In Memory Job Reuse
Is it possible to reuse a job that is already initialized in memory? My jobs takes significant time to initialize and am not sure if I can avoid this overhead of initialization each time it is called...
View Articleconverting mmddyy to yyyyMMdd
Hello All I have a large text file I load into a transformation. It has a field that when inputted has different dates in mmddyy format. I need to change this to yyyyMMdd format... I thought a regex...
View Articlerunning multiple clients on one bi server
Hi there, We are contemplating how to deliver reporting with pentaho for multiple clients on one box. Is this possible? We would really like to use the sharing feature of the reports but when you go to...
View ArticleRecommended JDK and MySQL connector for pdi-ce-5.0.1-stable
Hi all: I'm trying to find some information about recommended JDK and MySQL 5.5.X connector for the latest CE release of PDI. My environment: - Client: Debian Wheezy 7.0.X - Client JDK: ? - Repository...
View ArticleHow to Limit data returned to BI server by user logged in?
We are looking at implementing the BI server for a multi tenant database. We are stuck on how to limit the data visible to the BI server/user logged into the BI server by tenant or spficially the...
View ArticleHow to report bursting reports loaded to the BI platform
Can someone give an example or a walk through of how to set up report bursting of reports that are loaded to the BI platform? I see how we can do general things like run a report or schedule one to...
View ArticleBinary Compatibility Using Database Lookup Step between PostgreSQL and MySQL
Has anyone here ever tried to use the Database Lookup Step in PDI where the lookup key is based on a binary value from PostgreSQL (bytea) and comparing it to a MySQL binary(16) key? The Database Lookup...
View ArticleBI Server 5.01 Install
Forum, I'm having trouble with the install of my bi server 5.0.1. I have installed several previous versions of Pentaho but this seems to be giving me an error. I see a SEVERE: Error listenerStart...
View ArticlePDI and Adabas
Hi, I have to work with Adabas how datasource. I have to implement process to extract data from Adabas. I have seen little information about PDI and how to connect to Adabas. I don't have seen database...
View ArticleCDE Dashboard Table Component ThemeRoller
Hi Everyone, Is it possible to change the ThemeRoller of table component(CDE) to Sunny(jQuery)? If possible how? Thanks, Walter
View Articlemondrian empty result
Hi, I have a trouble with mondrian. I have a database, scheme for mondrian and saiku plugin in pentaho BI. Then mondrian generate some SQL, it returns 0 rows, while this sql is ok and return thousands...
View ArticleDynamically send BIRT report in .pptx format via Email
Hello! I need to send out BIRT reports in pptx format via Email using Pentaho Design Studio, but the BIRT component seems not working for me, i cant use BIRT component on an .rptdesign file outputting...
View ArticleFileMaker JDBC Driver
Can someone explain me how to add the FileMaker JDBC Driver (fmjdbc.jar) to the Kettle (v5) on Windows platform? I placed the jar in the folder \data-integration\libswt, and setup a connection type...
View ArticleAxis labels orientation in CCC Barchart
Hi, is it possible to change the base axis label orientation in the CCC barchart, so that they can fit in the chart? I mean, changing the drawing angle. Thanks, Rafael
View ArticleCreating a Pentaho report using the hierarchical data
We have a requirement to create a report which represents the hierarchical data which is present in two columns recursively. There are multilevels of hierarchy present in 2 columns. In the attached...
View ArticleDelimiter Count !!
Hi, Thanks in advance for your support. I have input file with delimiter as "|". How can I get the count of delimiter for each line ? Till now, I have used UDJC class that counts the delimiter in the...
View ArticleToc Toc, c'è nessuno?
Buongiorno da Milano, io saluto, ma mi sembra che il luogo sia poco frequentato. E' un peccato, perché da qualche gg stò studiando il prodotto e mi sembra interessane. Visto che l'unione fa la forza,...
View ArticleConvert BAROC format (XML like) to CSV?
I am able use "Execute a Process" to run a command/api to dump records from an Element Manager. The format of the output is in a BAROC format. I would like to convert the format as seen below to a CSV...
View ArticleMinor CDE Bug - Selecting CDA datasource from Filebrowser
When I go in to select a cda datasource file in the datasources portion of cde it does not include the forward slash before the path which seems to be necessary, ie: it inserted...
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