Windward Core
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Allow entering Array-type Input Parameters
It would be great if we could add an array-type variable of either String or Number type as an input variable. This could be used to filter datasources with a IN statement, for example.
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Scatter chart - same size for markers in plot area and in the legend
Hello,
Right now when working with a scatter chart in Word if you have different sizes for the markers they will be shown as different sizes on the plotted area, but in the legend the marker sizes are the same size.
In the attached picture 1 and 2 have different sizes on the plotted area and in the legend they are the same size but smaller. Right now only marker sizes 3 and 4 behave normally (the marker size is the same on the plot and in the legend).
I was told that this is a known limitaion.
Can you…
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Password protect excel output
The same way you can protect a PDF with a password, it would be great if we could do it for excel files too.
http://ideas.windwardstudios.com/forums/248503-windward-beta-program/suggestions/34628473-encrypted-pdf-output7 votes -
Excel report result file is not adjusting the size of the cell based on data length
We are generating report in excel and facing one issue related to size of the cell based on data length.
Report is not displaying complete data in cell as length/width of cell is not adjusting by windward report automatically based on data length.1 vote -
1 vote
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Allow more than one field for Ordering the data
I am currently using Json file as my Data Source, not sure if other data source have same problem. Currently we can sort data based on only field, some times we need to sort the data based on multiple fields. Please try to accommodate this change in the upcoming release.
20 votesHello Reporter,
We are looking to add support to our JSON Wizard in the future, and we have added this request to our timeline. Please stay tuned for this support in a future version. Thank you for your suggestion, and please submit any other ideas you have to improve our product.
Adam Austin
Product Manager -
Ability to output equations in WindWard
In the latest version of WindWard it's not possible to output Microsoft Equations, in the output .DOCX file the places where the equations should've been are left empty.
Ideally, the equations are shown in the generated output.
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Different PDF converter/convert through Word
We are having a lot differences between the Word output and that generated by Windward PDF. Spacing can be different and sometimes the PDF does things wrong that Word does correctly, such as text going through a footer or the PDF not breaking the page correctly when using Keep with Next. It seems to me a lot of defelopment time goes into trying to make the PDF output better.
In literally every instant, the PDF from Word's Export feature worked correctly. Also, the output is half the file size, which is also very important for us.
A lot of our…4 votesHello Reporter,
Perhaps you can benefit from Windward’s “Use Office for PDF Output” functionality, this sounds like the functionality you described. Please see this Ohana article on how you can setup the Windward Engine to use Microsoft Office’s native PDF export functionality for PDF output: https://ohana.windwardstudios.com/m/76878/l/1178439-how-do-i-use-microsoft-office-to-generate-pdf-output-in-report-designer
Please let me know if this solution works for you, or expand on your request if I misunderstood it. Thank you.
Adam Austin
Product Manager -
Support Unix Time
Support Unix Time and be able to format that as a date or datetime
Perhaps a new macro could do this for us.
example converter
https://www.unixtimestamp.com/index.php3 votes -
Support for .NET Core via NuGet
.NET Framework will have no ongoing releases, being replaced by .NET Core.
All new development in our company is .NET Core.12 votes -
Expand the capabilities of meta data tree tool tips
In the meta data tree, I would like the ability to modify the tool tip that is shown with newlines so that I can have a more extensive tip, and also with links so that users can get from the tool tip to company documentation.
4 votesHello Reporter,
I am happy to announce that we have accepted this idea for future development! I will update this ticket again when we have news about when this functionality can be expected. Thank you for your suggestion, and please submit any other ideas you have to improve our products.
Adam Austin
Product Manager -
Improve Import tag handling of bad/missing data
Currently, if the Import tag is passed bad data (e.g. an image file doesn't exist or is an unsupported format), the only apparent way to prevent the report from breaking altogether is to set a default image. But what if we don't want a default image and just want the tag to be ignored if it doesn't like the data? Or what if the default image to be shown is also data-dependent?
I suggest two improvements:
That instead of displaying a default image, the tag could optionally be ignored altogether. In many cases, it would be preferable to have no…
6 votes -
Support OpenType features in Word
Ticket to support the open type features (selecting numeral style, etc.) for non-system fonts in Word.
1 voteHello Reporter,
Please clarify: are you talking about about support for OpenType Fonts? OpenType Fonts should already be supported in the product! Please let us know, if you are encountering an issue with OpenType Fonts, perhaps it is a bug…
Thank you,
Adam Austin
Product Manager -
Converting text to a number before sorting
Currently the only way to cast a value to an integer is through an out tag. If we have a text field that is a number we would like to convert it to numeric in the for each loop and then sort it numerically. For example if we have 01, 2, 3, 4, 05, 06 the current sort order comes out as 01, 05, 06, 2, 3, 4. We would need to convert these values to a number in the for each loop using NUMBERVALUE or CAST and then sort on these values. Currently we are only able to convert…
1 voteHello Reporter,
We have reviewed your request, but had some questions. What data provider are you using? If you are using XML, this problem may be solved by using a schema.
Thank you.
Adam Austin
Product Manager -
Add support for Office table styles to Excel templates.
Currently, Office default table styles are not supported in tables in Excel templates, and don't appear in output generated from those templates. Formatting tables in Excel templates is basic functionality expected by Excel users, and limits the formatting options available for output generated from Excel templates.
4 votesHello Reporter,
We have reviewed this idea internally and have accepted it for development. I will update this idea again when we have started development on this functionality. Thank you for your suggestion, and please submit any other ideas you have to improve our products.
Adam Austin
Product Manager -
Excel dropdown lists not rendered in generated output
Would like Excel Drop-down Lists to be available in generated output. Currently available in Word templates that can be used in both Word and PDF output but not able to do this with an Excel template.
7 votesHello Reporter,
We have reviewed this idea internally and accepted it for future development. I will update this ticket again once development has been started on this functionality. Thank you for your suggestion, and please submit any other ideas you have to improve our products.
Adam Austin
Product Manager -
I have added some dropdowns on Excel Windward Report and its working fine in base excel but when we are generating outp
I have added some dropdowns on Excel Windward Report and its working fine in base excel but when we are generating output file , dropdowns are not displaying. As per discussion with windward support team, Dropdowns are not feasible in windward.
Kindly check and provide solution on dropdown feasibility.
1 voteHello Reporter,
This idea is actually a duplicate of a previously entered idea that we have entered: http://ideas.windwardstudios.com/forums/248503-windward-beta-program/suggestions/37668871-excel-dropdown-lists-not-rendered-in-generated-out. We have accepted this idea for development and will be working on it in the future. I will update this ticket again in the future when development has started on this functionality. Thank you for your idea, and please submit any other suggestions you have to improve our products.
Adam Austin
Product Manager -
1 vote
Hello Reporter,
We have received additional votes for this idea under another request, and this has been accepted for future development. Please stay tuned for this functionality to be released in a future version.
Adam Austin
Product Manager -
Make Conditional Formatting Rule Manager more user friendly.
Dear Windward,
Is it possible to make the option to define a condition on a tag more user friendly.
A way to create a condition with a Condition Wizard (that let you select and compare nodes/variables/..) would be very helpfull.
To select a color in the Format wizard, a color picker would also be very helpfull instead of entering hex values manually.
Kind Regards Jochen
28 votesHello Reporter,
This idea has been partially accepted. We have accepted to enable users to open the Condition Wizard from inside the Conditional Formatting Rule Manager. As for the color picker, I have entered a story in our backlog, but we will wait to see interest in this specifically before reviewing the idea again. I entered this new ticket for the color picker, please leave a vote on it if you are still interested: http://ideas.windwardstudios.com/forums/248503-windward-beta-program/suggestions/39340099-add-color-picker-to-conditional-formatting-rule-ma
Thank you for your suggestion, and please submit any other ideas you have to improve the product.
Adam Austin
Product Manager -
Output of Excel column auto-filters set in template
Given that your report generator effectively generates rows of data (in Excel format), it would make sense that the ability to setup auto-filters and have them show up in the output be there as well.
As it is now, all our customers who use the output generated from our templates have to manually go into each tab and turn on the column filters, as the filters we have setup in the templates to not make it to the output.
15 votesHello Reporter,
I am happy to update the status of this idea to planned! I have been collecting similar ideas and have determined that their is sufficient demand for us to accept this suggestion. I will update this ticket again when development has started on this functionality. Thank you for your idea, and please submit any other suggestions you have to improve our product.
Adam Austin
Product Manager
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