New CDA and CCC releases: 12.02.16
2 more releases. Details:CDA:Main feature: Change to samples location. Migrated from bi-developers to plugin-samples. All Ctools will now install their samples to this location.Changelog:Changed...
View ArticleCDE Stable Release available - 12.02.27
This is huge. I think it's been over an year since we released CDE 1.0 RC3. Way too long.We recently moved to a rapid release cycle but CDE was the last one to enter that cycle. Until now.In...
View ArticleNew CTools releases - 12.03.19
New releses: 12.03.19 for CDE, CDF and CGG:CDF:Most notorious: upgrade for jquery 1.7Changelog:Fixed pvc.number that caused stacked charts in crosstab format to fail.Fixed bug that caused stacked...
View ArticleEnabling standard log4j logging in Kettle (PDI)
I had the need to see mondrian logs in spoon, to debug a few things. But kettle doesn't have any existing log4j.xml file that I can use to edit the info I want. Easy enough to fix though.Edit spoon.sh...
View ArticleCDE / CDF releases 12.04.09
CDEMain features:* Added auditing support for cde render and edit methodsFull Changelog: * Implemented [REDMINE 514] - Added auditing support for cde render and edit methods * Small change to allow...
View ArticleAuto Include support in CDF
2 blog posts in one day - I'm on a spree!This is a great feature in the Ctools (specially cdf / cda combo) package. The ability to automatically include the result of certain queries.Imagine the...
View ArticleCDG - Community Datawarehouse Generator
CDG - Community Data GeneratorAboutCDG is a datawarehouse generator and the newest member of the Ctools family. Given the definition of dimensions that we want, CDG will randomize data within certain...
View ArticleNew CTools releases: 12.05.15
New release train:CDA:Fixed [REDMINE CDA038] - CDA does not accurately determine metadata of variable column kettle outputFixed [REDMINE CDA269] - cache lookups can return incorrect data with kettle...
View ArticleCDC - Community Distributed Cache
CDC - Community Distributed CacheOne more member for the CTools - and this one is big. Available through the ctools-installer using the -b dev flag, and requires Pentaho 4.5. AboutCDC stands for...
View ArticleCDV - Request For Comments
Community Data Validation MotivationsWe need a way to do data validationUse casesBelow are some of the use cases we want to tackle. Emphasized are the ones we think the current spec satisfiesGlobal Is...
View ArticleCDE - Popup component explained
It's been a long time request the ability to include popups in dashboards. Not only for the standard tooltips but also for rich and contextualized content. Description Popup component allows us to...
View ArticleJava leap second bug - how to fix your broken servers
Great way to spend a Saturday night. So much fuss about Y2K and turns out a single second can turn a simple night into chaos.Simply put, here's a possible fix that might save the night:/etc/init.d/ntp...
View ArticleNew Ctools releases 12.07.19 (Lots of them!)
Lots of new releases, including some new ones!CDE Release 12.07.19Major changes:Allow plugins to register extra cde componentsCPF usage as component basisNew Popup Component and ReferenceAdded new...
View ArticlePentaho Ctools history - an Infographic
Our amazing UX team decided to create an info graphic to show the history of the Ctools for Pentaho.Make sure you see here the full result
View ArticleCDV - Community Data Validation
This is a big one - a very important member of the CTools family! Get it from the usual places, standalone installer or ctools-installer .CDV - Community Data ValidatorAboutCDV adds the ability of...
View ArticleMondrian - Writing test cases
Debugging mondrian isn't always easy (ok - that's a nice way to put it, it's by far the hardest project I worked with)Now that mondrian is on github, things are much simpler than when a cryptic...
View ArticleNew Ctools releases: 12.09.05
Here's a new set of releases, get them at the usual placeCDF 12.09.05 available.Main features: Support for templates in excel export. Lots of fixesFull changelog: Fixed [REDMINE 942] - Ensure...
View ArticleCGG - Putting CCC charts in Pentaho reporting / other tools
This has been a long standing blog post. CGG has been around for ages now, it's even in Pentaho platform core, and only a few knew about it.CGG stands for Community Graphics Generator. Although it even...
View ArticleCBF and Versioning - How to develop Pentaho solutions in a team
This blog post is sponsored by the Antonius BI teamProblemWe're struggling with versioning and deployment. We need some help in managing the development and (especially) deployment processThis is a...
View ArticleCBF meets Ctools Installer
Ctools-installer and CBF are very useful projects that usually go hand in hand. And if you've been using them for a while you probably thought "why can't CBF just call ctools installer instead of...
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