Read a specific record from text file input, then stop read
I have a text file with 1.5 million records. I need to find a specific record, using a key field with a specific id. When I find that record, I need to set a variable that will be used later...
View ArticleHow to input complex XQueries/ Xpaths using Get Data from XML?
Hello everyone-- I'm a bit new to XML/ XPath in general as well as Pentaho, so bear with me on this question. Essentially, I'm trying to fetch data from an XML-based application to ultimately...
View ArticleRun SQL statement based on generated input fields alone
Hello there-- I managed to merge two XML data-sets into the raw data I need for minor calculations (in the form of one table of fields/ rows). I need to do some very simple calculations, like subtract...
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error Passing a simple parameter from select component to Query component
Hi, I am trying to create a dashboard as show I pic 1 where I click the drop down and the type shoul be populated wth value fetced from database but I am getting the "error processing component" error...
View ArticlePGP Decrypt Stream output limit
Hi, I have a PDI 4.4 job that Decrypts a PGP file (to disk) and then starts a transformation to read in the new file (which is CSV once decrypted) and save the contents to a Casandra cluster. That...
View ArticleJSON input - optional tags/elements
Is there a way to have optional tags in the 'JSON Input' step? ex. {"address":{"street":"123 Main St","unit":"1","city":"San Francisco","state":"CA"}} I want to be able to extract unit if it is there...
View ArticleJson and Web Services
Hello everyone, I am trying to do a call to a web service which uses json as the input and as the output. I have done this in PHP and Java, but I am not sure if I can do it in Kettle by using the...
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Passing transformation parameters to an ETL Metadata Injection step
I'm working with the metadeta-detector discussed on Matt Casters blog here: http://www.ibridge.be/?p=273 There's a sub-transformation called 'Determine fields' that uses an ETL Metadata Injection step....
View ArticleBest Output to Display data in SharePoint?
Hello everyone-- I just started using Pentaho this week and am very excited about its functionality so far. Anyway, I know it has a vast array of potential outputs -- SQL based, XML files, text files,...
View ArticleHow to setup slave Pethano servers on a remote Ubuntu Machine?
I installed Data-Integration to both my notebook and the remote ubuntu machine. Now I try to run my notebook job on the remote machine through slave server interface. However, I am not able to do that...
View ArticleCustomizing Carte (PDI CE) to support updating local repositories
I thought of posting this in a Dev forum - but couldn't an active one. We need an ability to add repositories to a remote Carte server. The most obvious place seems to be RepositoriesMeta.writeData()...
View ArticleWhat is mean by metadata driven approach in Pentaho?
Hi, Can you please explain What is mean by metadata driven approach in Pentaho and how it is useful in developing ETL solutions. Thanks Avinash
View ArticleIs there a way to have .ktr/.kjb xml pretty-printed in order to make review...
Background: We are around four developers developing a kettle solution using the community edition. Our process include a peer review step where we discuss changes before accepting them into the...
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Job - Sending Email
Hello. I'd really appreciate some help. I'm trying to send an email through a transformation, but I'm getting the follow error message: We cannot find destination field "example@hotmail.com" in...
View ArticleD3 component using JSON
Hello, Is there anyone who has found how to implements the D3 component using JSON as the data in Pentaho CDE :( Code: d3.json("/d/4063550/flare.json", function(error, root) { var path =...
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Moving Average with Bar Line Chart
I have been unable to determine if Pentaho Report Designer has the capability to fulfill my requirement. I need a bar line graph that operates like a time-series bar graph having a Y vertical axis by %...
View ArticleAvoid pagebreak on last page
Hi, I'm using Pentaho Report Designer since a month ago.. It's very cool! Only one thing is annoying me... I set my group footer with pagebreak-after = true, and It works. The only problem, I have a...
View ArticleUse i18n properties file in dashboard directory
Hello everybody, I want to place messages.properties file in the same directory as my cde dashboard. For the moment I load i18n as this with a js file : Code: function loadBundles(lang) {...
View ArticlePentaho 5.0 bi suite download
Friends, I am a BI/DWH professional and interested in exploring and learning Pentaho Data Integration(PDI) and Pentaho Report Designer. Kindly direct me an authentic link to download Penataho BI 5.0...
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Pentaho 5.2 CE Release Candidate available for testing!
Pentaho 5.2 CE Release Candidate is available for testing. Download the builds from here. What's new? As usual, lot's of bug fixes and improvements. Biggest thing you'll notice in the BA server? A...
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