Questions tagged [xaction]
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Calling Pentaho Kettle job from BI Server using xaction
My requirement is to call my kettle job from Pentaho BI server.
I am using
Pentaho BI server 5.0.1 CE,
PDI 4.3.0 - for kettle job and transformation design and
PDS CE 4.0. - to design xaction that will call the kettle job
I have created an…

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Pentaho Report Designer Inline css/html styling when report output is HTML
Hi pentaho has an example in its sample reports email_inventory_inline_HTML.xaction and inventory.prpt in the directory: biserver-ce\pentaho-solutions\bi-developers\reporting\unified-file-format. The xaction script sends a report defined in…

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Pentaho 5.0.1 Send scheduled reports in Email Body
How do I send scheduled email with reports within email body. The documention available is not for version 5.0.1 Community Edition. It appears I may have to use xaction (was hoping not) . However I do not know how to go about it? Help please

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Pentaho Report with Kettle as Data source
I am trying to call a kettle transformation using a pentaho report. My transformation will retrieve a resultset from table based on a command line argument. The report generates the correct output if i remove the command line argument from the ktr…

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How to build Charts in Pentaho? using xAction or using CDF?
After lot of struggle and googling finally I have managed to develop one dashboard using Pentaho CDE. While googling I found out that many people use xAction files to create charts and then embed those files in dashboard.
So I would like to know…

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Display property of member in mdx query
I have a Mondrian/MDX query where I grab data within a date range, but I'd like to return time as the value of its property in the result. My current query is like:
With
set [*TIME_RANGE] as…

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Why do I get error when I run my xaction file in PUC (Pentaho User Console)?
I get the below error when I run my xaction file in PUC (Pentaho User Console)
The Pentaho BI Platform reported an error while running an action sequence
Possible Causes:
ActionValidationException: RuntimeContext.ERROR_0035 - Action validation…

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Pentaho - How to pass result-set (TableModel ) from xaction to prpt
I have an issue with pass result-set from xaction to prpt.
When I use a example prpt then modify it, the report is ok.
But when I create a new prpt (datasource: External, a TableModel type parameter is same as the first one) it does work, just…

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How to run xaction file in the background from CDE
I am trying to run an action sequence from a dashboard in Pentaho 5.2. I usually press button with js function window.open("path/name.xaction") which runs the action sequence and (logically) opens a window with Action succes message.
But I want to…

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Running the URL to clear cache gives blank page in Pentaho
I am using Pentaho CDE. I am trying to clear the cache using the following URL. When I run it in the browser it doesn't give an error but shows a blank page. What can be the cause for this?
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Pentaho BI Dashboard use x-action asynchronously
I have this problem. I want to use xaction on a dashboard in response to button click. I don't care about result of this xaction. Just want it to run. Problem is - it runs for about half an hour, and blocks browser until it completes. What I want to…

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Pentaho Report - Xaction file with multiple condition parameters
I am using pentaho 2.x report server,
The report is having a radio button element and two drop down elements in a html page which will be passed to my xaction as parameters,
for now different sqls will be executed based on the radio button value…

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how to insert xaction in CDE dashboard
I am using a CDE plugin in pentaho
I am creating a dashboard containing the result of a xaction in a CDE dashboard
can anybody plz tell me how can i conclude xaction in a CDE dashboard
i am including the xaction as a component , but in the preview…

Hussain Akhtar Wahid 'Ghouri'
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