NAM WS-TRUST Enhancement Request

Hello,
I will like to add an enhancement request for NAMs WS-TRUST:
I want to have the ability to set an authentication method on the
service provider domain instead of the global STS configuration option
that exists today.
tomerazran
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tomerazran wrote:
>
> I will like to add an enhancement request for NAM�s WS-TRUST:
> I want to have the ability to set an authentication method on the
> service provider domain instead of the global STS configuration option
> that exists today.
Please create an enhancement request via http://novell.com/rms that is
the preferred path for requesting enhancements.
If your need is urgent, then I suggest you raise a SR and see if there
is a way to achieve this with the current NAM version.

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* generate lookup (hyperlink/navigation to (popup with) details for the indicated record (for example: navigate to departments details by clicking on the Departments name in the Employees(Table)Page
We have designed a simple but powerful way to link groups, which effectively provides you the ability of unlimited nesting of groups. Design is ready, implementation has to start, but we very much would like to include this in the patch release. No promises though...
* generate navigation buttons - new childtype in Application Structure file along with Regions: Navigation (Button); properties: targetGroup, possible page (table/form/child) and primary key of dataobject in target to be passed
This is included in the design as mentioned in the previous item.
Steven Davelaar,
JHeadstart Team

Code editor enhancement request

I would like to be able to do the following in the Code Editor:
Type in a call to a method that does not exist.
For example:
String s = getSomeUnknownMethodResult(5, "foo");The Code Editor would of course highlight this as a semantic error. At this point I would like to be able to type some special keystroke (a la Alt+Enter) and have an empty method generated for me in the current class:
public String getSomeUnknownMethod(int p0, String p1) {
return null;
}Or perhaps a dialog could appear allowing me to customize the call before it's generated: protected instead of public, parameter and return types, parameter names, etc.
This isn't quite the same as the Extract Method feature, since it's the method call that we're starting from, not the method implementation.

Sounds reasonable.
I went ahead and logged an enhancement request for this.

Enhancement request: Bulk edit features

As much as I love Apex and think it is the greatest thing since sliced bread (what's so great about sliced bread anyway!), after one gains a certain amount of proficiency with using the tool, one realizes that there are many areas where the Builder application simply gets in your way. You know exactly what you want to do, you know how to do it, but the Apex Builder doesn't support a "do this 20 times" feature!
For instance
1. Deleting multiple pages - This came up on another thread recently. The Builder makes you click 2 buttons (Delete and Confirm) to delete a page and then takes you to page 0 (or the previous page or something) and then you need to go back to the next page and repeat the process.
There should be a "delete multiple pages" feature in the Builder
2. Creating a list - I have a bunch of links/URLs that I would like to create a list from. The Builder interface (tabular form) has us add each list entry at a time.
I would prefer that it has a honking big textarea where I could dump all the links at once and it creates all the list entries at once. I could always go and tweak individual entries if I like.
Same thing for adding to other Shared components like LOVs, breadcrumbs, tabs, etc. I am not saying a textarea-based interface would work for everything, but anything has to be better than doing it one by one.
3. Access to the Report Column Attributes page - This is too painful to access.
Click on Edit page, click on Report, click on the column you want. 3 clicks!
Instead, there should be a Quick Edit link next to each report column when the page is run that pops up the same page.
4. Attaching a authorization scheme (or condition or build option or any applicable thing really) to a bunch of components at once.
The Builder should have a nifty search page where we could search/filter (by name, component type, page#, etc) for the components we want and then allow us to apply a an "action" (i.e. auth. scheme) to all the selected components at once. Doing this one by one is error-prone, time-consuming and just plain boring!
That's all that comes to mind at this time, I am sure others will have more.
Thanks

Mike: Thanks for responding.
1. You misunderstand what I wrote about report columns. Marc Sewtz understood what I meant at Re: Enhancement request: Quick edit links for column attributes
is very easy to bulk change (on the back end); the hard part is devising the proper screens for bulk change (font end)
2. Absolutely, agree 100%. Which is why it might make sense for Oracle to expose metadata manipulation APIs (apex_metadata package similar to dbms_metadata!) so that power users can effect changes to the application metadata without going through the Builder at all!
We talked about this at Bulk edit items
Many of the application reports allow for bulk change operations
Right, but realistically speaking, you can never anticipate and build screens for all the things we would like to do. Which is why a command-line API would be invaluable.
Just recently, I needed to change a bunch of HTML regions' templates in a application from Report Region to Hide/Show template. I couldn't find an application report/bulk edit page that let me do this, it was quite painful to do in the Builder.
Another case in point: I used the "Form on SQL Query" wizard to quickly create a form page with a bunch of fields. But unfortunately, unlike the "Form on Table wizard", this wizard is not smart enough to create page items with a display-as depending on the datatype of the columns in the query. It creates all the form items as Text Fields. :-( There is no bulk-edit page (that I could find) that lets me change the display-as property for multiple items.
If you or others have UI sugestions
3. As you may know, whenever I think of something that the Apex product could benefit from (an enhancement request IMHO), I post a thread on the forum with a subject line that clearly indicates as such.
To summarize, here they are:
Re: Enhancement request: Validation attached to process
Enhancement request: Buttons in report regions
Re: Enhancement request: Branch report
Re: Enhancement request (for Help text)
Re: Report with Tabs - Enhancement Request?
Enhancement request - Frequently used manifests
Enhancement Request: Create linked buttons
Enhancement request: Bulk copy of items
Enhancement request: Named anchors for items
Re: Enhancement Request - Named Branches
Enhancement request: Assign build option to a page group
Enhancement request: Checkbox item - Default all checked
Enhancement request: Include application-level events
Re: Command line API
Is that enough? :-)
Thanks

Page Component View - Enhancement Request

Minor enhancement request:
Add a link directly to the Javascript section of the Page attributes, similar to HTML Header, Template etc.
This would also have the benefit of being able to determine if functions were declared in this section w/out having to drill into the page.
Thanks!
Jeff

Hi plantm,
After testing the issue in my environment, I can reproduce it. After we change a column name which is used in a Power View chart, Power view will render the message that” The external data connection has been disabled for this Power View report. Please enable
the connection.” when we reopen the file.
To fix this issue, we can click Refresh button under POWER VIEW menu, then it would prompt us that” Power View was not able to complete the action due to a query failure. This can happen if the structure of your data has changed, in which case closing and
re-opening the application will resolve the problem.”
According to the error message, we should try to reopen the file to fix this issue. Power view will render the message that” Please refresh to see the data for this Power View Sheet. You can set properties in the Connection Properties dialog so that the
data refreshes automatically when you open the file.” when we reopen the file. Then we can refresh it again, the report will be displayed without that field.
Based on my research, inherently what the message means is that Power View cannot be used as a tool for snapshot reporting. With an Excel PivotTable, we can see the data last saved in the PivotTable. Power View, however, does not behave the same way – it
won’t render the last saved state. If we want to avoid this message when we reopen the file, there are two methods:
When we create the Power View report, we can select the checkbox that “Refresh data when opening the file”.
After it’s been set up, go to Connections on the Data menu, then choose Properties.
For more details about the settings, we can refer to the following blog:
http://www.sqlchick.com/entries/2013/3/30/creating-a-power-view-report-in-excel-2013-which-uses-an-ext.html
Hope this helps.
Thanks,
Katherine Xiong
Katherine Xiong
TechNet Community Support

Product Enhancement request process

Is there an official way to submit a formal product enhancement suggestion?
One of the things I miss about BOE XI R2 is the way the CMC constructed the "User List" display. It created the logical equivalent of "page tabs" across the top of the frame, with each "tab" listing the first user on that tab. It was trivial to find the user I was looking for, by simply selecting the "tab" representing the page that contained that user.
I haven't used XI 3, but I've recently installed XI 4.0, and the equivalent "User List" display under "Users & Groups" isn't nearly as easy to use. When I expand "User List" it says "Too many objects". I was thinking that it would be a very simple enhancement to replace that (useless) message with a set of objects representing the pages of users. Each object listed under "User List" could have an object name of the first userid on the page of users. That would give me functionality equivalent to the R2 "page tabs", and allow me to immediately jump to the exact page containing the userid I'm searching for.
I don't mind submitting this suggestion as an official Product Enhancement Request. But, I'm unable to find a description of the process I should use to do that.
Thanks
Bill

Hi,
you could pase your idea at the "IdeaPlace" on the top right of the SDN Page.
The second way would be transmitting a Message to the SAP Support using the Service Marketplace. In this Message you could request it as Feature in future releases.
Regards
-Seb.

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