Log error if Sheet/Tab is missing in the input excel file
Hi All, How can I log error in a text file if in case my input excel file does not contain the required Sheet/Tab in it? I want to log error in a text file with a error message for example "SheetName...
View ArticlePRD : space between word missing on excel 2007 output
i'm using PRD 7.1 and never encounter this error before. my header looks like this on PRD preview : and on excel output run from PRD still okay : ====================== but after i put it on server and...
View Articleparameters element '::group-0' references invalid field
Hi...I'm following the excercises in PENTAHO 5.0 REPORTING BY EXAMPLE BEGINNERS GUIDE book...I´m in chapter7 adding parameters...after defining the main report, this runs well, but after adding the...
View ArticlePDI Development Environment
Anyone have a quick tutorial on setting up PDI Development Environment? I want to develop some of my own PDI "Steps". Particularly I want to fix the Tableau Data Extractor step in the market place. It...
View ArticleContinue transformation flow even if Table Input has no rows
Hi, I struggle with following scenario: In transformation I have table input step. If there are some rows then I count them using Memory Group By and make some calculation. But if there are no rows,...
View ArticleInserts on production enviroment concurrently
Good morning, I need your help. I am working with 3 tables in my BBDD production enviroment in Mysql. In those tables do inserts from several systems concurrently, and one of them is through pentaho...
View Articlehow to use text component , text input component
Hi, i want to display the table on selected column value in pentaho cde dashboard. So can you please explain how to use this text component and text input component . pls ping me.
View ArticleMysql Timeout
Dears, good morning! I am having problems with timeout in mysql. I have already made the settings below, but nothing solves
View ArticleWindrose diagram for dashboard
Hi All, I'm trying to create a windrose diagram for a dashboard in pentaho (v7 or v8) but I don't know if is possible. Im talking something like this more or less :
View ArticleCannot commit post execution when open child table (Pentaho 7.x)
Halo everyone I had a parent table (which receive param from a combo box that select month) expand on click with child table data. Both table had different datasource, whenever I open child table and...
View ArticleWindrose chart for dashboard
Hi All, I'm trying to create a windrose chart for a dashboard in pentaho (v7 or v8) but I don't know if is possible. Im talking something like this more or less :
View ArticleRow_number Over inside a transformation
Hi. I have to create transformation and I need to create a sequence number that will get reset after x amount of rows. On SQL I would use a row_number() over (partition by... order by) function, but...
View ArticleOrganize more Measures in cube
I have installed pentaho ce 8.1 and I have installed saiku. Now i'm writing the structure of my schema and a cube have many measure. I wish I organize these in folder. I have try with and with and no...
View ArticleChange default logging in spoon
Every time Spoon is opened, the log level is set to Basic. Is it possible to change this default log level permanently?
View ArticleSaiku with Pentaho 8
Hello, I have Saiku plugin (3.90 CE) on my Pentaho 8 and almost everything works fine. But when I try to save a query or open a query I can only see home folder and public folder but I can't see...
View ArticleCut in string at X characters but not inside words
Hello all, I'm looking to do a certain transformation to a long string text. I have a string of for example 70+ Characters and want to limit it to always maximum 70 characters. If there are more...
View ArticleMail Validator
Hi All, I am using Mail validator step in pentaho pdi 8. The step is outputting "Connection Refused: Connect" as ErrorMessage while validating xyz@mgail.com email address. Given the not so descriptive...
View ArticleXML generation
Hi all, I am new to xml and need to produce an xml output from pentaho like below. <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="yes"?> <crewDetails> <crewInfo crewId="45345345">...
View ArticleProblems with Timestamp with Time Zone
I'm reading two identical tables from two different sources. One is a Postgres table, the other one is Oracle. One column (let's say COL1) is a TIMESTAMP WITH TIME ZONE. I want to compare the content...
View ArticleWrite sorted rows output into multiple excel files
Hi I have a transformation, which sorts data in ascending order based on multiple fields. Now while writing these rows into excel output file, I want to create 3 output excel files. Rows should be...
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