Hide chart if not data
Hi we are using Pentaho report designer and we want to hide a subreport if there is no data . We have tried to use this formula : not(isemptydata()) in the visible expression but it does not seem to...
View ArticleRow denormaliser and String to Number
Last week we performed a long overdue upgrade from Kettle 5.0.1 to 5.4.0. Since then, we've been having trouble with converting strings to numbers within a Row Denormaliser step. A transformation that...
View ArticlePass Conditional Characters in url
Hi, It's possible to pass characters like '<' in url and use it in query? I'd tried, but no success. I have a parameter 'teste' and i'm using in url like ....&teste=< After that i use in my...
View ArticleBest practice to separate development / production environment and make changes
Hello, We have some ETL processes working in production environment. We have one server with PDI CE 5.0 working 24/7 with cron. We actually have a file repository, not ddbb repository. I usually...
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Scheduling error using batch file
Hi, Is there any possibility scheduling the etl's whenever we saved the jobs in specify by name and directory ?, kindly answer. I am trying to run my jobs using batch file with PDI CE 5.3 using (repo...
View ArticleMonitoring and Improving Performance in Pentaho Report Designer
Hi, I want a way to monitor performance in Pentaho Report Designer.
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Themes and rules for PDI Icon design
As I mentioned recently as part of the 5.4 release, PDI has an entirely new look and feel. And together with it the Pentaho UX team decided to clarify a set of rules to help whoever's designing a...
View ArticleAdding an Automatic Total to each Row
Good morning, Below are an Example. The example represent 3 different products With each Product's "Test_Type" that has been conducted a "Color" value are assigned according to the "Test_Range". "Total...
View ArticleXML - Creating a complex XML (Google Earth) structure
OK, I know that this has got to be simple but I have been working on it for several days and just haven't been able to figure it out. I've even gone through the XML sections of the Pentaho Data...
View ArticleIs there a Weka function for doing linear regression with MULTIVARIATE output?
We are interested in regression where both input and output vectors are multivariate, in particular linear regression. We know that there is a linear regression function in Weka that only accepts a...
View ArticlePentaho and Window Authentication for MS SQL Server
Hi again --- Posted this before but no luck. Currently, I can: 1. Access MS SQL Server 2012 properly using Windows Authentication. I simply put in hostname\instance_name (also known as the server name)...
View ArticleDivide one measure by another
I'm trying to show total gross profit percentage for for a set of sales. A quick refresher on GP%: (Revenue - Cost)/Revenue. I don't see a way to do this with the aggregators available. I can find GP%...
View ArticleR integration using Kettle
Hi Team, When i am trying to use the R Script Executor with an R Script i am getting the following error. Unable to open dialog for this step java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: Could not initialize class...
View ArticleTable component in dashboard not updating
I have a table component in a dashboard showing some data. All the settings are fine and this was in working condition till a couple of days back. All of a sudden there is no data displayed in it. The...
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Problem occurred after installed Pivot4J plugin in pentaho
Before installed the Pivot4J analyzer plugin, I able to open the JPivot View with a cube, but when I installed the Pivot4J analyzer plugin in pentaho Community Edition(CE), selected the defaults JPivot...
View ArticlePostgreSQL to MS SQL Server Sync
Hi, I am new to Kettle so excuse some ignorance. I am trying to sync tables from a PostgreSQL database to an Azure MS SQL Server database. I start by importing the 2 tables. I then Merge Rows (diff)...
View ArticleMissing data ... getting mad
Hi, maybe I'm too tired, but I have been dealing with this for hours ... I get diferent result for the aggregate value of a level than the sum of its members. Here is my MDX code for a time dimension...
View ArticleMultiple file destinations
Hi, Newbie :-) andimpressed so far. I have a PDI Jobwhich reads in a variable (set job variables) which will contain one or morefolder paths delimited. I need to copy a file to each of these target...
View ArticlePentaho Job failed. After first commit the db connection close.
This is something new to me. when I am trying to execute the job on server. During the loading Process in Oracle db Table. After first commit the to table the connection are getting closed...
View ArticlePentaho on CentOS 7
Hi all, I need an help about kettle on CentOS 7. It starts, but it doens't work well. The transformation buttons (start, stop, ecc) don't work (I push them but nothing happens), same thing when I want...
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