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RadarCube for WPF beta is here

Thu, 22 Jul 2010 12:47:49 GMT

The new RadarCube for WPF version has started... (Read more...)

New RadarCube WinForms Desktop version: 2.31.0

Fri, 25 Jun 2010 23:43:06 GMT

Bugs fixed:

While restoring a drilled multidimensional hierarchy from a saved state file, only three hierarchy levels used to be restored.
Setting the THierarchy.ShowEmptyLines property to True could fail to lead to the disired effect.

New RadarCube WinForms MSAS version: 2.31.0

Fri, 25 Jun 2010 23:42:02 GMT

Bugs fixed:

While restoring a drilled multidimensional hierarchy from a saved state file, only three hierarchy levels used to be restored.
Drillthrough action used to be performed incorrectly, in case there was a hierarchy with a single visible member in the filters' area.
Setting the THierarchy.ShowEmptyLines property to True could fail to lead to the disired effect.

New RadarCube WinForms Desktop version: 2.30.0

Wed, 14 Apr 2010 21:42:38 GMT

New features:

NET Framework 4.0 and Visual Studio 2010 support. Now the controls can be integrated into VS2010 environment. The source code of the controls is tested for NET Framework 4.0 compatibility;
RadarCube core optimization. Now virtually all cube operations are performed faster. The acceleration can be up to several ten times depending on the Cellset;
New properties TCubeMeasure.VisibleInTree and TMeasure.VisibleInTree define whether the measure is visible in the Cube Structure Tree;
Measures and hierarchies can now be dropped right onto the Grid.

Bugs fixed:

The printing page size is always less than defined;
The "&" sign always goes like auxiliary and doesn't show up in the Cube Structure Tree.

New RadarCube WinForms MSAS version: 2.30.0

Wed, 14 Apr 2010 21:39:57 GMT

New features:

NET Framework 4.0 and Visual Studio 2010 support. Now the controls can be integrated into VS2010 environment. The source code of the controls is tested for NET Framework 4.0 compatibility;
RadarCube core optimization. Now virtually all cube operations are performed faster. The acceleration can be up to several ten times depending on the Cellset;
New properties TCubeMeasure.VisibleInTree and TMeasure.VisibleInTree define whether the measure is visible in the Cube Structure Tree;
Measures and hierarchies can now be dropped right onto the Grid.

Bugs fixed:

Drilling of Parent-Child dimensions is not working in MSAS 2000;
The printing page size is always less than defined;
The "&" sign always goes like auxiliary and doesn't show up in the Cube Structure Tree.

New RadarCube WinForms Desktop version: 2.26.0

Tue, 30 Mar 2010 22:14:55 GMT

New features:

New Master for Cube Creation. See this article for details;
Ability to convert DateTime fields into their string representation.

Bugs fixed:

TOLAPGrid control in the Evaluation version gives out the NullReferenceException, when the grid has no measures/hierarchies;
The attribute editor in the Cube Editor might not work well when the base list of hierarchies is changed.

New RadarCube WinForms MSAS version: 2.26.0

Tue, 30 Mar 2010 22:12:42 GMT

Bugs fixed:

TOLAPGrid control in the Evaluation version gives out the NullReferenceException, when the grid has no measures/hierarchies.

Designing the Cube with the Cube Creation Wizard

Tue, 30 Mar 2010 18:40:02 GMT

This article shows how to design the Cube with the Cube Creation Wizard... (Read more...)

New RadarCube WinForms Desktop version: 2.25.0

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 13:56:57 GMT

New features:

New ability to add user comments to the cube's cells. Just select the corresponding context menu item for the cube cell;
New ability to create the cube structure automatically in run-time;
Ability to save and restore an empty cube.

Bugs fixed:

When changing a measure position in the grid, its position in Values Area does not change;
When closing the application there might be some bugs;
Some problems with localization;
Time Intelligence information can be loaded wrong from the previously saved state file.

New RadarCube WinForms MSAS version: 2.25.0

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 13:56:08 GMT

New features:

New ability to add user comments to the cube's cells. Just select the corresponding context menu item for the cube cell;

Bugs fixed:

When changing a measure position in the grid, its position in Values Area does not change;
When closing the application there might be some bugs;
Some problems with localization;
Time Intelligence information can be loaded wrong from the previously saved state file.

New RadarCube WinForms Desktop version: 2.24.0

Thu, 17 Dec 2009 17:54:45 GMT

New features:

It's possible now to apply filters on date of time-hierarchies in the context filter. It is available in the hierarchy editor as well as through the context menu of hierarchy members;
When selecting cells in the grid there now shows up the status information about the selected cells (sum, average value, and amount by default). This option can be regulated in design time with the TOLAPGrid.TOLAPGridSettings AllowSelectionInfo... properties;

Bugs fixed:

The panels' visibility in the Grid/Chart (such as Cube Structure Tree and pivot areas) is not synchronized with the corresponding buttons in the toolbox responsible for the visibility of these panels;
The DistinctCount aggregation function sometimes gives out the wrong result.

New RadarCube WinForms MSAS version: 2.24.0

Thu, 17 Dec 2009 17:54:05 GMT

New features:

When selecting cells in the grid there now shows up the status information about the selected cells (sum, average value, and amount by default). This option can be regulated in design time with the TOLAPGrid.TOLAPGridSettings AllowSelectionInfo... properties;
Grids with open multilevel hierarchies are now much faster to operate with.

Bugs fixed:

The panels' visibility in the Grid/Chart (such as Cube Structure Tree and pivot areas) is not synchronized with the corresponding buttons in the toolbox responsible for the visibility of these panels;
It's impossible to create group members in sublevels of a multilevel hierarchy;

Creating custom Time Intelligence

Wed, 16 Dec 2009 18:25:17 GMT

This article shows how to embed custom Time Intelligence functions into the MSAS versions of RadarCube... (Read more...)

Creating the correct Cube structure

Thu, 26 Nov 2009 18:06:43 GMT

This article provides some simple guidelines for designing a Cube structure, making it with the maximum performance... (Read more...)

RadarCube Request tracker

Wed, 30 Sep 2009 11:33:18 GMT

Do you use RadarCube in your applications? Would you like to expand the functionality of your OLAP-reports? Do you have any creative ideas? Don't waste time, add your ideas to our RadarCube Request Tracker right now!.. (Read more...)

Hierarchy members' attributes

Fri, 08 May 2009 15:26:52 GMT

Attributes of hierarchy members allows displaying in the Grid additional information about them. This aricle shows how to use it... (Read more...)

Initialization of the OLAP-slice view

Tue, 10 Feb 2009 17:37:33 GMT

Here is the description of the different ways of initial Grid and Chart loading, as well as the methods of program control over hierarchies and measures layout, drilling and cell sorting... (Read more...)

TOLAPExport control FAQ

Fri, 19 Dec 2008 12:17:29 GMT

Operating TOLAP Export provides you with a number of opportunities, such as: set and amend the visual properties, use either stand-alone or in-built component, change column width, export to different formats, or print out the data. Here are the guidelines for using the whole range of them... (Read more...)

Visual analysis with RadarCube OLAP Chart

Wed, 03 Dec 2008 08:58:42 GMT

There are two ways of presenting data: textual and graphical - both presenting data in the form of OLAP-slice that can be pivoted, drilled, filtered, sorted or grouped. In addition to that, the graphical OLAP has its unique technologies, such as visual analysis and comparison of measures; revealing interconnections between measures in consideration of influential factors; revealing clusters... (Read more...)

Managing the Properties of the TToolbox Panel

Thu, 27 Nov 2008 15:13:06 GMT

Toolbox is a tool panel with buttons and menu for quick access to the basic options of RadarCube controls. Using some properties of the Toolbox panel allows you to use different toolboxes in or outside the Grid, add or remove buttons and manage their properties... (Read more...)

New WinForms Chart version: 1.00.1

Wed, 05 Nov 2008 11:37:57 GMT

New features:

Data binding in Design-Time.
The concept of layers that allows combining different chart types (Bar, Line, Point) in the same chart area. The number of layers is unlimited.
The dialog window for setting Chart appearance in Run-Time.
The Getting Started article has been updated.

Chart for Windows Forms. Getting Started

Wed, 29 Oct 2008 17:29:07 GMT

Here we discuss the elemental issues of operating 2D Charts of different types, including: Design-Time and Run-Time data binding; retrieving data from various sources; program data filling; chart elements; appearance settings; exporting and printing out... (Read more...)

Trend lines in OLAP Chart

Thu, 23 Oct 2008 17:46:42 GMT

Analyzing trend lines is a great way to reveal the tendency of time series changes. Here we discuss all kinds of operations with trade lines available in the TOLAPChart, including adding and removing trend lines, changing their type and color... (Read more...)

Saving and Restoring RadarCube data

Thu, 09 Oct 2008 17:51:40 GMT

All RadarCube versions (WinForms, ASP.NET & VCL) share the same principle of saving its data that allows saving and later restoring of the Grid or the Chart state, including their current visual settings, as well as full Cube data (for Direct and Desktop versions only)... (Read more...)

OLAP Grid User's guide

Fri, 22 Aug 2008 08:44:57 GMT

TOLAPGrid is a component that retrieves data from multidimensional cubes, converts it to OLAP-slice and presents it as a table. Here are the guidelines for operating the component... (Read more...)

OLAP Chart User's guide

Fri, 22 Aug 2008 08:34:02 GMT

TOLAPChart is a component that retrieves data from multidimensional cubes, converts it to OLAP-slice and presents it as a chart for visual analysis. Here are the guidelines for operating the component... (Read more...)

Creating Calculated Measures and Hierarchy Members with MDX

Tue, 22 Jul 2008 08:50:14 GMT

Starting with the ver. 1.40 RadarCube ASP.NET for MSAS it is possible, even for the end users, to create calculated measures and hierarchy members with MDX expressions through the toolbox and the appropriate items of the context menu. Here are the guidelines for end users and programmers... (Read more...)

Context filtering with RadarCube (WinForms edition)

Mon, 29 Oct 2007 10:28:20 GMT

Context filters are the conditions of making the selected current Cellset content visible. There are three types of the context filters available: member caption filters, date filters, and measure value filters... (Read more...)

RadarCube Windows Forms Desktop: How to make the cube work faster?

Mon, 27 Aug 2007 10:30:52 GMT

Too big amount of data to be loaded from the database, too slowly loaded or non-optimized data and the structure of cube hierarchies, may hinder the performance of your application. Here are a few steps you can try out to make your application work faster... (Read more...)

RadarCube Windows Forms Desktop: Creating the data source

Fri, 24 Aug 2007 10:36:17 GMT

Before defining the Cube structure in Cube Editor, you must connect the Cube to a data source, that is you assign a value to its DataSource property. Once you do that, you can open the Cube Editor to construct your Cube. You don't have to fill the tables with data yourself - the Cube will do it for you. .. (Read more...)

Calculated fields. Using TOLAPCube.OnCalculateFields event

Mon, 11 Jun 2007 10:55:53 GMT

It often happens that databases hold data in the format that is convenient for storing but not for a user. To let data easily convert from one format to another the TOLAPCube supports calculated fields. A calculated field is the one whose value is comprised from other fields' values of the same or some other related table... (Read more...)

RadarCube Windows Forms Desktop. Getting started

Mon, 09 Apr 2007 11:21:41 GMT

Here is a short guide how to start a new Windows Forms application using RadarCube WinForms Desktop components from preparing the data source to constructing the Cube... (Read more...)

Types of dimensions

Tue, 03 Apr 2007 11:23:48 GMT

Types of dimensions... (Read more...)

License types for ASP.NET and Windows Forms products

Mon, 02 Apr 2007 11:29:05 GMT

Depending on your purposes of using our product, there are different types of licenses for you to choose from... (Read more...)

Using RadarCube as a data source for Data-related components

Tue, 20 Mar 2007 11:46:26 GMT

TOLAPGrid as a component for displaying data, implements the IListSource interface and, hence, can be a data source for other components - data consumers such as Chart-components, export components and so on. .. (Read more...)

Star schema

Tue, 20 Mar 2007 11:41:44 GMT

The star schema is the simplest data warehouse schema. Its main advantages are: direct and intuitive mapping between business entities analyzed by end users and the schema design, and highly optimized performance for typical data warehouse queries... (Read more...)

Snowflake schema

Tue, 20 Mar 2007 11:39:13 GMT

The snowflake schema of organizing data is more complex in comparison to a simple star schema. Graphical representation of the schema resembles a snowflake, hence the name. Snowflake schemas normalize dimensions to eliminate redundancy... (Read more...)

Locating a hierarchy member

Mon, 19 Mar 2007 14:15:11 GMT

All operations, fulfilled in the RadarCube library, deal with hierarchy members represented by the TMember objects. Thus, locating a hierarchy member is one of the important tasks for a programmer... (Read more...)

How to localize RadarCube (WindowsForms and ASP.NET)

Mon, 19 Mar 2007 11:52:34 GMT

It's easy to localize RadarCube through the Internet... (Read more...)