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Jedox Suite Release 3.3 SR2

What’s new?

Business Intelligence for Performance Management

Jedox Suite

Release 3.3 SR2

What’s new?

Jedox AG

Dated March 2012

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Table of Contents

1 What’s new in Jedox Suite 3.3 SR2 ................................................................................. 8

1.1 Fixed issues from Version 3.3 SR2 ................................................................................. 8

1.2 Jedox OLAP Subset Editor: Sort by consolidation .......................................................... 8

2 What’s New in Jedox Suite Version 3.3 SR1 ................................................................... 9

2.1 Fixed Issues from Version 3.3 SR1 ................................................................................. 9

3 What’s New in Jedox Suite Version 3.3 ......................................................................... 10

3.1 Premium Product Name Changes and Versions ........................................................... 10

3.2 General Development Themes for Version 3.3 ............................................................. 10

3.2.1 Performance and Scalability ............................................................................... 10

3.2.2 Planning Application Support ............................................................................... 11

3.2.3 Report Enhancements and Delivery .................................................................... 11

3.2.4 Usability and Ease of Use.................................................................................... 11

3.2.5 Technical Health and Mobile Support .................................................................. 11

3.3 Jedox OLAP .................................................................................................................. 12

3.3.1 Support for Extremely Large Dimensions ........................................................... 12

3.3.2 Multi-threading Read for One User ..................................................................... 12

3.3.3 Write Back and Splashing Support for OLAP Accelerator (GPU) ....................... 12

3.3.4 Basic Rules Support for OLAP Accelerator (GPU) ............................................. 13

3.3.5 Aggregation Support for Count , Min, Max and Avg ............................................ 13

3.3.6 File System Encryption for OLAP Databases ..................................................... 13

3.3.7 “On Element Changed” Event ............................................................................. 13

3.3.8 System DB Control with Supervision Server ....................................................... 13

3.3.9 Session ID and User in Supervision Server Scripts ............................................ 14

3.3.10 New Rule Function EOFFSET ............................................................................ 14

3.4 Jedox Web .................................................................................................................... 14

3.4.1 Task Manager ..................................................................................................... 14

3.4.2 Schedule PDF Report Generation ...................................................................... 15

3.4.3 Row / Column Header in PDF Documents ......................................................... 15

3.4.4 Usability improvements ...................................................................................... 16

3.4.5 Touch Interface Support ..................................................................................... 16

3.4.6 Apple iPhone and Android Smartphone support ................................................. 17

3.4.7 New Spreadsheet Functions ............................................................................... 17

3.4.8 Quick Publish for Frameset Reports ................................................................... 18

3.4.9 System Manager ................................................................................................ 18

3.4.10 User- changed password .................................................................................... 18

3.4.11 Advanced Splashing Dialog Box ......................................................................... 19

3.4.12 Jedox Web Core Supports “Worker Mode” ......................................................... 19

3.4.13 Widget Enhancements ....................................................................................... 19

3.4.14 New Language ................................................................................................... 20

3.4.15 Enhanced Bikers Best Demo Model ................................................................... 20

3.5 Jedox for Excel ............................................................................................................. 21

3.5.1 Select Expanded Branch .................................................................................... 21

3.5.2 Paste values in cube view cells .......................................................................... 21

3.5.3 Full Microsoft Excel 64-bit Support ..................................................................... 22

3.5.4 Microsoft Excel to Web Publishing Enhancements ............................................. 22

3.5.5 Paging Support for Very Large Dimensions ........................................................ 22

3.6 Jedox ETL ..................................................................................................................... 22

3.6.1 Component Flow Graph ..................................................................................... 22

3.6.2 New Jedox Java Client Library ........................................................................... 23

3.6.3 Detailed Logging Messages ............................................................................... 23

3.6.4 Specific Settings of the JDBC drivers ................................................................. 23

3.6.5 File Extraction Updates ...................................................................................... 23

3.6.6 New Format for Rules ......................................................................................... 23

3.6.7 Optional Deactivation of Supervision Server Events .......................................... 23

3.6.8 ETL Job Enhancements ..................................................................................... 24

3.6.9 Scripting Language -- JavaScript ........................................................................ 24

3.6.10 Scripting API Enhancements .............................................................................. 25

3.6.11 Jedox SAP Connectivity ..................................................................................... 25

3.7 Fixed Issues from Version 3.2 SR3 ............................................................................... 25

4 What’s new in Palo Suite 3.2 SR3 .................................................................................. 26

4.1 Fixed issues from Version 3.2 SR2 ............................................................................... 26

4.2 Freeze Panes in Palo Spreadsheet .............................................................................. 26

4.3 Private (User) Variable Management ............................................................................ 27

4.4 Application Bundles ...................................................................................................... 27

4.5 DFilter Optimization for Palo OLAP Accelerator (GPU) ................................................. 28

4.6 Rule calculation statistics .............................................................................................. 29

4.7 New Java Library for Palo ETL ..................................................................................... 30

4.8 New Splash Parameter ## ............................................................................................ 30

4.9 Palo Web Demo resources ........................................................................................... 30



5.2 Palo File Manager as central storage for Microsoft Excel sheets ................................. 31

5.3 Status bar in Palo Web ................................................................................................. 32

5.4 Updated Palo OLAP Accelerator (GPU) version ........................................................... 32

5.5 ETL Server and Palo Web ETL Manager for 64bit ........................................................ 32

5.6 New Languages ............................................................................................................ 32

5.7 Check for Updates ........................................................................................................ 32


6.1 Fixed issues from Version 3.2 ....................................................................................... 34

6.2 Palo 3rd Party Access (ODBO) ...................................................................................... 34

6.3 Palo Web ...................................................................................................................... 35

6.3.1 - Save as Snapshot ............................................................................................ 35

6.3.2 - Snap to Grid for floating objects ....................................................................... 35

6.3.3 Optional conversion when importing XLSX files in File Manager ........................ 35

6.3.4 Reordering of Conditional Formatting rules ........................................................ 35

6.3.5 Chart Library enhancements .............................................................................. 35

6.3.6 Test connections in Connection Manager ........................................................... 36

6.3.7 Dynamically determine File Manager Document icon ......................................... 36

6.3.8 Enhanced Options for Palo Web Reporting Links ............................................... 36

6.3.9 Mixed borders ..................................................................................................... 36

6.4 Documentation Updates ............................................................................................... 36

6.5 Languages Updates ...................................................................................................... 36

6.6 Palo Analyzer ................................................................................................................ 37

6.6.1 Ad hoc Rules / Calculated members .................................................................. 37

6.6.2 Generate PDF Files from View ........................................................................... 37

6.6.3 Sorting of Columns and Rows ............................................................................ 37

6.7 Palo for Open office Add in ........................................................................................... 38

6.7.1 Style selector for Paste View .............................................................................. 38

6.7.2 Import Data with Setdata loops ........................................................................... 38

6.8 New Palo Web Demo reports added ............................................................................. 38

7 What’s new in Palo Suite Version 3.2 ............................................................................ 40

7.1 All-In-One Setup to simplify deployment ....................................................................... 40


8 Palo OLAP ....................................................................................................................... 41

8.1 Palo OLAP Accelerator (GPU version) .......................................................................... 41

8.1.1 Optimized GPU Cube storage and structure ...................................................... 41

8.1.2 Synchronization .................................................................................................. 41

8.1.3 Linux Support ..................................................................................................... 41

8.1.4 Palo ETL Rules aggregation script (ETL Tasks) ................................................. 42

8.2 New Multi-User Synchronization ................................................................................... 42

8.3 Cell based rights management ..................................................................................... 42

8.4 Evolved security ............................................................................................................ 42

8.4.1 On the fly User Account creation ........................................................................ 42

8.4.2 User/Groups/Roles inactive switch ..................................................................... 43

8.5 Optimized DFilters / Subsets ........................................................................................ 43

8.6 Enhanced ODBO support ............................................................................................. 43

8.7 New Rules functions ..................................................................................................... 43

8.8 Rules optimized for better calculation performance ...................................................... 43

8.9 Rules deactivation when dimension changes ............................................................... 44

8.10 Calculation engine unified ......................................................................................... 44

8.11 Larger dimension support ......................................................................................... 44

8.12 Memory management improved ................................................................................ 44

9 Palo for Excel .................................................................................................................. 45

9.1 Stylesheets selector for Paste View .............................................................................. 45

9.2 Palo Web integration and publishing ............................................................................. 46

9.3 Supervision Server Event Wizard ................................................................................. 47

10 Palo Web .......................................................................................................................... 48

10.1 Extended Report Manager Navigation (Framesets) .................................................. 48

10.2 Copy data from Microsoft Excel to Web reports ........................................................ 48

10.3 Enhance Palo Spreadsheet Usability ........................................................................ 49

10.3.1 Format Painter Tool ............................................................................................ 49

10.3.2 Hyperlinks on images ......................................................................................... 49

10.3.3 Hyperlinks support for Framesets ....................................................................... 49

10.3.4 Name Manager for Cells / Tag-Manager ............................................................. 50

10.3.5 Formula bar improvements ................................................................................. 50

10.3.6 Text-Editor for Palo String Elements ................................................................... 51

10.3.7 New format options for Charts ............................................................................ 51

10.4 PDF export improvements ........................................................................................ 51

10.5 Private / Global mode for Spreadsheet variables ...................................................... 51

10.6 Spreadsheet Widgets ................................................................................................ 52

10.7 Floating Objects enhancements ................................................................................ 52

10.8 User Manager / User Options.................................................................................... 53

10.9 Palo OLAP Manager ................................................................................................. 54

11 Palo ETL ........................................................................................................................... 55

11.1 Icon refreshment ....................................................................................................... 55

11.2 Palo ETL Tasks ......................................................................................................... 55

11.3 New Connection types .............................................................................................. 55

11.3.1 Directory ............................................................................................................. 55

11.3.2 Ingres DB............................................................................................................ 56

11.3.3 Access database files ......................................................................................... 56

11.4 Deactivation of Rules during Load ............................................................................ 56

11.5 New Job Type "Script” ............................................................................................... 56

11.6 New options for Command Line Client ...................................................................... 56

12 Palo SAP Connectivity .................................................................................................... 56

12.1 Extracts for specific ERP Hierarchies ........................................................................ 56

13 Internationalization ......................................................................................................... 57

13.1 Palo for Excel Client UI: ............................................................................................ 57

13.2 Palo Web UI: ............................................................................................................. 57

14 Documentation ................................................................................................................ 57

14.1 Palo Suite requirements guide .................................................................................. 57

14.2 Palo Setup Guide ...................................................................................................... 57

14.3 Palo ODBO / XMLA Guide ........................................................................................ 57

What’s new in Jedox Suite 3.3 SR2 -8-

1 What’s new in Jedox Suite 3.3 SR2

This document gives an overview of the new features, enhancements and fixes in Jedox Suite 3.3 SR2 Premium Edition and Jedox for Excel 3.3 SR2 Premium Edition. Jedox 3.3 SR2 is available for download at http://www.jedox.com. Detailed information about previous Jedox Suite 3.3 versions can be found in the next chapters of this document.

1.1 Fixed issues in Version 3.3 SR2

Issues found in version 3.3 SR1 have been fixed in version 3.3.SR2. The development team thanks those customers and partners who used http://bugs.palo.net to log issues and bugs.

Product Issues Resolved

OLAP Server 8 8

Excel Add-in 5 5

Client Libs 17 17

ETL Server 3 3

ODBO/XMLA 0 0

Jedox Web 23 23

Jedox Setup 16 16

A detailed list of all issues can be found in the change log PDF document.

1.2 Jedox OLAP Subset Editor: Sort by consolidation

Starting with version 3.3 SR2 in Jedox OLAP Subset Editor it is possible to sort by consoldition:

This feature you will find in Jedox for Excel as well as in Jedox Web.

http://www.jedox.com/

http://bugs.palo.net/

What’s New in Jedox Suite Version 3.3 SR1 -9-

2 What’s New in Jedox Suite Version 3.3 SR1

This document gives an overview of the new features, enhancements and fixes in Jedox Suite 3.3 SR1 Premium Edition. Jedox Suite 3.3 SR1 is available for download at http://www.jedox.com. With Jedox Suite 3.3 SR1 we also offer a “Jedox for Excel only” setup. The new download of this small setup (includes Excel 32 bit and Jedox OLAP Server 32 bit) can also be found at http://www.jedox.com. Detailed information about previous Jedox Suite 3.x versions can be found in the next chapters of this document. The main focus of this Service Release was the fixing of reported issues. No new features and functions have been added.

2.1 Fixed Issues from Version 3.3 SR1

Issues found in version 3.3 have been fixed in version 3.3 SR1. The development team thanks those customers and partners who used http://bugs.palo.net to log issues and bugs.


OLAP Server 33 33

Excel Add-in 65 65

Client Libs 1 1

ETL Client/Server 10 10

Scheduler 8 8

Jedox Web 103 103

Setup 20 20




What’s New in Jedox Suite Version 3.3 -10-

3 What’s New in Jedox Suite Version 3.3

This document gives an overview of the new features, enhancements and fixes in Jedox Suite 3.3 Premium Edition. Jedox Suite 3.3 is available for download at http://www.jedox.com. With Jedox Suite 3.3 we also offer a “Jedox for Excel only” setup. The new download of this small setup (includes Excel 32 bit and Jedox OLAP Server 32 bit) can also be found at http://www.jedox.com. Detailed information about previous Jedox Suite 3.2 versions can be found in the next chapters of this document.

3.1 Premium Product Name Changes and Versions

As a result of Jedox’ continued global growth of the Premium Suite, we have created a further distinction between our premium and community editions in 3.3. The premium version will now be known as Jedox rather than Palo. With 3.3 we changed this in all components of the premium version. The table shows an overview of the new names:

New Product Component Name Previous Product Component Name

Jedox Suite Palo Suite

Jedox for Excel Palo for Excel

Jedox OLAP Palo OLAP

Jedox Web Palo Web

Jedox ETL Palo ETL

Jedox Mobile Palo Mobile

Jedox OLAP Accelerator Palo OLAP Accelerator (GPU)

To facilitate upgrades from previous versions to Version 3.3, technical naming remains the same wherever necessary. The “.exe” files are still called palo.exe, service names and spreadsheet formulas remain unchanged.

3.2 General Development Themes for Version 3.3

The general product development themes for 3.3 have been the following:

3.2.1 Performance and Scalability

Due to customer demands, performance and scalability are Jedox top priorities for each release. Version 3.3 has a new OLAP architecture which allows you to now compress databases by a factor of 3 to 10 depending of the model. The new architecture also allows the usage of multiple physical cores (Virtual cores, like Hyperthreading don't count) for one user query. Deciding how to split job creates overhead which on single core machines can introduce slowdown compared to multi-core systems. Depending on the query, Jedox 3.3 is by far the fastest Jedox OLAP engine ever. The new OLAP architecture is also optimized for extremely large data structures and models. Dimensions with 4 million and more elements can be built! Jedox Web has been optimized in the kernel structure (core). For example, Micro charts are now calculated on the server rather than the client. Users will experience overall report performance as a result of these enhancements. For scalability Jedox Web (core) now allows the “worker-mode”. This means that as each user logs onto the server, a separate process will be started. The memory consumption of “worker-mode” process can be specified. Please note that the worker mode is currently in experimental state.



Jedox ETL Server supports now parallel job execution which can speed up complex data acquisition and loading procedures. All components are running now on native 64-bit environments (Microsoft Excel 64 bit, ODBO, Jedox Web).

3.2.2 Planning Application Support

Jedox Suite is a great environment for planning and budgeting applications. Version 3.3 enhances the write back by a new Splashing UI/Wizard. The new Splashing wizard has an intuitive front end for all existing write back and splashing commands. Additionally, it adds the “Goal Seek” algorithm as an additional command. Jedox OLAP Accelerator (GPU) supports now write back and splashing! Customers can now use the extreme power of GPU acceleration for planning projects.

3.2.3 Report Enhancements and Delivery

A lot of enhancements have been done in the Jedox Spreadsheet. Included in Version 3.3is a new Demo of reports, ETL tasks and planning sheets. The new Bikers Best Demo, previewed at the Jedox global roadshow is now included and installed with the setup process. A new web based component, the Task Manager, allows for scheduling report delivery as email attachments in various intervals. The Task Manager is also used to schedule ETL processes automatically. A third party schedule manager is no longer necessary.

3.2.4 Usability and Ease of Use

With Version 3.3, Jedox continues to make Jedox Suite even more intuitive and easy to use. Day-to-day used functions have been optimized. For example, Jedox Web reports can now be scrolled using the mouse wheel.

3.2.5 Technical Health and Mobile Support

Jedox Suite 3.3 supports the following new environments:

Apache Tomcat 7

Apache Web Server 2.2.21

PHP 5.3.8

Jedox Mobile without Microsoft SQL Server

Microsoft Internet Explorer 9

New Linux Cage setup

Un-supported browser Message

Microsoft Office Excel 64bit


3.2.5.1 Android Support for Jedox Mobile Ad-hoc

Beside the Android Widget, 3.3 also supports Android tablets and smartphones with the Ad-hoc query version. Just go to the Android marketplace and download the app.

3.3 Jedox OLAP

3.3.1 Support for Extremely Large Dimensions

Jedox OLAP now supports extremely large dimensions. The new architecture is optimized to handle dimensions with 4 million and more elements. To handle these large dimensions, a lazy load API has been implemented. The new API is available in Version 3.3 for Jedox Web; it will be available Jedox for Excel in the next service release. To handle extreme large dimensions efficiently report layouts may need to be adjusted.

3.3.2 Multi-threading Read for One User

Previously Jedox OLAP used one CPU core per query. In a multi-core environment multiple users were redirected to one core per session. For a single query or user request, multiple cores had not been used. With the new OLAP architecture, this has been changed. All cores of a server can be used for one query. Depending upon the query, this multi-threading feature will speed up the response time for the request. Multi-threading for write back will be added in a future release.

3.3.3 Write Back and Splashing Support for OLAP Accelerator (GPU)

Jedox OLAP Accelerator (GPU) supports now write back and Splashing. Write back is possible on base level elements and also on consolidated elements (splashing).


3.3.4 Basic Rules Support for OLAP Accelerator (GPU)

Rules with standard operations can now be calculated on Jedox OLAP Accelerator (GPU). If GPU hardware is available, an intelligent pre-query processor checks if the query can be calculated on the GPU (based on Rules, etc.). The calculation of Rules is supported for B:Rules under specific circumstances that depend on the query and the involved Rules. B:Rules are calculated with GPU-acceleration if the following preconditions hold. B:Rule related:

The B:Rule contains no operator (transformation), or only simple operators, i.e. ‘+’ for addition, ‘-’ for subtraction, ‘*’ for multiplication, or ‘/’ for division.

All operands are non-constant (support for constants is already planned)

All operands belong to the same cube

There are no markers on the Rule

Each dimension that is restricted by one of the operands must also be restricted in the target Query related:

The query involves only B:Rules.

There are no intersections and no dependencies between involved B:Rules.

The number of Rule affected cells within the query is low enough to not exceed internal computation limits.

Further information about the new enhancements of the Jedox OLAP Accelerator can be found in the documentation.

3.3.5 Aggregation Support for Count , Min, Max and Avg

New PALO.DATA formulas have been implemented to calculate values for count, min, max and average. (PALO.DATA.MIN(),PALO.DATA.MAX(), PALO.DATA.CNT() and PALO.DATA.AVG()). As an example, it is no longer necessary to write rules to get the average sold units for a quarter.

3.3.6 File System Encryption for OLAP Databases

Jedox 3.3 databases can now be encrypted using hash algorithms. No plain text information will be stored anymore if a server installation is encrypted. An encrypted database cannot be decrypted anymore at any time later. The encryption key can be user based.

3.3.7 “On Element Changed” Event

Jedox Supervision Server now supports the event “On Element Changed”. A trigger event is fired whenever an element is modified. (If needed for performance reasons, all triggers of Supervision Server can be switched off during ETL processes.) The “Dimension-Supervisor" can react on the following events :

creation of an element in a specified dimension

deletion of an element in a specified dimension

renaming of an element in a specified dimension

3.3.8 System DB Control with Supervision Server

SupervisionServer is now able to control a Jedox OLAP System DB. This can be useful to get triggers for meta data of a Jedox OLAP environment.


3.3.9 Session ID and User in Supervision Server Scripts

The Session ID and User of the current Session is now available in Supervision Server Scripts. This allows to react to specific User and Sessions during one Supervision Server event.

3.3.10 New Rule Function EOFFSET

Dimensions are a list of elements that can be sorted by a user. Simultaneously with the arrangement of elements in the dimensions the user can specify the order of elements within each consolidation. In version 3.2 and older, Enterprise Rules supported only navigation within siblings set (ordered list of children elements under one parent) using rule function PALO.ESIBLING. A new rule in version 3.3 allows to navigate also over a full set of elements in a dimension. The new Rule function is called PALO.EOFFSET().

3.4 Jedox Web

3.4.1 Task Manager

The new Task Manager allows the execution of scheduled tasks like ETL jobs or batched PDF reports.

In Task Manager, you receive an overview of saved tasks. And you can see ETL jobs or PDF batch jobs which are processed regularly. Depending on your rights you can start and stop tasks, edit or delete them.

To create a new job use the Report Manager for PDF generation tasks or the ETL Manager to schedule jobs.


3.4.2 Schedule PDF Report Generation

The new Report Manager allows the creation of scheduled report packages. The report packages can contain multiple reports in a folder and/or the generation of one report with multiple different variables like a product report based on different products. The Task Manager can be used to modify, monitor or execute the task.

3.4.3 Row / Column Header in PDF Documents

With the release of 3.3 you can set repeating row and/or column headers for PDF documents in Jedox Web workbooks. It is defined in the Page Setup dialogue under the "Sheet" tab.


3.4.4 Usability improvements

3.4.4.1 Hyperlink Tool tips

The tooltips can be shown without file path.

3.4.4.2 Charts for Dynaranges

Data coming from Dynaranges can be used for Charts.

3.4.4.3 Last used Database in Dialogs

The last used OLAP database is now saved in each Web Dialog and restored the next time a specific Dialog opens.

3.4.4.4 Mouse Wheel Scroll Support

Jedox Spreadsheet and all reports can now be scrolled using the Mouse wheel.

3.4.5 Touch Interface Support

Version 3.3 of Jedox Web now allows the use of touch-enabled devices like Apple’s iPad, any Android based tablet or smart phone. With the new user libraries, all Jedox Report Manager reports can be controlled using this new interface.


3.4.6 Apple iPhone and Android Smartphone support

Version 3.3 of Jedox Web also supports Apple’s iPhone and Android Smartphones with a reduced layout for navigation and control. Use the mobile login screen with /ui/m.

3.4.7 New Spreadsheet Functions

Jedox Spreadsheet 3.3 includes new functions as follow:

3.4.7.1 AREAS()

Returns the number of areas in a reference AREAS(reference)

3.4.7.2 CELL()

Lookup CELL() retrieves information about cell formatting, contents and location.

3.4.7.3 CLEAN()

Removes non-printing characters from a text - CLEAN(text).

3.4.7.4 FIXED()

Rounds a number and return the result as text.

3.4.7.5 INFO()

Get information about the operating environment. Use the following options:

-numfile

-osversion

-release

-currentuser

-usergroups

-currentlanguage

3.4.7.6 N()

N() returns number based on a cell's value.


3.4.8 Quick Publish for Frameset Reports

The quick publishing function within File Manager now works also for Framesets.

3.4.9 System Manager

Version 3.3 introduces a new System Manager. System manager combines the Connections Manager and User Manager from previous versions. This area will be enhanced in future versions for all administrative tasks (e.g. backup/restore and a server monitor function).

3.4.9.1 User Properties

Internal Jedox Suite Accounts have been enhanced with properties to store personal email addresses. These email addresses can be used to send scheduled PDF reports or status emails generated by ETL jobs.

3.4.10 User- changed password

Using the options dialog of Jedox Web a user can now change his/her own password. Simple user rights are required for this operation.


3.4.11 Advanced Splashing Dialog Box

The new Splashing dialog box allows to specify very detailed operations for splashing. Copy / Like source and targets can be defined using the dimension browser. The new Goal Seek function can also be used to adjust data inputs.

The splashing dialog can be opened using the context menu of a cell. With the next release, this dialog will also be available in Jedox for Excel.

3.4.12 Jedox Web Core Supports “Worker Mode”

Version 3.3 of Jedox introduces the activation of “worker mode/usage”. This means that, for each user who logs onto the server, a separate process will be started. Subsequently, if a problem occurs within a worker process, it will not affect the other worker processes. Additionally, you can set a memory quota. This is the maximum amount of server memory that each worker process is allowed to use. When a user performs actions that exceed this limit, the worker process will be terminated. To avoid sudden terminations, a threshold percent can be defined. If the user’s worker process exceeds this threshold, no further activity is allowed and any currently open and modified workbooks will be automatically saved.

3.4.13 Widget Enhancements

Version 3.3 enhances the communication between Widgets and the surrounding Spreadsheet. It is now possible to create a hyperlink with the __hyperlink() function or to call a macro (__macro()) within the Widget HTML code.


3.4.13.1 Widget usage example:

<html><head><title>test</title></head><body> <button type="input" onclick="__hyperlink('/Jedox/Financials/charts');">Link</button> <button type="input" onclick="__macro([['hl', '/Jedox/Financials/charts']]);">Link over macro</button> <button type="input" onclick="__macro([['msg', 'warn', 'Test title', 'Test msg']]);">Show message</button> <button type="input" onclick="__macro([['logo']]);">Logout</button> </body></html>

3.4.14 New Language

In addition English, French and German, Jedox Web is now available in the Czech language.

3.4.15 Enhanced Bikers Best Demo Model

The demo reports showed at our 2011 global roadshow are now included in the standard installation of Jedox Web. New samples for dashboards, planning process support, widget samples and new ETL tasks have been created. These demo reports can be used as examples to help you get started with your own development of reports. The new Bikers Best Demo can also be downloaded as a Jedox Application bundle from the download sections of our web site. http://www.jedox.com



3.5 Jedox for Excel

3.5.1 Select Expanded Branch

Additional buttons for the expansion/collapse of a single branch in Modeller/Choose/Select Elements have been added. This allows for better navigation in hierarchies, when there are a lot of parallel hierarchies or base elements with multiple parents.

Selecting a branch is also possible in the Paste View Dimension selector.

3.5.2 Paste values in cube view cells

As in Jedox Spreadsheet or Report Manager, version 3.3 supports now also a “Paste Special” in Microsoft Excel. It is possible to paste a range of values over a range of PALO.DATA(C) formulas in Microsoft Excel, and they will be sent to Palo.

In Jedox for Excel this works for base elements and also for consolidated elements with default splashing (#).If a consolidated cell and it's descendant cells are part of the target range, then the later filled value wins over the previously filled value. The target range is filled from left to right and from top to bottom.


3.5.3 Full Microsoft Excel 64-bit Support

Version 3.3 supports Microsoft Office Excel 64-bit.

3.5.4 Microsoft Excel to Web Publishing Enhancements

With version 3.3 of Jedox, reports with charts can be published or opened using the Jedox Web publishing functionality.

3.5.5 Paging Support for Very Large Dimensions

To support large element count in dimensions, the ability to page to a browser is now supported in Jedox for Excel. The paging is using the lazy load of dimension elements from the server.

3.6 Jedox ETL

3.6.1 Component Flow Graph

ETL projects can become complex if a lot of data sources, extracts and transformations are necessary. To provide an overview, Version 3.3 introduces the ETL flow graph. With the ETL flow graph, you can easily visualize the ETL process based on the current position. The ETL flow graph also allows easy navigation by simply clicking on one of the steps to bring users to the corresponding editor page.


3.6.2 New Jedox Java Client Library

Installed as a ramp-up component in Jedox ETL 3.2, the new Jedox Java Client Library will be used for all ETL projects going forward. The new Java Library has been optimized for the connection with Jedox OLAP. ETL jobs run much faster and more efficiently. The Java Library is an open source component and can be used for individual projects as well. (Additional information can be found at Source Forge.)

3.6.3 Detailed Logging Messages

The log messages created during ETL job execution have been enhanced. More detailed information will be generated to get a better understanding of the current status of an ETL process.

3.6.4 Specific Settings of the JDBC drivers

For all connections to relational databases, (e.g. Oracle, MySQL etc.) it is now possible to define database-specific settings for the JDBC driver.

3.6.5 File Extraction Updates

Minor updates have been implemented for the following connection types:

File Connection: Lines can be skipped before the header line

XML and CSV Files: Can be extracted from http-URLS

Extraction from XML-Files containing Namespaces is possible

3.6.6 New Format for Rules

The rules format for ETL projects has been updated to match the export format for Jedox for Excel rules. This makes it easy to transfer exported rules from the Jedox Excel Add-in to an ETL script.

3.6.7 Optional Deactivation of Supervision Server Events

The cube load editor has a new option to deactivate the execution of Supervision Server Events during execution. Cube cell change events will not be executed enabling the overall process to speed up substantially.


3.6.8 ETL Job Enhancements

3.6.8.1 Job Scheduling

With the availability of the Task Manager, ETL jobs can now be scheduled directly in Jedox Web without the usage of a third party tool. At the job overview page, click the Task Manager icon to get into the detailed scheduling settings dialog. All settings can be changed later when using the Task Manager.

3.6.8.2 Parallel Execution of Jobs

Version 3.3 allows the execution of multiple jobs at the same time. To run a job in parallel, set the parameter in the Job Edit page.

If multiple jobs have been enabled for parallel execution and scheduled at the same time they will be run parallel.

3.6.9 Scripting Language -- JavaScript

In addition to Groovy, job scripting can now be done using JavaScript.


3.6.10 Scripting API Enhancements

New scripting functions for receiving cube cell values (OLAP.DATA()) and saving cubes to the file system (OLAP.SAVE()) have been implemented for job scripts. Additionally variables defined for a job are propagated to sub-jobs.

3.6.11 Jedox SAP Connectivity

3.6.11.1 SAP BusinessWarehouse - Cube Extract

Version 3.3 allows the extract of SAP BusinessWarehouse Infocubes. The new Extract works with SAP Connectivity. It is possible to extract a complete Info Cube with all characteristics. Filters can be applied to select specific areas of the cube.

3.6.11.2 Extract SAPERPHierarchy, SAPBalanceSheet

Optional prefix for consolidated elements for better support of multiple hierarchies has been added.

3.7 Fixed Issues from Version 3.2 SR3

Issues found in version 3.2 SR3 have been fixed in version 3.3. The development team thanks those customers and partners who used http://bugs.palo.net to log issues and bugs.


OLAP Server 194 194

Excel Add-in 65 65

Client Libs 60 60

ETL Server 225 225

ODBO/XMLA 3 3

Palo Web 727 727

Palo Setup 104 104



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4 What’s new in Palo Suite 3.2 SR3

This document gives an overview of the new features, enhancements and fixes in Palo Suite 3.2 SR3 Premium Edition and Palo for Excel 3.2 SR3 Premium Edition. Palo 3.2 SR3 is available for download at http://www.jedox.com. Detailed information about previous Palo Suite 3.2 versions can be found in the next chapters of this document.

4.1 Fixed issues from Version 3.2 SR2



OLAP Server 45 45

Excel Add-in 31 31

Client Libs 24 24

ETL Server 17 17

ODBO/XMLA 11 11

Palo Web 206 206

Palo Setup 14 14


4.2 Freeze Panes in Palo Spreadsheet

Finally we made it! Palo Web Spreadsheet now offers Freeze Panes to freeze columns and rows in large reports. Just select a cell you want to use for the freeze point and open the appropriate commands from the Window menu.

Palo Spreadsheet also allows to set a split point in the sheet. Use the command Split instead of Freeze Panes for that.




4.3 Private (User) Variable Management

Private variables have been extended. The "private" flag is now set per workbook for all users (before, each user had to set the flag himself). This makes it very easy for Report developers to create reports were users can save and maintain their own set of variables. In File Manager specify a variable as private. Each selection of the variable will be stored per User.

4.4 Application Bundles

With SR3 Palo Web introduce a new feature called Application Bundle. This makes it much easier to transfer a complete application, report structure or just a set of reports to other locations. Application Bundles allows an export and (later) import of files.

Use this features to transfer Palo Web Application from one server to another or just a different location in the same project. An exported Application Bundle can be imported using the import function in Report Manager or File Manager.


Use the import wizard to import an Application Bundle file.

4.5 DFilter Optimization for Palo OLAP Accelerator (GPU)

With SR3 the data filter functions are optimized again for the Palo OLAP Accelerator (GPU) version. DFilter subsets are used to create analysis like Top N reports.


4.6 Rule calculation statistics

Starting with Palo OLAP SR3, every rule displays additional information indicating how many cells were calculated using the rule and how many of these results in a zero value calculation. This information is very important for detection of slow performing rules. Please enable the Palo OLAP admin port, so users can browse databases, cubes and rules like shown on next picture:

Counters of the rule execution are set to 0 when rule text changes. You can also reset the counter of all rules in cube clicking on text “evaluated” or “null results” in header of the column.

A high amount of null results indicates that markers should be used for that rule.


4.7 New Java Library for Palo ETL

Palo Suite SR3 introduces a new Java library for all Palo OLAP components like connections, extracts and loads. The new components are delivered in 3.2 SR3 as a Ramp-up-Version. After Standard Installation the 3.2 SR2 components are still used. To switch to the new library the following steps have to be done:

- Stop PaloSuiteTomcatService - In folder .\tomcat\webapps\etlserver\config\standard --- Rename File component.xml to component_3.2.xml --- Rename File component_3.3_Beta.xml to component.xml - Start PaloSuiteTomcatService

No changes are required in existing ETL projects but it is not possible to use old and new components at the same time. The new components have a lot of great advantages like higher stability, less memory consumption, parallel processing (in ETL 3.3) and SSL connections. In most cases an increase of performance can be measured too.

4.8 New Splash Parameter ##

Palo Suite 3.2 SR3 offers a new splash parameter. The ## parameter is used to add or subtract absolute values. The new parameter works in Palo for Excel as well as in Palo Spreadsheet. ##1000 adds 1000 to the actual value (also possible ##+1000). ##-1000 subtracts 1000 of the current value.

4.9 Palo Web Demo resources

The European 2011 Palo roadshow is over. After a lot of request from customers and partners we have been published our Palo Web demo resources. The new Bikers Best demo can be downloaded from the Jedox Homepage -> download -> other downloads. Please follow the install instructions to setup the Roadshow Demo. A guided tour thru the demo can be found on Jedox’s YouTube channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/JedoxPalo#p/a/u/2/JJDKd5Gp6Y4

http://www.youtube.com/user/JedoxPalo#p/a/u/2/JJDKd5Gp6Y4



This document gives an overview of the new features, enhancements and fixes in Palo Suite 3.2 SR2 Premium Edition and Palo for Excel 3.2 SR2 Premium Edition. Palo 3.2 SR2 is available for download at http://www.jedox.com. Detailed information about previous Palo Suite 3.2 versions can be found in the next chapters of this document.




OLAP Server 19 19

Excel Add-in 16 16

Client Libs 6 6

ETL Server 14 14

ODBO/XMLA 4 4

Palo Web 189 189

Palo Setup 36 36

5.2 Palo File Manager as central storage for Microsoft Excel sheets

With 3.2 SR2 Palo Web – File Manager can be used to save pure Excel Spreadsheets in a central location. Instead of using a network share or distribute the file, all Palo Excel based reports or any other Excel file can be stored in File Manager. Just use the Publish functionality and uncheck ‘convert’. Published files can be secured later in the File Manager environment in Palo Web.




5.3 Status bar in Palo Web

A status bar will be shown during long running operations in Palo Web.

5.4 Updated Palo OLAP Accelerator (GPU) version

The Palo OLAP Accelerator (GPU) is now supporting the new 3.2 DFilters. These filters allow the creation of data driver queries.

5.5 ETL Server and Palo Web ETL Manager for 64bit

3.2 SR2 of Palo ETL supports 64bit for all components. Since version 3.2 SR1 Palo ETL Server is completely available as community version. (Open Source)

5.6 New Languages

Estonian and Israeli is available as a new UI language for Palo for Excel.

5.7 Check for Updates

The new version allows disabling the ‘check for updates’ functionality during install. Jedox highly recommend to keep the check for update mechanism always on to stay currently informed about new versions.




This document gives an overview of the new features, enhancements and fixes in Palo Suite 3.2 SR1 Premium Edition and Palo for Excel 3.2 SR1 Premium Edition. Palo 3.2 SR1 is available for download at http://www.jedox.com. Detailed information about Palo Suite 3.2 can be found in the next chapter of this document.

6.1 Fixed issues from Version 3.2

Issues found in version 3.2 have been fixed in version 3.2.SR1. The development team thanks those customers and partners who used http://bugs.palo.net to log issues and bugs.


OLAP Server 23 23

Excel Add-in 12 12

Client Libs 2 2

ETL Server 9 9

ODBO/XMLA 7 7

Palo Web 170 170

Palo Setup 15 15

Please also refer to http://www.jedox.com/known_issues.txt for known issues with Palo Suite 3.2. SR1

6.2 Palo 3rd

Party Access (ODBO)

The new version of Palo 3rd Party Access supports now the new Microsoft Excel Slicer Controls. Use this controls to create an easy navigation through dimension and levels.




6.3 Palo Web

6.3.1 - Save as Snapshot

Palo Web Spreadsheets can now be saved as static Snapshots in Microsoft Excel 2007/2010 format. Palo formulas and all other Spreadsheet formulas will be converted into static numbers. The snapshot feature is also available during “Export to Web” from Microsoft Excel.

6.3.2 - Snap to Grid for floating objects

All floating objects can now be aligned to the grid. Floating objects are Charts, Buttons and Comboboxes. Hold the ALT key during movement with the mouse and release the object to align the object to the grid.

6.3.3 Optional conversion when importing XLSX files in File Manager

Microsoft Excel 2007/2010 documents can be automatically converted into native Palo Web Spreadsheets during import. A conversion button will be visible if an appropriate document was chosen.

6.3.4 Reordering of Conditional Formatting rules

Conditional formatting rules can now be reordered.

6.3.5 Chart Library enhancements

6.3.5.1 Named range as Chart Source

Named ranges can now be used for Charts.

6.3.5.2 Reference cells inside DynaRanges

Cells inside DynaRanges can now be used for Charts

6.3.5.3 Choosing legend position

The chart legend can now be placed on different areas of the chart.


6.3.6 Test connections in Connection Manager

New and existing connection in Connection Manager can now be tested. This makes it easier to check existing connections before set them to active.

6.3.7 Dynamically determine File Manager Document icon

If autosave documents of a document are available File Manager will display a different icon for these documents. To access the autosave files open the document and choose the autosave or current file and save it once.

6.3.8 Enhanced Options for Palo Web Reporting Links

If a Palo Report is embedded into an external Website (Intranet, Extranets or Portals) the new options allows to hide the toolbar, the status bar and to run the report in standalone mode. To change the options run Report Manager and choose properties from the context menu of a report.

6.3.9 Mixed borders

Cell formatting now supports mixed borders.

6.4 Documentation Updates

The new Palo Web Advanced documentation is now available in German, English and French.

6.5 Languages Updates

Japanese was added as new User interface language for Palo Excel Add-In 3.2.


6.6 Palo Analyzer

Palo Suite 3.2 SR1 now includes the Palo Analyzer (the premium component of Palo Pivot). Palo Analyzer is available as a 30 day trail version and will be installed with the All in One Setup of Palo. Palo Analyzer has some really cool add on functions.

6.6.1 Ad hoc Rules / Calculated members

Palo Analyzer allows the creation of ad Rules / Calculated dimension members. These ad hoc rules can be created using the filter dialog of a dimension. Use complex formulas to calculate the values. The new (calculated) elements can be used everywhere in the dimension and Palo Analyzer Views.

6.6.2 Generate PDF Files from View

Palo Analyzer allows generating PDFs from the current views. Just use the PDF button in the toolbar to render the PDF.

6.6.3 Sorting of Columns and Rows

Based on cell data Palo Analyzer allows to sort column and rows. Just right click to open the context menu of a cell to start sorting.


6.7 Palo for Open office Add in

6.7.1 Style selector for Paste View

A set of new refreshed stylesheets are provided to show data in paste view.

6.7.2 Import Data with Setdata loops

Palo for Open Office now supports data and structure imports via Import Files and Setdata. Each row in a text file will be looped into the first row of an Open Office Spreadsheet.

6.8 New Palo Web Demo reports added

With SR1 of Palo Suite we added a set of new reports to demo the possibilities of Palo Web. The new Biker Demo consists of a new Biker OLAP database, an ETL process to load one of the sample cubes and a set of Palo Web reports. The new demo can be found in the Demo repository in File Manager and Report Manager. The new demo shows features like Frameset Navigation, Widgets, Drill Through, Relational Reporting and Dashboards with Sparklines. This demo will be continuously enhanced with reports to show the possibilities of Palo Web and the Palo Suite.


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7 What’s new in Palo Suite Version 3.2

This document gives an overview of the new features, enhancements and fixes in Palo Suite 3.2 Premium Edition and Palo for Excel 3.2 Premium Edition. Palo 3.2 is available for download at http://www.jedox.com

7.1 All-In-One Setup to simplify deployment

The new Palo All-in-One Setup will allow you to install all available Palo Suite components from within one single setup, therefore greatly simplifying the deployment process. Palo Setup will use all necessary settings in Standard installation mode. The Advance setup will allow the adjusting of settings manually.

Advanced Options in Palo “All-In-One Setup" For detailed Information on Setup please review the new Palo Setup and Installation Guide.


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Many issues found in version 3.1 have been fixed in version 3.2. The development team thanks those customers and partners who used http://bugs.palo.net to log issues and bugs.


OLAP Server 128 128

Excel Add-in 72 72

Client Libs 31 31

ETL Server 107 107

ODBO/XMLA 7 7

Palo Web 830 830

Please also refer to http://www.jedox.com/known_issues.txt for known issues with Palo Suite 3.2.

8 Palo OLAP

Palo OLAP 3.2 has many performance optimizations in every area including memory consumption, rules performance, new data filter algorithms and cube export (changed to support faster calculation and larger models). 3.2 deliver the best performance of Palo OLAP to date. Testing of existing models showed good improvements in all areas. In addition, Palo OLAP Accelerator (GPU) is now generally available, another step forward in performance for In-Memory databases.

8.1 Palo OLAP Accelerator (GPU version)

With version 3.2 we introduce the Palo OLAP Accelerator (GPU version). This extension allows for loading of Palo OLAP cubes into the memory of graphical processing units (GPUs). These units are optimized for parallel processing and are extremely well suited for OLAP processing. The performance improvements when processing OLAP queries is very high. Palo OLAP GPU is available as an extension component of the Palo Premium Editions with version 3.2. The Palo OLAP Accelerator is optimized for read operations. General write back operations (and splashing) will be available with a next service release.

Changes from the Palo OLAP Accelerator version 3.1 (ramp up version)

8.1.1 Optimized GPU Cube storage and structure

The storage of Palo Cubes on GPU cards has been optimized to get more performance and use the more effective the memory of the GPU cards.

8.1.2 Synchronization

Modelling changes will be synchronized without requiring re-loading of the GPU cube. This simplifies ETL processes and eliminates further conversion processes. An ETL process now automatically covers all necessary cube conversions.

8.1.3 Linux Support

Palo OLAP Accelerator is also available on Linux.


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8.1.4 Palo ETL Rules aggregation script (ETL Tasks)

Cube rules in Palo OLAP Accelerator are not supported yet. To easily convert a Palo Rules model into a value-based Cube, use the new Palo ETL Task (Pre-calculate Rules). For further information please refer to the Palo GPU Whitepaper.

8.2 New Multi-User Synchronization

Palo 3.2 OLAP now has new and optimized multi user synchronization. The new implementation of the synchronization subsystem increases Palo's user scalability significantly. Multiple users can now browse reports while others (including ETL tasks) can modify the database at the same time with minimal performance impact.

8.3 Cell based rights management

Cell based rights management compatible with IBM TM1 has been implemented in version 3.2. Palo OLAP now allows administrators to specify user rights at a cell level. For example, different access right may be given to Budget, 2011, Germany [read and write] and Budget, 2010, Germany [read only]. This cell based security can easily be defined using the new Security Cube which now contains an extra dimension (for User Groups).

To inherit cell based right use the Palo Rules functionality.

8.4 Evolved security

8.4.1 On the fly User Account creation

When using in conjunction with Palo Supervision, it is now possible to create users “on the fly” in Palo OLAP provided by third party system.

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8.4.2 User/Groups/Roles inactive switch

3.2 offers the possibility to switch specific Users, Groups or Roles of Palo OLAP to inactive. This is very helpful to disable a login during maintenance activity like ETL jobs.

8.5 Optimized DFilters / Subsets

The DFilter handling has been implemented in the core Server, and removed from the client. Filter/Export operations are now done completely on the server, improving performance.

DFilters can be used to create dynamic subsets of a dimension. For example they could be used to show the top 10 regions in 2010 by product, by measure, sorted by organization.

Cube export functions have been largely re-written.

8.6 Enhanced ODBO support

The Palo ODBO provider now supports write back and modeling. In addition, these new areas have been optimized and are done internally, to support Microsoft Excel 2010, and other front ends like Bissantz DeltaMaster and Cubeware Cockpit.

8.7 New Rules functions

The rules functions AND, OR, NOT are now available.

8.8 Rules optimized for better calculation performance

Rules calculation has been optimized for faster PALO.DATA and PALO.MARKER calculation. This increases data scalability.

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8.9 Rules deactivation when dimension changes

Rules related to elements that are deleted are now deactivated, and stay in the server for possible manual correction.

8.10 Calculation engine unified

Different Palo data formulas (PALO.DATA/DATAC/DATAV) now have their calculation engine unified on the server. Instead of using a different calculation engine, the new Palo 3.2 engine now handles all data function request, streamlining internal development and quality processes.

8.11 Larger dimension support

The new Palo GPU Accelerator Palo now supports very large dimensions. In addition, a new API has been implemented to retrieve these large dimensions in small blocks. Instead of loading the complete dimension, only the visible part of the dimension is retrieved. This speeds up the handling of large dimensions on the client. Palo front ends will use this API calls in a next service release.

8.12 Memory management improved

The internal Palo OLAP Memory management has been changed for better availability (mainly on 32 bit systems).

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9 Palo for Excel

9.1 Stylesheets selector for Paste View

A set of new refreshed stylesheets are provided to show data in paste view

If you want to change the Palo View data style, open the palostyles.xls or copy a template over the existing one.

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9.2 Palo Web integration and publishing

With Palo for Excel it is now possible to publish a spreadsheet as a Palo Web Spreadsheet. The new tool bar can be used to define a Palo Web connection. As this is done, an Excel Spreadsheet can be easily published as a Palo Web Spreadsheet.

In addition, it is also possible to open any Palo Web Spreadsheet in Microsoft Excel, to view or modify it.

The current version still has some limitations on which features / functions can be imported/exported. The main formats and Palo functions are supported.

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9.3 Supervision Server Event Wizard

The new Supervision Server Event wizard allows an easy way to pre-create Supervision Server Events like Login, Cube Area or Drill Through. Based on the selected event, further information will be requested. Upon completion, a PHP script is generated which can be saved into the Supervision Server directory.

The individual code for the events can then be implemented.

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10 Palo Web

Palo Web combines all components (managers) required to access Palo OLAP using a standard web browser. Below is an overview of the new features in version 3.2 Palo ETL Manager is covered in the ETL section. A generic feature overview is found in the manual "First_steps_with_Palo_Web".

10.1 Extended Report Manager Navigation (Framesets)

Palo Web 3.2 introduces a new document type called Frameset. With Framesets it is possible to arrange several Palo Spreadsheets into one single application; split screen in different areas and use those areas to load and display different workbooks. This functionality can be used, for example to extend application navigation. Hyperlinks have been improved to support this function. See 10.3.3 section below for more details. A frameset can be defined in one of the standard layouts Palo Web offers or can be freely customized.

10.2 Copy data from Microsoft Excel to Web reports

Planning data is commonly collected using Palo Web Spreadsheet input sheets. These sheets receive specific budget values as inputs. Some users still do “side planning” with standard Excel spreadsheets, which they calculate (with) more detailed values. With version 3.2, it is possible to copy Excel cells directly into a Palo Spreadsheet area via the copy & paste (clipboard) function. The source and target area need to be the same size and the target area must consist of base level elements.

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10.3 Enhance Palo Spreadsheet Usability

Palo Spreadsheet 3.2 has a few new features to make report creation easier.

10.3.1 Format Painter Tool

Format painter is now available to easily copy a format of a selected cell to other cells using mouse drags.

10.3.2 Hyperlinks on images

Embedded images in a Palo Spreadsheet can now contain addition hyperlinks to other sources or reports. Use right-click and specify the hyperlink for a selected image.

10.3.3 Hyperlinks support for Framesets

Both, Hyperlink dialog and Spreadsheet function were enhanced with target argument in Palo Web 3.2 to support frameset documents.

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10.3.4 Name Manager for Cells / Tag-Manager

Cells can now be named using the standard text field in the formula bar in the new Tag/Name manager of the Palo Spreadsheet. A named cell can be used in formulas. If the name of the cell is written in the formula bar field, this cell gets active and selected.

10.3.5 Formula bar improvements

The new formula bar can be resized to view even complex formulas. The ‘fx’ function buttons has been added to jump directly into the formula editor. This also works for Palo formulas.

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10.3.6 Text-Editor for Palo String Elements

For Palo string elements, version 3.2 offers a new Text Editor box to write and maintain longer text strings. A double-click on a Palo string element with the option ‘unlock’ opens the Text editor.

10.3.7 New format options for Charts

Palo Spreadsheet charts now supporting new options like transparency, data label orientation and custom angles.

10.4 PDF export improvements

The pdf export options are now an integrated part of Palo Web. The All-in-One setup process will install all necessary files to use PDF export of a report / spreadsheet. Internal improvements were done to create a one–to-one representation of a report/spreadsheet. Thru the Page Setup dialog, additional parameters for PDF exports can be defined. (Page orientation, scaling, etc.) Attention: Fonts are not installed due to license restrictions. All necessary fonts for the PDF export module can be downloaded at http://corefonts.sourceforge.net/

10.5 Private / Global mode for Spreadsheet variables

By default, every variable in Palo Spreadsheet is used globally for every user. With 3.2, the concept of private variables has been added. The variable manager dialog offers the possibility to specify a variable as private. The content of a private variable will be stored for each user.

http://corefonts.sourceforge.net/

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10.6 Spreadsheet Widgets

Spreadsheets Widgets extend Palo Spreadsheet for web-based components. A widget is a placeholder for external content (or even another Palo Spreadsheet). Widgets allow the creation of dashboards, interactive and animated charts or external applications like Google maps, all in one Palo Spreadsheet report. Furthermore, Widgets can interact with each other, or get and send parameters to/from a Palo Spreadsheet.

Example of Google Map integration via Widget

10.7 Floating Objects enhancements

With 3.2, floating objects like combo boxes, charts, widgets have been improved with more properties. A floating object can be locked to a position, or placed into the background/foreground, main working with and handling of these floating objects much easier.

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10.8 User Manager / User Options

All User Options including language, design of Palo Web, default folders and reports can be specified per user and group in Palo User Manager. This allows an administrator to setup Palo Web individually, for an application, or per user and group. Palo 3.2 adds options for the appearance of Palo Spreadsheet in design and viewer mode. New options to hide the Status and Toolbar have been added. The Layout of the Palo User Manager is now stored consistently.

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10.9 Palo OLAP Manager

3.2 adds missing functionality to get Palo OLAP Manager 100% consistent with the Palo for Excel Modeller. Functions like sorting dimensions or elements are now available in the web-based modeler as well. For large dimensions, Palo Olap Manager adds paging functionality. Children of a parent element can now be received in pages. This significantly speeds up the handling of large dimensions. The paging control can also be switch off if required.

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11 Palo ETL

11.1 Icon refreshment

The Palo ETL icon set has been refreshed in version 3.2. The new Icons now have the same look and feel as other Palo Managers icons. This documentation may still contain screenshots with the 3.1 icon set.

11.2 Palo ETL Tasks

Palo ETL Tasks are pre-defined ETL processes. These processes can be started using a Palo Spreadsheet. We have added these tasks to maintain typical processes in an application such as database backup and restore, or to create a copy of a database / cube. Copy tasks can also be used to transfer a Cube or Database between a development and production environment. The ETL Tasks can be easily modified and adjusted, or used as a template for other required processes in a project. Further ETL tasks include Cube Rules pre-calculation to create a Palo Cube without rules. This is necessary to run a Cube with Palo OLAP Accelerator (GPU), or to speed up the query performance of a Cube. The ETL Task Cube restore can also load an Infor PM10 Olap or TM Cube into Palo.

11.3 New Connection types

11.3.1 Directory

The new connection type ‘Directory connection’ has been added, and is helpful if multiple files of the same type are used in an ETL process. This connection can use file patterns to mask specific files. Only one extract is needed to access multiple files. This can dramatically simplify an ETL process.

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11.3.2 Ingres DB

Palo ETL 3.2 supports Ingres databases as sources. Ingres is a high-end open source relational database and fits into the open source stack. More information on Ingres can be found at http://www.ingres.com

11.3.3 Access database files

Microsoft Access can now be a source or a target for Palo ETL. Many organizations still store data in Microsoft Access database, so this has been added as a source in Palo ETL 3.2.

11.4 Deactivation of Rules during Load

A new property for Cube loads now allows for the deactivation of Palo OLAP rules calculation during data loads. This speeds up the load process. Attention: While deactivated, rules are not calculated for other users connected to Palo OLAP at the same time.

11.5 New Job Type "Script”

The new job type script allows for the execution of Groovy-Scripts. This allows full control over the flow and options of a job execution via script. Examples of a script job can be found in pre-defined ETL tasks such as Palo database backup.

11.6 New options for Command Line Client

New parameters are available for the command line client for Palo ETL. All missing parameters which are know from the SOAP or Web client interface of Palo ETL are available, including Job Monitoring, Logs and Drill-through.

12 Palo SAP Connectivity

The Palo SAP Connectivity is an additional component of Palo ETL, which offers additional types of connections and extractions to access SAP Systems directly. Version 3.2 adds new extraction functions.

12.1 Extracts for specific ERP Hierarchies

SAP Connectivity 3.2 adds extracts for SAP Orders like Internal Order, Production Order or Maintenance Order, Projects, Financial Statement Versions and Statistical Key Figures.

http://www.ingres.com/

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13 Internationalization

Palo Suite 3.2 is available in German, English and French. For these languages the User Interface, Setup and most of the documentation is maintained by Jedox. Other languages are translated by Jedox partners and the Palo community. If you wish to participate in

our translation process (can be done completely online), please send an email to [email protected].

13.1 Palo for Excel Client UI:

13.2 Palo Web UI:

14 Documentation

Palo Suite 3.2 has the following updated documentation which can be downloaded from http://www.jedox.com

14.1 Palo Suite requirements guide

This document describes the Hardware and the Software requirements for the Palo Suite Version 3.2.

14.2 Palo Setup Guide

This document guides you through the various setup steps of Palo Suite Version 3.2

14.3 Palo ODBO / XMLA Guide

Installation, configuration and a reference for the Palo ODBO provider 3.2

mailto:[email protected]


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