Scheduling a dynamic xaction calling PDI Component
Hi, I have an xaction which accepts dynamic parameters and pass the parameters to a PDI Job which executes accordingly. Each time the parameter value only gets changed but the job will be constant....
View ArticleRepeating headers throughout file in variable places
Hi, I am trying to import a pseudo log file, which has an initial 6 rows, prefixed by a # These rows have variable numbers of columns, the first row has the maximum of 6. This causes Pentaho to misread...
View ArticleTransformation preview works, run gets stuck?
Sooooooooo... I have a simple transformation that reads XLS, denormalizes and normalizes data. When I preview the result, everything shows up fine - denormalize gets 2904 reads 2222 writes, normalize...
View ArticleHelp with Paired Bar-Line Example on webdetails site (in CDE)
In trying to use this example: http://www.webdetails.pt/ctools/ccc....-line-measures and am not sure how (if possible) to correlate some of the fields in the example code (which is, really really...
View Articleparameters doubts
Hello, First of all I thank the help you may offer. I explain: I have a transformation that is very simple: make a select from a table and insert them into other records. I need two things I do not...
View ArticleExcel Writer - very slow
Hi everybody, we have a job to create a new xlsx file. This new file is created using a template file. Our template is a xlsx file with many sheets (charts, pivot table, ... and 15 data sheets). For...
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Can't save analysis view on BI server
I developed a OLAP schema using pentaho schema workbench, published to BI server successfully. Then I used new analysis view to prepare a special view for my purpose. When I saved the view but got...
View ArticleSugarCRM Plugin
Does anybody knows something about the SugarCRM plugin for Kettle?? I cannot find it, Ive searched on http://wiki.pentaho.com/display/EAI/SugarCRM+Plugin, but when you follow the link, the plugin is...
View ArticlePentaho on existing Tomcat 7
Hi, I wonder if there is a way to run Pentaho Web application on existing Tomcat 7 as standard war (not have to be closed war) ? I'm not familiar with BI server that comes by default with Pentaho...
View ArticleUpgrade BI server 3.8 to 4.5
Hi, In our current production environment we are using BI Server 3.8 stable version. Now we want to upgrade BI Server to 4.5 stable version. I didn't got any documentation about upgrade process. Can I...
View ArticleRunning transformation(with date parameter) in unix
Hi, While running the transformations (with parameters including date) in unix, it did not fetch the records for the given input. No rows are found in my target. I guess,it is not taking the given date...
View ArticleProblemas con report designer
Hola a todos, Soy nuevo en esto, y no se muy bien si debo exponer mi problema aquí. Tengo mi pentaho funcionando sin problemas en un servidor externo, y acceso sin problemas. Ahora es donde viene mi...
View ArticleSFTP lock after try to connect many times with wrong password
Hi everyone How can I prevent the sftp step to try connect to the server no more then one time.
View Articletransformation parameter bug?
Hi, I have this problem: I have defined a parameter p1 in a transformation (in the properties, as expected named parameter), but spoon can't see it (ctr+space opens a list without it). If I type it...
View Article[Experimenter] Csv output not coherent
I've run a couple experiments (ten fold cross validation for 21 algorithms) and I noticed that the outputted csv file as something wrong between the header and the columns: my guess is that the header...
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Simple Evaluation step - I am getting The previous result is empty! in error log
Hi I think I did exactly as http://wiki.pentaho.com/display/EAI/...28Job+Entry%29 wiki said but I am getting this error. What in seven heavens could I have done wrong...sigh Attached Files Simple...
View ArticleLeft join in virtual cubes
Hello guys, I have a situation that I could not solve and would like the opinion of you. I have two cubes, as follows: CUB_1 FACT_TABLE 1 DIM_1 DIM_2 MEASURE_1 MEASURE_2 CUB_2 FACT_TABLE 2 DIM_1 DIM_2...
View ArticleJoining large files via MapReduce with Kettle
I have to very large files that are table exports from an RDBMS (tab-delimited), and the files are stored in HDFS. I need to "join" these two files on one of the "columns". If you are familiar with...
View Articleunable to start BI server with jdk or jre 1.6 - but with jre 1.7 works
As in the subject line I can't start the BI server (4.8 stable) using jre or jdk 1.6 (update 45) on my linux (RH) test server. I get this error message from catalina.out "Error occurred during...
View ArticleSynchronize two tables, and add a timestamp only when certain columns are...
Hi, I need to keep a SRC table synchronized with a DST table. I prepared a simple transformation that reads the source table, and that does a Insert / Update on the destination table, and it is working...
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