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How do limit the visible output types for a particular report

http://www.on-reporting.com/blog/using-reporting-parameter-for-fun-and/

How to create dynamic SQL queries in Pentaho Report Designer

Execute different queries by selecting Parameter Here is the solution :- Create database “dynamicquery” and insert table which is in “dynamicQuery.sql” file which is in following link I also attached PRPT File in following link http://forums.pentaho.com/showthread.php?137913-how-to-change-query-in-PRD-3-6-by-parameter&p=333566&posted=1#post333566 Reference :- http://www.techievideos.com/videos/1156/How-to-create-dynamic-SQL-queries-in-Pentaho-Report-Designer/

The Pentaho Directory Structure

The Pentaho Directory Structure: Directory hierarchy Below is an abridged Pentaho directory structure. The purpose of this diagram is to help you easily find some of Pentaho's important files and locations, which are explained below this diagram. /pentaho ../server ../../biserver-ee ../../../data ../../../licenses ../../../pentaho-solutions ../../../tomcat ../../data-integration-server ../../../data ../../../licenses ../../../pentaho-solutions ../../../tomcat ../../enterprise-console ../design-tools ../../aggregation-designer ../../data-integration ../../design-studio ../../metadata-editor ../../report-designer ../../schema-workbench ../common ../documentation ../java ../licenses ../postgresql ../scripts Top-level files These files are found in the top-level Pentaho directory: ctlscript: ( .sh or .bat ) Starts, stops, restarts, and shows the status of Pentaho services. installation-summary.txt: Contains th

Changing the Location of the pentaho.log File

To change the location of the pentaho.log file, You must edit the log4j.xml available at /pentaho/server/biserver-ee/tomcat/webapps/pentaho/WEB-INF/classes/ .  By default pentaho.log file available at biserver-ce\tomcat\bin folder  Modify the location as shown in the sample below using the appropriate path  <param name="File" value="C:\logs\pentaho.log"/> <param name="Append" value="true"/>

Removing the Sample Pentaho Analysis Data Source

"Steel Wheels" sample data source pre-configured. This is useful for some evaluation and test deployments, but since the Steel Wheels database is not included in the manual deployment package, starting the BA Server without removing the sample data source will cause an error. Follow the directions below. Edit the /pentaho-solutions/system/olap/datasources.xml file. Remove the following block of XML:    <Catalog name="SteelWheels"> <DataSourceInfo>Provider=mondrian;DataSource=SampleData</DataSourceInfo> <Definition>solution:steel-wheels/analysis/steelwheels.mondrian.xml</Definition> </Catalog> Catalog name="SampleData"> <DatasourceInfo>Provider=mondrian;DataSource=SampleData</DataSourceInfo> <Definition>solution:steel-wheels/analysis/sampledata.mo