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Geocharts visualisation in Jedox

June 14, 2023February 26, 2024 by Jedox 4 BeginnersNo Comments

In today's post, we'll explore the world of geocharts and how they can enhance your data visualization capabilities in Jedox. Specifically, we'll dive into using geocharts from Google and discuss how to leverage the Google API key to unlock their potential. What are Geocharts? Geocharts are powerful visual representations of data that allow you to display information on a geographic map. With just a few lines of code, you can transform your data into an interactive map. This helps you identify patterns, trends, and correlations across different regions. Why Use Geocharts in Jedox? Jedox, a BI and EPM platform, provides a wealth of features for data analysis and visualization. Geocharts offer a layer of insight, enabling you to explore data geographically and gain a deeper understanding of regional variations. Getting Started with Geocharts and Google API Key: To utilize Geocharts in Jedox, we'll need to integrate the Google Charts API, which powers these visualizations. Before we proceed, you'll need a Google API key,...

Bridging the Gap: Integrating Jedox with ChatGPT for Enhanced Analytics

June 6, 2023June 28, 2023 by Jedox 4 BeginnersNo Comments

In today's data-driven world, businesses rely heavily on advanced analytics solutions to gain valuable insights. One such powerful combination is the integration of Jedox, an enterprise planning and business intelligence platform, with ChatGPT, an AI language model developed by OpenAI. This integration opens up new possibilities for organizations, allowing them to leverage the capabilities of both technologies to achieve enhanced analytics and decision-making. Recently Jedox realised the model which showcases this bond. It can be found on the public marketplace and it is available for everyone. In order to work with the model users will need to have their own API key. Documentation of the model explains in detail how to obtain one and how to set it up in Jedox. The model contains 3 parts: 1st part is where you can send the numeric values to the model and ask it for interpretation of values. The goal is to receive a summary of values and it is good for the people who...

Connect Jedox Cloud and Power BI

April 24, 2023March 22, 2024 by Jedox 4 BeginnersNo Comments

To connect Jedox to Power BI, you will need to follow these steps: Make sure that the oData Hub service is running. (check Cloud Console) Obtain the Jedox OData API URL: usually, add odata before the cloud name. Example https://odata.test-jedox4begginers.cloud.jedox.com/DATABASENAME. It is also essential to add a database name at the end. In our case, we will put Biker as a database. Connect to Jedox from Power BI: Here, click on the "Get Data" button in the Home tab, and select "OData Feed" from the list of available data sources. Paste the Jedox OData API URL into the "URL" field, and click "OK" to connect to the Jedox server. Add the username and password. Depending if your team is using SSO choose Windows or Basic for standard Jedox credentials. Import data into Power BI: Once connected to the Jedox server, you can select the Jedox cubes or views you want to import into Power BI. Select the cube or view from the list of available tables,...

Jedox password policy

December 14, 2022December 14, 2022 by Jedox 4 BeginnersNo Comments

Starting from 2022.2 version Jedox implemented password policy change. That means that users cannot have abc123 passwords. Something more sophisticated should be done. Therefor certain rules needs to be followed: at least 10 characters at least one digit at least one of the symbols !@#$%^&* at least one uppercase or lowercase letter [A-Z] [a-z] cannot contain a period or space Example: Q20J!b5ei0951 This policy can be changed if the company has different set of rules. in that case parameter password-pattern in palo.ini allows you to change the password settings concerning the password length and the password pattern/complexity. Any attempt to change the password that does not match the defined pattern will result in an error displayed in the Change Password dialog. The password pattern can be defined by the key password-pattern <regular_expression>. If the new password does not match the pattern, an error message (error code 1004) is returned. <according to KB>. if in any case you built up the ETL which automatically assign the passwords to newly created users, groovy should look something like this: def user = API.getProperty('user'); def generator = { String alphabet, int...

How to use hyperlinks in Jedox?

August 21, 2022June 28, 2023 by Jedox 4 BeginnersNo Comments

In a Jedox, a hyperlink (or link) is an item like a word or button that points to another location. When you click on a link, the link will take you to the target of the link, which may be another report, excel document, or other online content. There are two possibilities to create a hyperlink in Hedox: Searching the hyperlink in functions Clicking on the right click and selecting the hyperlink icon Hyperlink function The syntax for the function is HYPERLINK(link_location, friendly_name, screen_tip, source1, destination1[, source2, destination2, …]). link_location - > here we can define where will our link takes us to. It can be on the same page "#SELF", different sheet "[SELF]Sheet2!A1", a particular report "//Demo Spreadsheets/Demos/Bikers Best/Navigation/Bikers Best Navigation" or a web page like "https://jedox4beginners.com/". friendly_name - > How will link the world to the outside world <Link Friendly Name> Tool_tip -> What is visible when covering the link? In case you don't want to see any addresses or strings just...

Palo.ini standard configurations

July 2, 2022July 2, 2022 by Jedox 4 BeginnersNo Comments

Palo.ini is a configuration file where superusers (the ones who administrate the server) could add or remove some functionalities of Jedox. It is located in data folder and on-premise could be accessed at this address <instalation folder>/Jedox/Jedox Suite/olap/data. Edit is possible if you do the right click and edit it. For this purpose, we will open it via standard Notepad. Standard palo.ini Lines starting with # are commented configurations and therefore will not be executed. The line will be skipped and the next one will be processed. More about palo.ini can be found on this link. Here are the explanations of the lines: http line represents the IP and port where jedox can be accessed.log sink is the location of the file where OLAP logs will be writtensplash-limit 1000 shows an error if splashing requires more space than the first number. 500 shows a warning if splashing requires more space than the second number. 100 Shows info if splashing requires more space than the...

Error while restoring the database

January 29, 2022January 29, 2022 by Jedox 4 BeginnersNo Comments

When having two servers that are running on different versions, it could happen that restoring the database backup from a newer one to an older one can lead to an error. In our case, it appeared when trying to restore the database in Modeller from 2021.4 to 2021.2. If you are not familiar with how to restore the database from one server to another without including support, the article can be found here. The process is simple: Log in on your server from where you want to take the database Go to desired database in Modeler Right Click on it and choose Download Database... Go to second server where you want to perform restoring the database activity Right click on it and choose Restore Database... IF the scenario is smooth you are ready to celebrate, but in case it's not (like below) CODE: M_DB3 - zip operation failed : not a valid backup file,subfolders found Perform the following steps: Unzip the database Find folder checksum and remove it Zip it again Try to perform...

Unable to click save button in Jedox ETL

January 29, 2022June 28, 2023 by Jedox 4 BeginnersNo Comments

Hi Jedox beginners, How many times has it happened that while working on your super complex ETLs, the save button becomes unclickable? It can become really annoying problem, especially if you spent a decent amount of time in front of the PC. Until now, the problem could be solved by: Clicking Test button before and then pop up with "Save button" will appear Log out, delete cache and log in again. Since both solutions bring anxiety to your hands, simple CTRL + S typing on the keyboard is enabling the SAVE button again. Click now and thank us later. ...

How to create a colour picker in Jedox?

January 1, 2022November 12, 2023 by Jedox 4 BeginnersNo Comments

Jedox has a wide range of possibilities when it comes to reporting since it is working based on Excel technology. Having that in mind it might happen that sometimes you will need to add a colour picker to your dashboard. Here is an example of how it could be done. On the spreadsheet, you can put the colours which could be chosen Set up a macro which will be trigged when colour is clicked ="<a href=""#"" title='"&U5&"' style=""height:100%;width:100%;display:inline-block;color:"&U5&";background-color:"&U5&";"" onclick=""Jedox.wss.macro.exec([true,['Module1.saveColorToVariable','"&V5&"']])""> </a>" Create the macro in the Macro Editor function saveColorToVariable ( $color ) { define_variable ( 'varColor' , $color ); //return do_close(); } That is it!! In case you are not a person who has much sense for colours, there are amazing patterns of colours on this website. An example of the project can be found here. ...

How to return IP address from the Spreadsheet in Jedox

December 31, 2021June 28, 2023 by Jedox 4 BeginnersNo Comments

Here is the sample of the macro PHP code which can help you to return the IP address of the current server from the spreadsheet. It could be useful when reports contain download functionality which is the source on the server name. So in order not to have a hardcoded server DNS name you could use this funcionality. -------- function temp(){ $localIP = getHostByName(getHostName()); return __msgbox("myComplexVariable=".print_r($localIP , TRUE ), 'Test', 'Info'); } -------- ...