Category
View Builder
Product Version
8.0
Option to change the default field type of numeric field on import
Not Planned
I would like to add a configuration option to allow the default import behavior of a numeric field to be changed. Currently these default to metric fields instead of any other type.
Normally the most columns are dimension values and you would have only a small portion of metrics. When you create a view on a datawarehouse you always have a date dimension ex. year will automatically be set to a metric and I have to go in and change it to dimension and set the format. In a date dimension you sometimes also have different flags (0/1) like holiday or working day, last day in month/quarter/year, day and month number etc. All of these will be set to numeric because Yellowfin assumes that you want to aggregate by sum.
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Hello Peter,
Thank you once again for sharing your feedback and for raising the idea to enhance Yellowfin BI. We truly appreciate your engagement and commitment to improving the product experience.
After careful review and consideration by our Product Management team, the feature you requested has been evaluated against our current product roadmap and strategic direction. At this stage, the decision has been made not to proceed with implementing this feature. As such, it has been marked as “Not Planned”.
We understand this may not be the outcome you were hoping for, and we want to assure you that your input is still valuable. All customer feedback plays an important role in shaping the future of Yellowfin, and your suggestion may be revisited should priorities.
Please don’t hesitate to reach out if you would like to explore any possible workarounds, alternative solutions, or if you have any further questions.
Thank you,
Nishant Garg
Yellowfin Support Team
Hello Peter,
Thank you once again for sharing your feedback and for raising the idea to enhance Yellowfin BI. We truly appreciate your engagement and commitment to improving the product experience.
After careful review and consideration by our Product Management team, the feature you requested has been evaluated against our current product roadmap and strategic direction. At this stage, the decision has been made not to proceed with implementing this feature. As such, it has been marked as “Not Planned”.
We understand this may not be the outcome you were hoping for, and we want to assure you that your input is still valuable. All customer feedback plays an important role in shaping the future of Yellowfin, and your suggestion may be revisited should priorities.
Please don’t hesitate to reach out if you would like to explore any possible workarounds, alternative solutions, or if you have any further questions.
Thank you,
Nishant Garg
Yellowfin Support Team
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