JPivot pivot table by XMLA


Contents

  1. 1 Introduction
  2. 2 Configuration
    1. 2.1 Prerequisites Articles
    2. 2.2 File Configuration
    3. 2.3 Testing
    4. 2.4 Author's Note : Known Issue
  3. 3 Still Getting Errors ?
  4. 4 Mondrian Training

Introduction

Mondrian Version : mondrian-3.0.4.11371

This sample is the default features sample which querying Sales Cube from XMLA provider using JPivot interface.

Configuration

Prerequisites Articles

File Configuration

Open and edit xmla.jsp file  - which should be located in your [TOMCAT_HOME]/webapps/mondrian/WEB-INF/queries folder - with your favorite text editor, and edit <jp:xmlaQuery> with these following configurations :

xmla.jsp

<jp:xmlaQuery id="query01"
    uri="http://localhost:8080/mondrian/xmla"
    dataSource="Provider=Mondrian;DataSource=MySQLTest;"
    catalog="FoodMart">
select
  {[Measures].[Unit Sales], [Measures].[Store Cost], [Measures].[Store Sales]} on columns,
  {([Promotion Media].[All Media], [Product].[All Products])} ON rows
from Sales
where ([Time].[1997])
</jp:xmlaQuery>


Note : [TOMCAT_HOME] is the folder where your Apache Tomcat installed. For example : C:\apache-tomcat-6.0.16

Testing

Open your Mondrian web application and click on the secondsample from the index page (JPivot pivot table by XMLA). You should see an OLAP data table with a JPivot toolbar. Drill through some of the dimension level nodes.

For example, my Mondrian web application is located at http://localhost:8080/mondrian and my JPivot Pivot Table sample url is http://localhost:8080/mondrian/testpage.jsp?query=xmla. Screenshot below shows the page that have been drillthrough at some nodes.

Author's Note : Known Issue

This sample is working well with JDK 1.5. We encounter unresolved errors when using JDK 1.6 installed in our system. You can find the issue here.

Solutions for this problem :

Still Getting Errors ?


If you already following all the instructions and still got some errors or you have other issues that has to do with other database sources then you can post your problem to our Mondrian user group at http://groups.google.com/group/phi-mondrian-olap. Or you can send a blank email to phi-mondrian-olap-subscribe@googlegroups.com to join the group. 

Note that you must get approval first before you can post.


Mondrian Training

For those of you  in Indonesia we have a regular training on OLAP and data warehousing subject using Pentaho Data Integration and Mondrian.

If you want to enroll for the session please feel the form at http://pentaho.phi-integration.com/pendaftaran-training and we will send you the training schedule.

And for those who like to have a remote training instead using Webex please contact us by email to support@phi-integration.com.

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