BIP - Guide me window - possible improvements

Geraud Andreux

Description

Sort the source columns, avoid the scroll to the left, auto-add all columns in one click

Use Case and Business Need

Hi All,

with the spirit that many small improvements will make a big difference in the long run, particularly on the perception of the "polishness" of the tool:

In BIP, when you use the "Guide me" wizard when creating a report, you get a window with the columns of your data model on the left, and you have to drag them on the right in the sequence you want.
Three improvements could be done here:
1 - the columns on the left could be sorted, ideally in the sequence of the data model, or at least alphabetically
2 - when we move columns on the right, the columns always scroll back to the left, to the first column. So to add a new column on the right you have to scroll the window again to the right, add the column, and do it again. To avoid that I usually add the colmuns in the reverse order, starting from the rightmost and moving towards the left, but it's a bit awkward. Can you please remove the tiny bit of code that makes this scroll to the left after each column is added?
3 - a more general solution would be to have an option on this screen that adds all the columns of the data model, in the sequence of the data model, in one click.

thanks to consider it,

cheers,

Géraud

Original Idea Number: b9c2a2f9dc