In VIYA 3.5 sliders had the ability to be set to dynamic min/max - so that they would always contain the entire span of dates etc. in the dataset. But for some reason this was added in the updates for VIYA 4.   "Control objects have a new Initial value option, and range slider objects have Initial min value and Initial max value options. These options enable you to specify the default initial selection for the control when a user opens the report for the first time, or when they select Restore default report state."   Now when users open a report it will set the sliders to that span the next time they open the report. And the user will have to manually correct the slider every time.   There is no option in the report, that can fix this. Even using parameters to try and force the latest date will not work. The only way to fix this is to disable "saved viewer state feature" and that disables the users to customize their own reports.   This is such a bad change for UX when using reports daily. I don't understand why you would make a change like this. ... View more

Tjena Since upgrading to VIYA4 (Version: Long-Term Support 2024.09 Release: 20241128.1732783586600) we have had issues with control objects like sliders. Most of our reports are updated daily, and until now it has been possible to set the min/max of sliders to dynamic min/max to always get all of the dates in the dataset. But as stated in the release notes: Control objects have a new Initial value option, and range slider objects have Initial min value and Initial max value options. These options enable you to specify the default initial selection for the control when a user opens the report for the first time, or when they select Restore default report state.   This means that all our users have to manually change the sliders every day they open the report, we have tried all the different options, including parameters, but nothing helps - the 2nd time a user opens the report, they have to change the slider themselves. And that is a big pain for almost all of them.   I need an idea to get around this. ... View more

Hi, SAS VA 8.4 on Viya 03.04 I need ideas to solve an issue we have with font sizes in visuals. On a basic page in VA, I have 4 Visuals, Bar Charts for instance. On these bar charts, I match the font size on tick values and data labels to be the best size for the space available. But when users want to maximize a single bar chart, and use it in a presentation, this means that the font size is very small, considering that the chart is maximized, and they have a lot of space for a bigger font.  Can anyone think of a good way to combat this? - we have tried to have the user zoom in, in the browser - but this isn't really a good solution, or experience for the users.  ... View more

Hi all. I'm looking for an easy way to maintain Aggregated Values in the same dataset, across multiple reports. My dataset is used in 4 different reports, I have created a dataview and use it as default. The issue comes when something changes in the business, suddenly the way we calculate an aggregated value has to change. I have tried to change it in one report, and then save the dataview again (replace the old one) and then try to add the dataview to the other reports again, but it just duplicates my measure with (1) in front.  Basically I'm looking for an easy way to maintain my custom measures / aggregated measures cross multiple reports in the same dataset.. ideas?  BR Michael ... View more