. I would have expected it to work if Load  Task was the sole reason behind this.

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

      From what I know, the XFLoadDashboardTaskResult object that gets returned on the Load Dashboard Server Task is the only object related to dashboards that allow you to change parameter values upon loading a dashboard. I believe the WcfEventHandler BR (if you are using this) is not generating a Load Dashboard Operation either.

      One last thing I can think of, is that you have a parameter set on the Form template level:

      Although the screen indicates you can set Literal Parameter Values, I have also successfully used it with other parameter types. Is this field empty on your Form Template that your dashboard is assigned to?

      Regards,
      Paul