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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 ASP.NET version: 2.44.3

Wed, 14 Jul 2010 07:44:32 GMT

Bugs fixed:

Silverlight add-on: If "object" tag containing the SL control does not have the id attribute, then the SL add-on gives out "object required" error on any action on OLAP control;
MSAS: The format and color of the cells defined in the MSAS cube structure is not applied to RIA and Silverlight OLAP controls;
MSAS: The structure of folders and sub-folders defined through the Display Folder measure property, may not be displayed correctly by RIA and Silverlight OLAP controls.

New RadarCube ASP.NET version: 2.44.2

Fri, 02 Jul 2010 17:24:26 GMT

Bugs fixed:

RIA and Silverlight OLAP Grids: When exporting to XLS, CSV, PDF, HTML the exported data also includes the HTML code of the page the control is placed on;
Export to XLS may not work;
DIRECT: Sometimes refreshing the page with an OLAP control on it can lead to the "Duplicate index" error;
The OLAP Chart cannot restore the Measures that were saved by the OLAP Grid.

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 ASP.NET version: 2.44.1

Wed, 23 Jun 2010 23:39:12 GMT

New features:

Ria and SL OLAP Grid: the EnableMeasureColorModifiers property that manages the visibility of the comboboxes that define the measure's color scheme.

Bugs fixed:

While restoring a drilled multidimensional hierarchy from a saved state file, only three hierarchy levels used to be restored.
MSAS: Drillthrough action used to be performed incorrectly, in case there was a hierarchy with a single visible member in the filters' area.

New RadarCube ASP.NET version: 2.44.0

Fri, 18 Jun 2010 17:33:03 GMT

New features:

Direct: all the known DataSources are supported (EntityDataSource, LinqDataSource, ObjectDataSource etc). The Linq for SQL data schema are now supported as well as the DataSet data schema.

Bugs fixed:

SL: The DataVisualization.Toolkit dll has been renamed as well as the corresponding namespace to avoid conflicts with the standard SL toolkit's assembly.
RadarCube controls wouldn't work in the WebParts environment. Because of that it was impossible to use the RadarCube with the SharePoint and DNN.
Trying to close a Cube and then open it again with another data source could lead to an unpredictable result, especially in the Direct-version.
Setting the THierarchy.ShowEmptyLines property to True could fail to lead to the disired effect.

New RadarCube ASP.NET version: 2.43.0

Fri, 04 Jun 2010 13:26:00 GMT

New features:

RIA OLAP Grid and Silverlight add-on: New measure color modifier similar to the RIA Chart versions. End users can choose the desired color schema with the new combobox on measure pivot panels;
Silverlight add-on: New VisualStyle property managing the visual style of the control similar to the RIA versions;
Silverlight add-on: The toolbox is back again.

Bugs fixed:

MSAS RIA and SL add-on: The Create Calculated Measures/members dialogs don't work;
Some localization issues.

New RadarCube VCL version: 1.18.0

Thu, 20 May 2010 17:59:32 GMT

New features:

New search by a wildcard instead of regular expressions search in the Hierarchy Members Editor;
New TCustomOLAPCube.EditCubeStructure method allows to launch the Cube Editor in run-time;
MSAS: The Drillthrough operation supported.

Bugs fixed:

MSAS: Sometimes the "access violation" exception shows up when trying to open a hierarchy member.

New Silverlight add-on for RadarCube ASP.NET

Wed, 05 May 2010 11:48:32 GMT

The new Silverlight add-on for RadarCube ASP.NET versions has started. This add-on allows you to place the OLAP control you have in any browser-hosted Silverlight application!.. (Read more...)

New HierCube VCL version: 4.56.0

Thu, 22 Apr 2010 20:09:42 GMT

New features:

New method TGridInfo.CalcLabelNodeChildCount allows to define the amount of the child nodes.

Bugs fixed:

After deleting data from the database an attempt to refresh the cube gives out "Index out of range" error.

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 VCL version: 1.17.0

Thu, 08 Apr 2010 18:09:32 GMT

New features:

New property TInternalGrid.AutoFitCellsThreshold allows to limit the number of cells on which the cells are automatically resized;
The performance is improved when opening a hierarchy node;
The fields FormatString, UseValueString, and Value are now opened in the TrsExportCellArgs class.

Bugs fixed:

When changing a column width the height of the invisible rows gets wrong;
When opening a node below the given one an error occurs.

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 VCL version: 1.16.0

Fri, 26 Feb 2010 17:55:40 GMT

Bugs fixed:

Null measure values are now taken into account when sorting;
The OnShowHierarchyEditor event may not be fired;
MSAS: Putting a filter on Caption property can lead to an error, especially in multilevel hierarchies;
MSAS: The "Reset Filter" menu item doesn't work for a hierarchy with an active filter;
MSAS: Handling several groups in a hierarchy can lead to an error;
Export to XML may not work properly when the export data contains XML language marks.

New HierCube VCL version: 4.55.0

Thu, 25 Feb 2010 17:32:19 GMT

Bugs fixed:

The .DFM files for Delphi 5 have wrong format;
Now the fixed columns are forced to shorten if they exceed the visible area size;
The memory errors related to the wrong object destructions;
The grid cannot be sorted by the last column;
When a column size is changed or some node is expanded the grid "resets" the cell focus, so that the focus is set to the very first cell of the grid.

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...)

New RadarCube VCL version: 1.15.0

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 18:27:57 GMT

New features:

New filter using the regular expressions in the hierarchy editor;
New property UnknownMemberName in the hierarchy editor.

Bugs fixed:

Sometimes the changes in the Cube Editor are not saved;
Sometimes the LoadUserData method leads to an exception;
When moving within the Cube Editor with keyboard keys the property panel may not be updated;
After closing the cube and opening it again, the visible measures' order in the grid may change.

New HierCube VCL version: 4.53.0

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 18:00:25 GMT

New features:

Delphi 2010 support.

Bugs fixed:

Some problems are possible when sorting dates under Delphi 2009.

New RadarCube VCL version: 1.14.0

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:01:47 GMT

New features:

Delphi 2010 support.

Bugs fixed:

When exporting the grid with the empty column area (all measures are in the row area) to Excel an error might come up;
Sometimes a calculated measure format can be incorrectly given from the very first measure in the list;
In the GridManager the DefaultFormat property of a measure is displayed and saved as "Currency";
An error when trying to open the grid with a calculated measure in the GridManager;
The SaveCompressed method saved the user's data without compression.

New HierCube VCL version: 4.52.0

Thu, 08 Oct 2009 10:13:58 GMT

New features:

The columns' width can now be saved along with the rest of cube data;
New property TotalValueColor sets the color of the Total values;
Ability to compare hierarchy members with case sensitivity.

Bugs fixed:

The font size can be wrong on export to PDF;
"Not enough memory" error when working with large databases;
Some errors having to do with Unicode support under Delphi 2009;
Some errors in the Dimension Editor.

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...)

Customizing the toolbox in Ria OLAP controls

Mon, 24 Aug 2009 14:25:04 GMT

This article shows how to customize the Ria OLAP control's toolbox... (Read more...)

New Essential Pack Pro for ASP.NET version: 1.11.0

Wed, 15 Jul 2009 15:11:25 GMT

New features:

Localization. See How to localize Essential Pack for ASP.NET for details;
RiaGridView Pro: Export to HTML and JPEG formats;
Page navigator supports several display modes. New features allow navigating through the pages clicking a button, which can be represented with the given text or image.

Bugs fixed:

Data cells containing an image not always are of correct size. As a result some images can be displayed incorrectly.

New Essential Pack for ASP.NET version: 1.11.0

Wed, 15 Jul 2009 15:10:33 GMT

New features:

Localization. See How to localize Essential Pack for ASP.NET for details;
Page navigator supports several display modes. New features allow navigating through the pages clicking a button, which can be represented with the given text or image.

Bugs fixed:

Data cells containing an image not always are of correct size. As a result some images can be displayed incorrectly.

How to localize Essential Pack for ASP.NET

Wed, 15 Jul 2009 12:04:00 GMT

It's easy to localize Essential Pack... (Read more...)

Templating columns for Essential Pack Grid

Mon, 29 Jun 2009 15:27:19 GMT

This article shows how to apply templates to the Essential Grid columns. For example, templated columns can be used for displaying data from a linked table, instead of data from the source-table... (Read more...)

New Essential Pack Pro for ASP.NET version: 1.10.0

Sun, 21 Jun 2009 16:08:18 GMT

We are glad to infrom you that we released the professional version of the ASP.NET RIA Essential Pack web controls. Essential Pack Pro improves the Silverlight-based versions of ASP.NET GridView and ASP.NET Chart. The professional controls, in contrast to Essential Pack Standard, unclude many new features like filtering, fixed columns, grouping of records, statistical grid row, and display styles. Please see here to know more about Essential Pack. Also you can try the controls live right now.

New Essential Pack for ASP.NET version: 1.10.0

Sun, 21 Jun 2009 15:38:41 GMT

New features:

Fields templating: For example, now you can bind fields, even if they are related to different data sources and display them in the Grid as an in-build combo box.
Changeable Grid appearance: now you can tune the visual style of any Grid element.

Also we're glad to infrom you that we released the professional version of the ASP.NET RIA Essential Pack web controls. The professional controls unclude many new features like filtering, fixed columns, grouping of records, and statistical grid row. Please see here to know more about Essential Pack. Also you can try the controls live right now.

Customizing RadarCube for ASP.NET

Wed, 03 Jun 2009 16:19:30 GMT

One of the essential issues that characterize any software is its customization ability, or, in other words, the means to adjust its settings for the needs of an end-user. This article discusses the general ways of customizing RadarCube for ASP.NET... (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...)

New HierCube VCL version: 4.51.0

Tue, 28 Apr 2009 17:47:39 GMT

New features:

On changing the column width for a summary when Ctrl key is pressed, all corresponding columns for that summary change their width in the same way;
A grid with huge number of cells is now rendered faster.

Bugs fixed:

When changing a column width the row height is changed in a wrong way;
When calling on a context menu of a row/column an error may appear;
In Delphi 2007, 2009 when moving a mouse over the grid the scrollbar is flickering;
When calling on a "Drill into data cell" function in a cell context menu in Delphi 2009 an error may appear.

New Essential Pack for ASP.NET version: 1.01.0

Fri, 03 Apr 2009 17:52:45 GMT

New features:

Grid: The page navigator supports several different display modes. New features allow navigating by clicking the buttons, which can be set a custom picture or text at that;
Chart: New diagram types: Area and Bubble. Unlike other diagram types, a point from the Bubble diagram can have three coordinates, which define the location and the size of the circle associated with the point.

Bugs fixed:

Grid: The data cells which contain images not always take the needed size. As an outcome, some images are not displayed correctly.

New Essential Pack for ASP.NET version: 1.00.0

Fri, 13 Mar 2009 16:26:22 GMT

We are glad to infrom you that we released new ASP.NET controls packed up into a single package named Essential Pack. Essential Pack includes the Silverlight-based versions of ASP.NET GridView and ASP.NET Chart. These controls are based on the RIA principle: they are usual ASP.NET controls in properties similar to GridView and Chart, but using the in-built Silverlight application for visualizing data in a user's browser. In comparison to their standard analogues, RIA controls have several advantages. Please see here to know more about Essential Pack. Also you can try the controls live right now.

Essential Pack will be distributed in two editions: FREEWARE edition that contains the Radar-Soft branding window with the reference to Radar-Soft and LICENSED edition that contains the full source code and has no branding window.

This BETA version is only available as a FREEWARE edition. Hope you'll like the new controls! Waiting for your comments on the product.

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...)

Styling RIA OLAP controls

Wed, 28 Jan 2009 17:32:13 GMT

ASP.NET RIA OLAP controls use Silverlight application as client side. It allows you to visualize OLAP data with maximal efficiency. Thus, RIA controls are much more flexible in setting the visual part of the OLAP-report. This article discusses the most effective ways to set the contorl's appearance... (Read more...)

Custom menus in RIA controls

Wed, 24 Dec 2008 13:06:03 GMT

In the RadarCube 2.02 version in RIA controls you are now able to edit the context menu of the Grid and Chart cells. You can do that by handling the OnShowContextMenu and OnContextMenuClick events of the RiaOLAPGrid or RiaOLAPChart controls... (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...)

RIA OLAP Grid: Customizing Cells' Content

Tue, 02 Dec 2008 15:03:38 GMT

There are a few ways of arranging cell appearance to make the most of visual data presentation, including organizing and marking data in the cells, and bringing out any detailed information about any cell... (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...)

RadarCube for ASP.NET 2.0

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 17:02:47 GMT

We are glad to announce the new RELASE 2.0 of our new product RadarCube ASP.NET and the new product named RIA OLAP Chart. You can download the new release or try it online right now... (Read more...)

Migrate to RadarCube ASP.NET 2.0

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 15:31:27 GMT

Here is a list of steps you need to perform to Upgrade from RadarCube ASP.NET 1.x to 2.0 and then upgrade HTML OLAP Grid to RIA OLAP Grid... (Read more...)

What is RIA?

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 15:26:01 GMT

Rich Internet Applications (RIA) are the web applications that run in a web browser, and do not require software installation. They provide you a number of important advantages, including: rich UI, short response time, web-server relief, asynchronous interaction, network traffic reduction... (Read more...)

Why RadarCube ASP.NET RIA?

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 15:20:44 GMT

The only OLAP Client that meets the RIA standards is developed to bring you the full range of Visual Analysis options. It is easy to develop, though in need, helps you keep in touch with providers... (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...)

RadarCube ASP.NET Direct: How to create the cube using IDataReader?

Fri, 12 Sep 2008 08:27:52 GMT

Creating the cube with IDataReader interface takes just a few easy steps: creating the data source for the cube, creating the cube and grid on the web page, constructing the cube, and providing the IDataReader interfaces. Note that with IDataReader the cube occupies much less memory. This method can be handy, if you can't open your data source in Design-time... (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...)

RadarCube ASP.NET for MS Analysis. Getting started

Tue, 22 Jul 2008 08:56:01 GMT

Here are the first steps you should take, when starting a new ASP.NET web application using RadarCube ASP.NET for MSAS 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...)

Customizing the HTML OLAP toolbox

Tue, 08 Jul 2008 09:07:00 GMT

Among the RadarCube components there's a Toolbox control that provides you an easy access to the most often-used functions. However, you can expand the functionality of this control either by overriding the on-click actions of the standard toolbox buttons or by adding new buttons to the Toolbox. .. (Read more...)

Customizing the pivot layout in the ASP.NET HTML OLAP Grid

Thu, 22 May 2008 09:12:09 GMT

Beginning with RadarCube ASP.NET Ver. 1.28/1.10 there appeared two new auxiliary controls - TCubeStructureTree and TPivotPanel - that allow a more flexible tuning of the pivot-panels layout: now you can amend the positional relationship of pivot-panels. Another benefit of using these components is the detailed tuning of the visual properties. .. (Read more...)

Customizing the ASP.NET HTML Grid contents

Thu, 17 Apr 2008 09:16:57 GMT

Any change of a Grid cell contents is done in the TOLAPGrid.OnRenderCell event handler that allows replacing the default contents of any cell with any HTML-code. There is a number of actions that you can perform, using this option, including: abridging text in the cell; formatting cells in the data area; placing images or HTML & ASP.NET server controls into a cell... (Read more...)

Context filtering with RadarCube (ASP.NET edtion)

Thu, 15 Nov 2007 10:16:28 GMT

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

RadarCube ASP.NET Direct: How do I make the Cube work faster?

Thu, 16 Aug 2007 12:40:42 GMT

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 ASP.NET Direct: Creating the Cube in run time

Mon, 11 Jun 2007 10:46:49 GMT

It not a rare case when we need to create the Cube in run time rather than in design time. There are two ways to do that: the simplest way would be to create the Cube and Grid objects in design time, however, both Cube and Grid can be created in run time. Moreover, these methods can be easily combined... (Read more...)

RadarCube ASP.NET Direct. Getting started

Tue, 24 Apr 2007 11:03:34 GMT

Here's a short guide how to start a new ASP.NET web application using RadarCube ASP.NET Direct components. Your first steps will include preparing a data source and constructing the Cube with the "Cube Editor"... (Read more...)

How do I use the OnDrillthrough event of the ASP.NET TOLAPGrid component?

Wed, 18 Apr 2007 11:13:12 GMT

Here is the common scenario of using this event... (Read more...)

How to localize HierCube VCL

Tue, 17 Apr 2007 11:19:42 GMT

Here is an easy way to localize your HierCube library... (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...)

HierCube VCL vs. RadarCube VCL

Mon, 02 Apr 2007 11:26:34 GMT

HierCube VCL and RadarCube VCL are very similar products intended for the same purposes. However, they differ in terms of functionality. Although that of HierCube is somewhat limited in comparison to RadarCube's, the former still is a low-price, but effective way to bring OLAP functionality into your applications, while the latter brings you the full range of options for data analysis... (Read more...)

RadarCube ASP.NET Direct: Creating the data source

Tue, 20 Mar 2007 11:49:19 GMT

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...)

Are there any security mechanisms in RadarCube like those realized in MS Analysis?

Mon, 19 Mar 2007 14:12:58 GMT

RadarCube CONTAINS NO nested resources for restricting user's access to the Microsoft Analysis 2005 Cube data (exceptiong subselects, of course), since the task has been already solved by the developers of that OLAP-server. But our main aim was to create a web-application where each of Internet-user could view the MS AS Cube data by using an independent kit of access rights... (Read more...)

Does the RadarCube ASP.NET control have the ability to customize color schemes?

Mon, 19 Mar 2007 14:06:09 GMT

Yes, surely. Here is how you can do that... (Read more...)

How do I use RadarCube in a web-part?

Mon, 19 Mar 2007 11:56:16 GMT

With RadarCube you can: use it in the WebParts mode, change the TOLAPGrid.Description and TOLAPGrid.Title properties to tune the WebPart interface, and add extra items to the WebPart menu... (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...)