Job logs daily rotation
Hi everybody, I'm using PDI and Kettle to execute jobs and my goal is to store logs of job's executions inside a database table. I configured all the things for this in the "Log" tab of the Job's...
View ArticlePassing parameter to cda datasource through URL
Hi http://localhost:8080/pentaho/conten..._tab_raw_data&par_category=9&par_subcat=229&outputType=html par_category and par_subcat are the parameters defined by me. I am not able to pass...
View ArticleCall DB Procedure problem
Hi, When trying to run a Call DB Procedure step (MySQL procedure with three parameters: IN String, IN String, INOUT Integer), I get the following error: 2013/09/05 00:03:59 - Call DB Procedure.0 -...
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getting files from a folder
Hi, i have a project which download several file from the web and then unzip these files in a folder. I need to take just a few files from this folder (the files with extension .kml). How can i do it ?...
View Articlehow to use XLS file name variable and SheetName variable ?
Hi all, The user put some XLS file in a directory. The file are called xxxxxxxx.yymmdd (with xxxxxxx variable file name and yymmdd the date) In all file there is a Sheet called xxxxxxxx_yymmdd The...
View ArticleCTools dashboards not rendering in IE8
Hi, I saw a post from Pedro back in December saying the dashboards should broadly work in IE8. However they don't even render at the moment. Here is the error: SCRIPT5007: The value of the property '$'...
View ArticleCreating users from dashboard
Hi ! Is it possible to create users, and give them roles inside a dashboard without accessing the pentaho administration console ? I know it's not supposed to be that way, but it would really help me...
View ArticleGetting no.of Days in a month
Hi , I wan to get the total no. of days in a month using pdi .. can someone pls help me to do this . Thanks in Advance Vicky
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XML Output with complex type and namespace
Hi all, I am implementing a transformation to export a xml with complex type and namespace I used "Add XML" and "Replace in String" for building the complex type. However, "Add XML" did not allow to...
View ArticleCannot print Pentaho cube view into MS Excel
Hello all, I'm a new comer in Pentaho BI, using Pentaho BI suite biserver-ce-4.8.0-stable on MS Windows. I'm facing a issue since many weeks. Cannot print any cube view into MS Excel, even when I'm...
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Metedata Injection Step Configuration Doesn't Show "Target Injection Step,...
I am new to PDI and have been working on understanding ETL Metadata Injection with Denormalization. I'm using version 4.4.2 Kettle - Spoon currently and believe there may be a problem with the ETL...
View ArticleSetting up a "Scripting" formula in a Kettle transformation
I have a "Scripting" formula (node) connected to my incoming records. I want to flag (with a value of 1) the records that have a given field with values that are out of range and to output the result...
View ArticleSchema workbench issues
Hi all, I just started out with schema workbench to design a datasource, the first step after schema workbench is done loading was to create a connection to jdbc, I had earlier installed psql...
View ArticleNaive Bayes and numeric (continuous) features
I have a dataset with data instances that contain 20 numeric features and a class label. For the purpose of classification using Naive Bayes (with which I'm already familiar), how does Weka's...
View ArticleJboss AS 7 error starting pentaho-solution due to UserTransaction
Hi, I'm facing following issue in Jboss AS 7 how can i provide a UserTransaction url to pentaho system, according to Jboss AS 7 UserTrasaction are not exposed any more through JNDI. Any help, thanks in...
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Columns getting clipped in Chrome in Pentaho User Console
Hi I have an annoying problem after Chrome has been updated to latest version (Mac OS X chrome version 29.0.1547.57) the column views (available fields and layout columns) are now clipped (same...
View ArticleError using database/fetch
Hi, Can someone tell me what to do i'm getting this error "[Microsoft][ODBC Microsoft Access Driver] The query cannot be completed. Either the size of the query result is larger than the maximum size...
View ArticleCustom Parameters - Functions not Strings
Hi, Custom parameters are great for defaulting initial values of parameters, e.g. setting a date parameter to today. However there is an issue with them. The first time you access a "custom parameter"...
View ArticleDelete from table with "where ... not like"
Hello all, I need your advice. I am trying to reduce the size of my table by deleting the rows that I do not need. I have created transformation with step Execute SQL Script. The script looks like:...
View ArticleCDE Dashboard refresh not working
Hi, I have created a new dashboard with CDE, added some content to layout, components en a datasource. The components are table components filled with the datasource qry's. I changed the refresh period...
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