nextanalytics open source

Commented Issue: Data project not included in solution

WardYaternick — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 14:37:48 GMT

Hi,

The Data project is missing in the solution.
So any reference to "Data" returns an error, like:
static public void RunExecutedProjectToHtml( HttpResponse response, String projectFileName, Data.Data analysisProject )

Data.Data is not found.
Comments: ** Comment from web user: WardYaternick **

Sorry for the oversight

NEW POST: Explanation of the today's update and the dawn of a new day (literally!)

WardYaternick — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 08:50:50 GMT

Addd a few class that will make it much easier to remove the dependency on the commercial version of nextanalytics (available from www.nextanalytics.com).

If you study the code-behind pages for the ASPX, you will see that those code-behind modules make reference to these classes in the commercial product. Now, with this upload, you can refer to these open source ones instead.

The open-source versions of them allow you to connect to and run a SQL command. If it has conformed to the syntax of nextanalytics, then your Open Source user interface code should run fine.

This is a big step towards removing the dependency on the commercial product and the open source version of these classes can take on a life and direction of their own.

Source code checked in

WardYaternick — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 08:47:39 GMT

This upload seems to contain all the other checkins from before. The dotnet and java versions seem to be merged, although the java is in its own java directory. I guess this is ok because if you are using Visual Studio, you can theoretically use it. If you are using netbeans 6, you can also use it. This upload also contains the following new classes that is a start to removing the dependency on the commercial version of nextanalytics. This commercial version is available for development use to developers for free from www.nextanalytics.com. The newly added classes are: Data DataConsolidation Page VarParams If you study the code-behind pages for the ASPX, and the java modules, you will see that those c# and java modules make reference to classes by this name in the commercial product. Now, with this upload, you can refer to *these* open source ones instead (of the commercial ones!). These classes currently allow you to connect to an ODBC driver and run a SQL command. Your SQL should conformed to the syntax of prescribed by the nextanalytics commerical product. If you do this, your Open Source user interface code should run fine without using the commercial product. This is a big step towards removing the dependency on the commercial product and the open source version of these classes can take on a life and direction of their own. But, a caution: This is not a tool for end users. This is still very much an upload for programmers to work with.

CREATED ISSUE: Data project not included in solution

willgart — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 13:46:50 GMT

NEW POST: Now there are java and c# versions available

WardYaternick — Tue, 20 May 2008 15:26:38 GMT

I just uploaded the code that interfaces with analyticengine.jar which is available from www.nextanalytics.com. This runs on windows and unix platforms to help you get best of breed analytics into your application.

This morning, I uploaded a Visual Studio 2008 project complete with source code. This has a variety of an asp.net pages that interact with data.dll, which is the .NET version of the analytic engine.

Source code checked in

WardYaternick — Tue, 20 May 2008 15:22:34 GMT

This is the open source java. It's not the same as the dotnet software but it functionally does pretty much the same thing. This version of the software currently interacts with software from www.nextanalytics.com. You can get this for free if you are using it for development purposes. Since it is open source, you can modify it to connect to a different product if you want.

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WardYaternick — Tue, 20 May 2008 11:22:31 GMT

I hope this isn't a serious problem. They were in the directory when I did the cpc syncup and I couldn't figure how to get these files out of the list. (When I took them out of the notepad listing, that had no effect. When I tried cpc clearcache, I thought it would let me start over but I couldn't see any difference.) I decided to upload the release because I didn't think anybody would mind. With this note, if you don't like them being there, now you know that you can remove them.

Source code checked in

WardYaternick — Tue, 20 May 2008 11:17:05 GMT

This is the second upload (Upload). It's a superset of what was in the Initial Load. It will load into a Visual Studio 2008 project if you add it to a directory. You will need to manually create a Bin directory. If you plan to use it as-is, then you must download the commercial dot net product from www.nextanalytics.com and follow the installation instructions there. The cost for a developer license of that commercial product is free. Otherwise, the code in this release is yours to use as per the license. You can change it to not have a dependency on that commercial license.

UPDATED WIKI: Home

WardYaternick — Sat, 17 May 2008 10:32:49 GMT

This software is for those who want to read data and view it. While this is already available with a lot of tools, the driving philosophy behind this project is a lightweight approach. Everything downloads in under half a megabyte (circa May 2008).

My thinking is that it will eventually evolve to being a reporting and analysis product for companies not big enough to buy from open source bi vendors such as Pentaho or Jaspersoft or commercial vendors such as IBM COGNOS, SAP BUSINESS OBJECTS, ORACLE HYPERION, or others.

All of the code bits are useful to the worldwide community as learning samples as well as being useful software. People can also create new products. If you create such a product, contact nextanalytics to get help promoting it.

General Instructions
There are two steps: The first is that you need to download the files from this project an load them into a development tool. The ASPX and CS can be added to a Visual Studio project. The java files can be loaded into a project in Netbeans 6.

Step two is go get your free version of the commercial product at nextanalytics.com. There are lots of examples, documentation, and support there, all for free.

"Initial Update"
The first bit of code in "Initial Update" has an ASPX page and its code-behind file for SampleToTable. This submits a project to the nextanalytics Data class and instantiates a DataSet class, in memory. There are others free and open source programs coming.

NEW POST: currently has a dependency on software available at nextanalytics.com

WardYaternick — Sat, 17 May 2008 10:01:45 GMT

"Initial Version" currently links to a commercial software package that's free for Developers, available for a free download at nextanalytics.com. You will not be bombarded by email to attend "training" or to pay for "support packages". Instead, you will get plentiful free support and training and, if you use the software for commercial purposes, you are asked to send $595/year to nextanalytics corporation. We think this is the preferable business model for a user of open source.

Some other people prefer that software they use should be free and that there should be no dependency on something that isn't completely free. If you are one of these kinds of people, I invite you to modify your version of the open source code to remove that dependency. Put some effort behind your philosophies, talk is cheap. I suggest the best way to to do this is to modify it to read xml, that way you'll get sufficient metadata to still do useful things with the data. I don't see the point, but you are free to do it, if you want.

UPDATED WIKI: Home

WardYaternick — Sat, 17 May 2008 09:44:45 GMT

This software is for those who want to read data and view it. While this is already available with a lot of tools, the driving philosophy behind this project is a lightweight approach. Everything downloads in under half a megabyte (circa May 2008).

My thinking is that it will eventually evolve to being a reporting and analysis product for companies not big enough to buy from open source bi vendors such as Pentaho or Jaspersoft or commercial vendors such as IBM COGNOS, SAP BUSINESS OBJECTS, ORACLE HYPERION, or others.

All of the code bits are useful to the worldwide community as learning samples as well as being useful software. People can also create new products. If you create such a product, contact nextanalytics to get help promoting it.

General Instructions
There are two steps: The first is that you need to download the files from this project an load them into a development tool. The ASPX and CS can be added to a Visual Studio project. The java files can be loaded into a project in Netbeans 6.

Step two is go get your free version of the commercial product at nextanalytics.com. There are lots of examples, documentation, and support there, all for free.

"Initial Update"
The first bit of code in "Initial Update" has an ASPX page and its code-behind file for SampleToTable. This submits a project to the nextanalytics Data class and instantiates a DataGrid class, in memory. There are others free and open source programs coming.

Source code checked in

WardYaternick — Sat, 17 May 2008 09:07:03 GMT

Initial Upload