I am creating a report in pentaho report designer and need some help setting default values for a parameter that I've created.
One of the parameters labeled date fetches data from the date column of a table. While I am able to view all the dates in the drop down list, I am unable to find a way in which I can set the default value of this drop down to all (meaning all the dates together).
Is there a way in which I can set the 'all' value as default?
Assuming that you get the values for the filter from a JDBC connection in PRD, you can write a query like this. (I have used Postgresql).
This will load 'All' as the first values in the drop down and other distinct date values from your table. (Do the casting properly)
SELECT 1 AS sort,'All' AS date
UNION
SELECT DISTINCT 2 AS sort,
tablename.datecolumn::date AS date
FROM
tablename
ORDER BY sort
Then in your parameter that is shown to the user to select the date, enter All in Default Value field and select the query that we have written.
Next assuming that you use a KTR to retrieve data to your report, you can include the following query in a 'Table input' step,
(tablename.datecolumn IN (SELECT CASE WHEN('${date}' = 'All' OR '${date}' IS NULL) THEN tablename.datecolumn ELSE '${date}' END))
Hope this will help. If you have any further issues please comment below. Because this has worked perfectly for me.
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I have an issue with building my report, I have 3 params and all 3 are in a query, they are supposed to get their values from the "drop down menus" before running the reports and are used in a where cluase to get specific stuff from the database. However I can seem to get it to work.
Example Query
Select * from [Table]
Where ID = #ID and DateFrom = #DateFrom and DateTo = #DateTo
order by ID
This is the query, I tried changing the orders of the params but it doesnt work.
Error:
The report parameter 'ID' has a DefaultValue or a ValidValue that depends on the report parameter "ID". Forward dependencies are not valid.
Based on the error you reported...
"Error: The report parameter 'ID' has a DefaultValue or a ValidValue that depends on the report parameter "ID". Forward dependencies are not valid."
I suspect your ID parameter's valid values are taken from a dataset query. The dataset query uses a parameter called #ID . You cannot populate values for a parameter if the parameter you are trying to populate is required by the query.
If you are trying to get a list of available ID's to populate the ID parameter drop down then you need to create a separate dataset for this. The dataset query would be something simple like.
SELECT DISTINCT ID FROM [Table] ORDER BY ID
You can then change your ID parameter's "Available Values" dataset to point to this new dataset.
If this does not help, show you report design (the parameters at least), the parameters properties and the dataset queries for each one. Your issue should be clear once all that is visible.
I'm trying to build a report where i try to filter values from a table by their close dates (datetime). So far i've created a parameter called #closeDateParam and i want users to select between 2 options, one of them refers to NULL and other one refers to NOT NULL.
my sql is something like this,
select * from TABLE1 where TABLE1.CLOSED_DATE = #closeDateParam
and i've specified values for this parameter in parameter properties as
(Null) and (NOT Null)
but it seems it does not work for me.
I'd be grateful for any help since i'm a newbie at using ReportBuilder. Thanks for helping!
It is straight forward to create a calculated field in a table that uses data IN the table... due to the fact that the expression builder is straight forward to use. However, it appears to me that the expression builder for the calculated field only works with data IN the table;
i.e: expression builder in table MYTABLE works with fields FIELD1.MYTABLE, FIELD2.MYTABLE etc.
Inventory Problem
My problem is that I have two 'count' fields that result from my queries that apply to INPUTQUERY and OUTPUTQUERY (gives me a count of all input data added and a count of all output data added) and now I want to subtract the two to get a stock.
I can't link the table that was created from my query because it wont be able to continually update do the relationship itself, and thus i'm stuck either using the expression builder/SQL.
First question:
Is it possible to have the expression builder reference data from other tables?
i.e expressionbuilder for:
MAINTABLE CALCULATEDFIELD.MAINTABLE = INPUTSUM.INPUTTABLE - OUTPUTSUM.OUTPUTTABLE
(which gives a difference of the two)?
Second question:
if the above isn't possible, can I do this through an SQL code ?
i.e
SELECT(data from INPUTSUM)
FROM(INPUTTABLE)
-
SELECT(data from OUTPUTSUM)
FROM(OUTPUTTABLE)
Try this:
SELECT SUM(T.INPUTSUM) - SUM(T.OUTPUTSUM) AS RESULTSUM
FROM
(
SELECT INPUTSUM, 0 AS OUTPUTSUM
FROM INPUTTABLE
UNION
SELECT 0 AS INPUTSUM, OUTPUTSUM
FROM OUTPUTTABLE
) AS T
I have a report that has multiple multi-value parameter. What I wanted to do is if the parameter is = Select All I'll remove that parameter to my SQL Script.
Example is I have a Product group and Product Name parameter and what I want is if the user selects all the product group my script will be like:
SELECT * FROM TABLE WHERE PRODUCT_NAME IN (#ProductName)
While if the user did not select all Product Group, my script will be like:
SELECT * FROM TABLE WHERE PRODUCT_NAME IN (#ProductName)
AND PRODUCT_GROUP IN (#ProductGroup)
I want to know how Can I detect when multi-value parameter is = Select All. I think it will really help the loading time of the tool if I just remove the filter on my script.
As far as I know, you cannot detect when "Select All" has been checked by the user.
To remove the filter completely when the user selects all the choices in a multi-valued parameter you would have to employ logic in your stored procedure that checks to see if all the choices were passed to it in the parameter, and if so, don't use the parameter at all in the main query.
You can add your own ALL value to the parameter. In the dataset query check if the user have selected 'ALL' if so don't use the parameter.
Something like this:
IF ('ALL' IN #ProductGroup)
BEGIN
SELECT * FROM TABLE WHERE PRODUCT_NAME IN (#ProductName)
END
ELSE
SELECT * FROM TABLE WHERE PRODUCT_NAME IN (#ProductName)
AND PRODUCT_GROUP IN (#ProductGroup)
It is not tested but should work
If your parameter is based on a dataset, you can compare the numbers of elements selected in the parameter vs. the number of items in the dataset for the parameter.
=IIF(Parameters!AREA.Count = CountRows("Areas"), "ALL", "Some")
I am using Pentaho Spoon to do some transformation. I am using 'Table Input' and joining multiple tables to get final output table.
I need to achieve:
SELECT COUNT(distinct ID)
FROM TBLA join TBLB ON TBLA.ID=TBLB.ID
WHERE
TBLA.ID=334
AND TBLA.date = '2013-1-9'
AND TBLB.date BETWEEN '2012-11-15' AND '2013-1-9';
I am manually inserting '2012-11-15' but I am using Get System Data to insert '2012-1-9'. I am using 1 Get System Data.
My query is:
SELECT COUNT(distinct ID)
FROM TBLA join TBLB ON TBLA.ID=TBLB.ID
WHERE
TBLA.ID=334
AND TBLA.date='?'
AND TBLB.date BETWEEN '2012-11-15' AND '?';
I get error message in Table Input saying No value specified for parameter 2
Any suggestion will be appreciated.
Thank you.
Simple one this; You need to "duplicate" the system date. So add another line in "get system data" called "date2" or something, make it the same as the first line, and then it will fill in the 2nd parameter or ?
OR simply change the query to say between '2012-11-15' and TBLA.date
then you dont need the 2nd parameter
Personally I prefer the pattern of a Get System Info/Add Constants step to create one row with multiple columns that feeds into a Database Join step. Then you replace parameters in your query with columns instead of rows, and you can specify a column more than once.