Pentaho CTools

Version: 10.1.x
Audience: anonymous
Part Number: MK-95PDIA006-11

CTools
General overview of Pentaho and CTools
CDF: Community Dashboard Framework
CDE: Community Dashboard Editor
CDA: Community Data Access
CCC: Community Chart Components
CGG: Community Graphics Generator
CDE dashboard overview
View a CDE dashboard sample
Open the CDE interface
CDE Menu bar
CDE Perspectives toolbar
Community Dashboard Editor (CDE) perspectives
Layout Perspective
Dimensions
Look and feel
Components perspective
Components overview
Component lifecycle
Adding and setting up components
List of components
Data Sources perspective
List of data sources
Wizards
Community Data Access
Legacy Datasources
The Pentaho App Builder endpoints
MDX Queries
OLAP4J Queries
Compound Queries
SCRIPTING Queries
KETTLE Queries
MQL Queries
SQL Queries
XPATH Queries
Common properties
Queries with parameters
Final note
CDE quick start guide
Workflow Overview
Plan your dashboard
Gather requirements
Design your dashboard
Open CDE
Create your first CDE dashboard
Create and save a new dashboard
Create the layout for the dashboard
Add the main row
Add the main column
Set the width of the main column
Add rows to the main column
Enter a dashboard title
Enter the dashboard content
Save the dashboard
Customize the Data Source perspective
Select a data source
Customize the data source
Enter an MDX Query
Add a query with parameters
Customize the Components perspective
Add a parameter
Add a selector
Add a line chart
Link two components using parameter listening
Preview the dashboard
Activate CDE
Modify the plugin and settings XML files
Verify your Community Dashboard Editor (CDE) activation
See also
Create a dashboard that uses a streaming service as a data source
Prerequisites
Create a streaming dashboard
CDE advanced solutions
CTools and RequireJS
Enable RequireJS support
Architectural considerations for including RequireJS
Create a dashboard using RequireJS
Step 1: Set up folders in User Console and create the dashboard
Step 2: Add layout
Step 3: Add external resources
Step 4: Add data sources
Step 5: Add components
Step 6: Preview the dashboard
Embedding dashboards built with RequireJS
Embedding within Pentaho Server
Embedding in a server other than Pentaho
Step 1: save the embed folder
Step 2: edit the settings XML files
Step 3: edit the Pentaho XML file
Step 4: edit the main HTML file
Step 5: access the embedded dashboard
Exporting charts
Exporting charts with CGG
Exporting charts from a dashboard
Building responsive dashboards

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