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Use a value from an XML file to determine conditional formatting values like colocell or others
Be able to use a tag element value to define conditional formatting parameter value:
Something like this:
<wr:out select=”!/root/ap/qu/elements/c_clau1” condition=”=TRUE::cellcolor!!!/root/ap/qu/elements/c_color::false”/>Instead of:
<wr:out select=”!/root/ap/qu/elements/c_clau1” condition=”=TRUE::cellcolor!!ff8800::false”/>1 voteHello reporter,
We have reviewed your request, and are also interested in this functionality, but are waiting until more interest is expressed to work on this. If we see the community express more interest towards this functionality and similar functionality we will review this again. Thank you for your idea and please submit any other suggestions you have to improve our products.
Adam Austin
Product Manager -
Open the Tag Editor window in the center of the screen rather than below the cursor
Currently, when you double-click a tag to open the Tag Editor, the window is opened directly below the position of the cursor. That's fine if the tag is at the top of the window, but if it's near the bottom then the Tag Editor window is partially or even almost completely off the screen. I would prefer that the editor window open consistently in the center of the screen (or perhaps even better, optionally remember its last position and open there) so I don't have to drag the window to see its contents and so it appears consistently and reliably.
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3 votesHi Brent,
I just tested this request in Word 2016, Designer 16.2.0, Windows 10 and the Tag Editor was opened directly in the middle of the screen instead of towards the bottom. Perhaps this was fixed somewhere along the way! Thank you for your idea, and please submit any other suggestions you come up with.
Adam Austin
Product Manager -
Enable double-clicking a tag in the footer to open the Tag Editor
Currently, if you double-click a tag in the header or main body of a Word document, the Tag Editor window opens. This is not true in the footer. A workaround is to double-click the footer tag, then double-click somewhere on the doc outside the footer, but this is not user-friendly and is not consistent with the functionality in other parts of the document. A sample is attached that replicates the issue.
I understand this is due to limitations of the Word/Office API, but if this can stay on the radar as something to fix if the Office API gets better,…
1 voteHello Reporter,
We have reviewed this idea internally, but it has been declined due to Word API limitations. Since we can’t offer this functionality due to the limitation, we recommend opening tags in the header and footer using the “Edit Tag” button in the ribbon. Thank you very much for your idea, and please enter any other suggestions you have to improve our product.
Adam Austin
Product Manager -
Make Find/Replace work in header/footer
AutoTag's Find/Replace works great in the main body of a Word document (for example, when a data source is renamed and you need to update the tags that use it), but it doesn't change anything in the header or footer. This isn't very user-friendly. A sample is attached that replicates the issue.
I understand this is due to limitations of the Word/Office API, but if this can stay on the radar as something to fix if the Office API gets better, that would be great.
5 votesHello Reporter,
I am happy to report that this functionality is already supported in the Windward Designer! Perhaps this functionality was added since this ticket was entered. Please return to a newer version of the Designer and try this functionality. If you see any issues, please contact our support team to enter a bug. Thank you for your idea, and please submit any other suggestions you have to improve our product.
Adam Austin
Product Manager -
Throw exception if document output = Null
If I design a template, and the output results in no content displayed, can Windward send a system-level notification (e.g. throw an exception in the Java engine)?
Ideally, if the output is null, no document would be generated or sent, or Windward would communicate that the document is blank.
6 votesHello Reporter,
We have reviewed this idea internally but it has been declined for development. We recommend that you check the variables for your output document that could cause it to output a blank document and use this information to make a decision before document generation instead of responding to an exception afterwards. Thank you for you suggestion, and please submit any other ideas you have to improve our product.
Adam Austin
Product Manager -
Use pod without formatting
I would like to be able to use a pod but retain the formatting of the destination template document and ignore any formatting from the pod (or not even store the formatting in the pod). In particular, in Excel I only want to be able to put an OUT tag into a cell from the pod bin and keep the formatting of the cell.
The current workaround (in Excel) is:
create a pod based on a single tag
Put the pod into a cell in the new document in a temporary sheet
Copy the cell text then paste into the…1 vote -
wizard can't be used to specify repeated nodes
If we have repeated sections e.g.
<payments>
<payment>
<StartDate>30/07/2015</StartDate>
<NumberOfPayments>1</NumberOfPayments>
<Frequency>Monthly</Frequency>
<Payment>4824.8207</Payment>
<EndDate>30/07/2015</EndDate>
</payment>
<payment>
<StartDate>30/08/2015</StartDate>
<NumberOfPayments>35</NumberOfPayments>
<Frequency>Monthly</Frequency>
<Payment>696.29</Payment>
<EndDate>30/06/2018</EndDate>
</payment>
</payments>And we want to specifically pick a value for the second repeated section we can tag this using payment/payment[2]/EndDate
This cannot be done through the wizard.6 votes -
Bring back the Gauge Tag
While there are a lot of chart options available in version 14 of Auto Tag, as well as native Word charts, we would love to be able to use gauges for certain data depictions. Are there any plans to bring this tag back?
6 votes -
The below query is not accepting in winward. I think, Winward needs to fix this. SELECT a.id AS id, b.id AS aid FROM a JOIN b ON a.id=b.re
The below query is not accepting in winward. I think, Winward needs to fix this.
SELECT a.id AS id, b.id AS aid
FROM a JOIN b ON a.id=b.referenceid;1 voteThis is a support request and not a new feature request. A developer verified this is working with our internal test SQL servers. Please submit this question to support@windward.net
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3 votes
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Blank page detection
A way to identify if blank pages could appear if a loop that spans multiple pages. Or a way to remove blank pages.
We have been having issues surrounding this and have had many defects raised around blank pages appearing in bulk bills.
Thank you
AdamTicket number for support reference #18122
8 votesHello Reporter,
We have reviewed this suggestion internally but we have decided to decline it. The reason is that our software is designed to do exactly what the template specifies. This can result in tricky behavior with empty or sparsely populated pages appearing in output, but usually this is a result of the template design and not due to the software. As such, we encourage users in this situation to re-visit their template design and try to resolve the issue there. Thank you for your idea, and please enter any other suggestions you have to improve our products.
Adam Austin
Product Manager -
Refresh Tags
What if when a document was generated from a template instead of replacing the Tag with the data have the data replace the Tag friendly name. Then the generated document could be passed around modified and when all the changes are agreed upon then run the template again to get the latest values from the data source.
Recently I've had several prospects ask for this kind of functionality and this is the only idea that I could think of that might allow users to refresh their data in generated documents.
8 votesHello Reporter,
We have reviewed this idea internally but have decided to decline it for development. The reason is that this functionality would be non-trivial and risky to implement as well as it is not in the same direction as our current development efforts. Thank you very much for the suggestion, and please submit any other ideas you have to improve our products.
Adam Austin
Product Manager -
ForEach order='row' - Too Many Queries
When using a ForEach order=row inside another ForEach loop the number of queries performed multiplies e.g. If you have an outer ForEach loop which retrieves 5 entries, and an inner ForEach loop with order=row you get:
- Call to initial outer ForEach
- Call to initial outer ForEach
- Loop over each inner ForEach (5 calls)
- Call to initial out For Each
- Look over each inner ForEach (5 calls)
.. and so on until each entry in the Outer ForEach is resolved.If you use legacy mode on the inner ForEach you get a single outer foreach call,…
6 votesHello Reporter,
We have reviewed this idea internally but have decided to decline it due to lack of votes. Thank you for your idea, and please submit any other suggestions you have to improve our products.
Adam Austin
Product Manager -
9 votes
Hello Reporter,
We have reviewed this idea internally but have decided to decline it for development. That being said, we are also interested in this functionality. We will watch this ticket in the future and other requests, and if we see more interest in this functionality in the future, we will consider it for development again. Thank you for your suggestion, and please enter any other ideas you have to improve our products!
Adam Austin
Product Manager
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