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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...
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CDE 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...
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New 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...
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Enabling 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...
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CDE / 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...
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Auto 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...
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CDG - 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...
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New 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...
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CDC - 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...
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CDV - 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...
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CDE - 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...
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Java 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...
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New 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...
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Pentaho 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
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CDV - 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...
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Mondrian - 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...
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New 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...
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CGG - 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...
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CBF 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...
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CBF 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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