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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 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 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...)

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...)

Creating custom Time Intelligence

Wed, 16 Dec 2009 18:25:17 GMT

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

Creating the correct Cube structure

Thu, 26 Nov 2009 18:06:43 GMT

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

RadarCube Request tracker

Wed, 30 Sep 2009 11:33:18 GMT

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

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 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...)

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...)

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...)

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...)

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

Thu, 16 Aug 2007 12:40:42 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...)

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...)

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...)

RadarCube ASP.NET Direct: Creating the data source

Tue, 20 Mar 2007 11:49:19 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...)

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...)