Query Error in Pentaho report designer while using HIVE database
Hi All, I need to pull out the data from HIVE database on daily basis which has been partitioned by years,months and days. actually days will in the below format 20130904 for 4th september 2013. how...
View ArticleCDC [WARN] in log, BI server won't stop.
I guess it's all in the topic already. I posted this here instead of the BI Server part of the forum because of that [cdc] in the log below. Take a look: Code: c070054@DF5026ET002 /cygdrive/c/Program...
View ArticleCan Rules Executor change a existing field?
Hello! I've trying the "Rule Executor" step looking for how changing a existing field to a new value, but I have no success... set a value for a new field is ok, but changing a existing field has been...
View Articlepdi datasource with salesforce input as step not working (?)
greetings. PRD 3.9.1 in /opt/pentaho/report-designer PDI 4.4.0 in /opt/pentaho/data-integration using transformation as Pentaho Data Integration datasource in PRD with a SalesForce Input step in it and...
View ArticleReport Viewer not showing html
Hi, I am trying to implement 4.8.0-stable, and I have an issue with the Report Viewer. It works fine when I request PDF or EXCEL, but when I request html either pagenated or single, it doesn't work. I...
View Articleproblem in automating Hive table extraction due to date-parameter difficulty
Hi All, I have a transformation which picks data from Hive table and load it to the mysql database. The query extracting Hive's database is "select * from hive_table where days=20130903" which is in...
View ArticleIE8 formatting issue
I have a dashboard running with 2 charts based off parameters. Issue is that in IE8 (or maybe any version of IE) the format is way off and looks just fine in Firefox and Chrome. Does anyone have any...
View ArticleHow to refresh Data source model in the pentaho BI server console
Hi, I use pentaho Bi server CE 4.8.0. I created a datasource in the User console. The datasource connect to my oracle database. Today, I added columns in one of my table. Now I want to see these new...
View ArticlePentaho Change Control
Howdy, Anyone know of a document or resources describing good change control practices for the BI server? As our group of Analysts grows, we'd like to find a good way to track versions of our reports....
View ArticleScalable and fast BI server topologies
Howdy, Anyone care to share what kind of servers are recommended for making the Pentaho BI Server scream? Also, are there rules of thumb for when (if?) it makes sense to introduce load balancing? So...
View Articleregex, cut 1st word from a string
Hi. I'm trying to cut 1st word from a string in Kettle. I'm using Regex evaluation and my reg. expression is: (?:^|(?:\\s))(\w+) I'm learing about regex from here: http://rubular.com/r/rJtPbvUEwx and...
View ArticleMongoDB output, updating arrays of objects
I'm pulling data from a few MySQL tables and moving them over to MongoDB in PDI 4.4. The structure of the MongoDB documents is like so: { Order: 12345 CustomerID: 23456 OrderItems: [ { part: abc,...
View ArticleHow to access the code for SQL Generator used within Pentaho Metadata Editor?
I was looking through the svn folders to see how a SQL query is built, in particular for <svn://source.pentaho.org/svnroot/pentaho-metadata/>. Viewing the comments posted with checked in files, I...
View ArticleMultiple Masters within a same cluster schema
Hi, While executed kettle job is distributed environment, we can set particular step to run on particular cluster schema. Now, all steps which are not running on cluster are executed on master....
View ArticleDynamic height problem in excel
Hello. Currently, I am trying to setup the report in PRD such that the row height automatically resizes depending on the cell content. In the Details band, I have set the dynamic-height option to true,...
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indexOf() String function
Hi All, I'm new to kettle. I have a doubt in string function. Step 1: I have a string called curr_code which passing it into next step. Step 2: Using java script, declared array variable. String value...
View ArticlePetnaho Mobile App
Hi, I have created a Pentaho dashboard using Enterprise Edition. Now, I would like to access it through Mobile application. 1. Do I need a different application to achieve this ? 2. Can I not access...
View ArticleHow to check input file is compressed or not ?
Hi, How do I can check an input file is compressed (ZIP) or not ?.
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CDA unable to read from KTR
So... since I've been having problem with CDE's KETTLE Queries, I decided to try CDA. The transformation, pretty simple: 2013-09-05_09h49_03.png The CDA file: Code: <?xml version="1.0"...
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How to check if a zip file is empty
Hi, i'll show you my priject once agai. Sorry about that. This project simply download several files form the web (with the HTTP entry job) using a list of URLs contained in a MySQL table. Everytime it...
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