Board 14 Release
Monday 30 April 2024
The release of Board 14 demonstrates a notable and welcome shift in responsiveness to user feedback. The new Board 14.1 release includes significant improvements for developers, administrators, and end users, as well as a completely new, enhanced user interface.
- End users can look forward to the new Flex Grid Object, a powerful Object that gives end users more independent pivoting capabilities. With an intuitive design, Board 14.1 provides more visibility of features strategically placed for better and quicker navigation. In addition to the look, enhanced features to support end users have been implemented, like embedded search and tooltips for every action. End users have more intuitive interactions with the most common end-user functionalities like Quick Layout, selection, and other object options.
- Makers configure Screens more easily and faster with the intuitive design. The Layout Editor has been improved for better navigation with enhancements like the Quick Layout and editing multiple blocks simultaneously. Makers can now improve the end user experience because of improvements to the Selector Object associated with Unbalanced Entities and the new Refresh Data step.
- All users benefit from global features like right-click options, improved messages, better visualisation, and many other enhancements. The most noticeable change immediately upon using the new version is the look and feel.
Our take: Introducing the Flex Grid in Board 14 provides users with a much-needed solution for viewing extensive datasets (exceeding 1 million rows and 30+ columns) without overburdening the server. This feature enables users to filter data within Excel-style interfaces, apply groupings, and seamlessly export data. While seemingly straightforward, its exceptional performance makes it superior to the data view for specific requirements, rendering layouts that previously struggled to load in mere seconds. We have several clients who will welcome this new object.
Additionally, including right-click functionality for objects and layouts is a much-anticipated addition. Such functionality has become a standard expectation in web tools, and its absence in Board could initially confuse new users. With this update, users can effortlessly access layouts, copy objects, and even duplicate blocks within layouts. This feature is so intuitive that it becomes second nature.
To learn more about Board 14, watch the release video and contact us to discuss the benefits of an upgrade for your organisation.
