Attaching items and sending email via Groovy in Integrator

Attaching items and sending email via Groovy in Integrator

by Jedox 4 BeginnersNo Comments
Hello, dear readers! Today, I want to share with you an important use case that might be very useful in your daily work with Jedox. If you are working with Jedox Integrator and Report Designer, sometimes you need to automate processes to make your work easier and faster. One of these tasks might be copying a file from Report Designer, saving it to your file system, and then sending it as an email attachment. I will show you how to do this using a Groovy script. Let’s imagine a scenario where this might be necessary. Business Scenario Let’s say you are working in the finance department of a company, and every month you prepare financial reports using Jedox. These reports could be in different formats, like Excel (XLSX), CSV, or even images like PNG. After preparing these reports, you need to send them to your colleagues or your boss for review. For example, you generate a monthly sales report in Excel format using...
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Calendar Extract (Month, Year and Life To Date patterns) in Jedox

Calendar Extract (Month, Year and Life To Date patterns) in Jedox

by Jedox 4 BeginnersNo Comments
Understanding how to create and use Calendar Extracts in Jedox is crucial for effective time-based analysis. Calendar Extracts are essential for breaking down your data into manageable and meaningful periods, like months, years, or Life to Date (LTD) views. In this guide, we'll walk you through how to set up these patterns in Jedox and explore real-life scenarios where each pattern is most effective. What is a Calendar Extract in Jedox? A Calendar Extract in Jedox Integrator is a feature that allows you to filter and segment your data based on time periods such as months, years, or the cumulative period up to the current date (Life to Date). This is particularly useful for generating your Time dimensions and subsequently reports, dashboards, or performing time-series analysis. In this post, we will focus on 3 common use cases: Month Pattern - MTD captures data from the 1st of the month through to the most recent complete day.: Use Case: Monthly financial reporting, monitoring sales trends,...
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Simple Scrolling Marquee Widget for Your Jedox Dashboard

Simple Scrolling Marquee Widget for Your Jedox Dashboard

by Jedox 4 BeginnersNo Comments
Creating dynamic and visually engaging dashboards is crucial for effectively presenting financial data in Jedox. One way to add a dynamic visual element to your dashboard is by incorporating a scrolling widget. This guide will walk you through creating a simple marquee widget, which can display important announcements or highlights within your Jedox dashboard. What is a Marquee? It is a scrolling text effect that runs across a webpage. Although the HTML tag is outdated and not recommended for modern web development, it is still supported by many browsers and can be used for quick and simple effects like the one we are creating here.   Why Use a Marquee Widget? Dynamic Content: It adds a dynamic element to your dashboard, making it visually appealing and drawing attention to important information.Ease of Use: Simple to implement and customize, a marquee widget can be quickly added to any dashboard.Highlight Important Information: Use a marquee to highlight important announcements, updates, or key financial metrics.   Adding the Marquee to...
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Refreshing Rules in Jedox: A Step-by-Step Guide

Refreshing Rules in Jedox: A Step-by-Step Guide

by Jedox 4 BeginnersNo Comments
Hi team, today we will talk about keeping your OLAP (Online Analytical Processing) rules up-to-date in a dynamic environment where data changes frequently. Jedox, a powerful platform for planning, analytics, and reporting, allows users to refresh or update rules easily from the spreadsheet server in case your business rules are set in that way. In this post, we'll dive into how you can use a simple PHP function to refresh rules for a specified database and cube. Why Refresh Rules? In Jedox, rules define how data is calculated within a cube. For instance, you might have rules that calculate 'Price' or 'Units' in a sales-related cube. When underlying data or logic changes, these ones need to be recalculated or refreshed to ensure the accuracy of your reports and dashboards. The Code Explained Here's a look at a simple function that makes the refresh in Jedox: function _Refresh_Click(){ $host = $_JEDOX['OLAP_HOST']; $port = $_JEDOX['OLAP_PORT']; $conn = palo_init($host,...
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