Exploring the Potential of Sisense Jump to Dashboard Filter Configurations
Sisense Jump to Dashboard offers a powerful way to enhance the user experience and streamline data exploration with the help of different filter configurations. By default, all the filters from the parent dashboard, measured values, and widget filters are passed and replaced in the drill dashboard. This guide explains and provides examples of how you can customize the way filters impact the drill dashboard. We'll delve into multiple filter configuration options and provide a step-by-step guide on how to implement them effectively.
Sisense Compose SDK
Sisense Compose SDK The Future is Composable In the fast-paced world of data-driven applications, developers are constantly seeking innovative ways to create customized data products that seamlessly integrate into their projects. Sisense has stepped up to the challenge with its groundbreaking Compose SDK, which has fundamentally changed the game. This powerful toolkit empowers developers to harness the full potential of Sisense components, enabling them to craft data products that are not only highly customized but also perfectly tailored to their applications. Traditionally, the embedded analytics market constrained developers within the boundaries of their chosen tools. However, Compose SDK breaks free from this limitation. Instead of merely embedding a third-party tool, developers now have the freedom to build bespoke data products by selecting from a rich library of Sisense components and seamlessly integrating them with a wide range of other tools within their Integrated Development Environment (IDE). A Practical Example In the world of UI design, consistency is key. Imagine your company has chosen the Material UI framework to style your application. It provides a sleek and uniform look, but now you need to populate Material UI tables with dynamic data from Sisense. Enter Compose SDK. With it, you can seamlessly merge Material UI's aesthetics with Sisense's analytical power. Start with Material UI tables that align perfectly with your design guidelines. Then, using the Compose SDK's ExecuteQuery component, you effortlessly infuse these tables with real-time data from Sisense. The result? Stunning, data-rich components that not only adhere to your design principles but also deliver invaluable insights. Your users get the best of both worlds - visually appealing design and powerful data. Get Started with Compose SDK Excited to explore the potential of the Compose SDK? Good news - it's currently in Beta and available to all Sisense partners, ready for you to harness its capabilities today. To embark on your journey, you can begin by cloning the example repository from GitHub listed below. To install the necessary packages for your sample application, follow the user-friendly Compose SDK Quickstart Guide. Keep in mind that, for the time being, these packages are accessible on GitHub, requiring a personal access token for access. In conclusion, Sisense's Compose SDK represents a revolutionary leap forward in the world of data product development. It empowers developers to break free from the constraints of traditional embedded analytics and build highly customized, seamlessly integrated data products. With the Compose SDK, the possibilities are limitless, and the power to transform your applications lies at your fingertips. So, why wait? Dive into the world of Compose SDK, unleash your creativity, and revolutionize your data products today. Your applications will thank you for it! Credit: Sample Application initially developed by Sisense Senior Director of Field Engineering: Tom Linton Compose SDK -- Material UI Example Sisense Quick Start Guide Sisense GithubBuild Stability Improvements on Heavy Loaded Systems
Symptoms Relevant for Linux Below are a couple of select symptoms your system could be experiencing under a big load with simultaneous builds. Please note the list is not exhaustive: Build failures over random cubes or a couple of cubes that are being rebuilt manually successfully CubeIsUnreachable error Failure due to Build Service restart Diagnosis Build flow is connected to three main services: Build: Takes care of triggering builds and moving logs between the Pod and UI Management: Creates ec-bld pod and takes care of Kubernetes level communication over the flow Ec: <name_of_the_cube>-bld - actual cube import process which creates the folder, makes import If memory consumption of the ec-bld pod is being controlled by the DataGroup Max RAM for Build (more in-depth article here) and affects just this cube, then Build/Management works for all builds running on the system. Sometimes when there are 4+ cubes that run in parallel, Build/Management services could be under heavy load and require additional RAM. Since both of the services are Java based they have a default memory limit mechanism that allows 500 MB of RAM to be used. If the service needs more, it could be throttling which can affect defined timeouts or cause service restart. If you want to ensure that this is the case, please check graphana for build/management services when builds fail. Linked is additional information on how to use Grafana to troubleshoot performance issues. Keep in mind that by default services are limited to 500 MB but could consume more since there are additional parts of the service that are not Java-based and Java limits can peak from time to time. However, if you see that the service is under load, it is a good idea to allocate more RAM for stability improvements. Solution Increase the Memory Limits for the Build and Management services. Since this is a Java service there are two places to update: Kubernetes deployment limits Java service on the Sisense Configuration side To update Memory Limits please follow the steps below: 1. SSH to the server 2. Execute line 1 for build or line 2 for management: kubectl edit deployment -n <namespace> build kubectl edit deployment -n <namespace> management 3. Find "resources: limits" and update memory size to 4000 (press “i” on the keyboard to enter edit mode → edit value → ESC to exit edit mode → use “:wq!” to exit and save changes). 4. Build/management pod will automatically restart after deployment modification. 5. Navigate to Admin → System management → Configuration → Build → Memory limit for build pod and Navigate to Admin → System management → Configuration → Advanced Management params → Memory limit for management pod. Set the value to be 1000 lower than the value set in step #3 for the deployment. 6. Save settings. Tips: Please ensure that the Memory Limit value is correctly entered. If there is a problem with the value, the service will not start. Please keep in mind that the Deployment value should be 1000m bigger than the Configuration value. If you need any additional help, please contact Sisense Support.Using HTML for Style and Formatting in Pivots
Using HTML for Style and Formatting in Pivots Introduction A common use case within Pivot and Table widgets is to display a clickable hyperlink (see: this community post). However, the ability to render HTML within these widgets can be used for more than just links. Any HTML can be rendered, which enables a variety of styling and formatting options. In this post, we'll walk through an example project management use case in Sisense, which includes a Pivot containing project status information. In this example, each project has three health statuses: Customer, Technical, and Timeline. Each one exists as a separate column, with a widget script to color-code the statuses: Three Separate Status Columns widget.transformPivot({}, function(metadata, cell) { if (cell.value == 'Red') { cell.style = { color: 'red' } } else if (cell.value == 'Green') { cell.style = { color: 'green' } } else if (cell.value == 'Yellow') { cell.style = { color: 'yellow' } }; } ); Problem The product team has requested we combine the three statuses into a single column. Solution 1 One option is to create a dimension table in our data model that normalizes the three statuses into key/value pairs of StatusType and StatusValue, then create a concatenation of {StatusType}: {StatusValue}. The Pivot output might look something like this: Concatenated Key/Value Status Column You can see that there are two drawbacks: The Notes (and any subsequent columns) are duplicated, once for each Status We’ve lost the color coding and would need to elevate the complexity of our widget script to account for this. Solution 2 A second option, which is the subject of this article, is to use a combination of SQL and HTML to produce the combined Status column, which eliminates the duplication issue above (#1) and arguably makes our styling implementation much simpler (#2). Rendered HTML Status Column Here is an example of the SQL/HTML within the data model's custom column, which produces the HTML that is rendered in the Pivot. '<b><p style="font-size:12px">Customer: ' + CASE WHEN CustomerStatus LIKE 'Red%' THEN '<font color="red">' WHEN CustomerStatus LIKE 'Yellow%' THEN '<font color="yellow">' WHEN CustomerStatus LIKE 'Green%' THEN '<font color="green">' ELSE '<font color = #black' END + CustomerStatus + '</font><br>' + 'Technical: ' + CASE WHEN TechnicalStatus LIKE 'Red%' THEN '<font color="red">' WHEN TechnicalStatus LIKE 'Yellow%' THEN '<font color="yellow">' WHEN TechnicalStatus LIKE 'Green%' THEN '<font color="green">' ELSE '<font color = black' END + TechnicalStatus + '</font><br>' + 'Timeline: ' + CASE WHEN TimelineStatus LIKE 'Red%' THEN '<font color="red">' WHEN TimelineStatus LIKE 'Yellow%' THEN '<font color="yellow">' WHEN TimelineStatus LIKE 'Green%' THEN '<font color="green">' ELSE '<font color = black' END + TimelineStatus + '</font></p></b>' Reminder: The configuration option Allows rendering Pivot Table content as HTML must be enabled within the Admin menu. The link at the beginning of this post describes the process in more detail. Keep the size of the table and text field in mind, to avoid negatively impacting build or query performance. This is just one small example of employing HTML for a stylistic use case, as opposed to a clickable hyperlink.Animating Sisense Title Elements and Widgets Using CSS Animations
Animating Sisense widget elements and dashboard and widget titles is a possible way to enhance the visual appeal and user experience of a Sisense dashboard, or highlight a particular part of a dashboard or widget. Sisense widgets and titles are standard HTML elements, making it possible to apply animation using solely standard CSS stylesheets, much like other HTML elements on non-Sisense pages. Animations can include effects like fading widgets in or out and cyclic changes in text color of widgets or titles.Resolving Limited Column Retrieval in Sisense API Connection to Jira
This article addresses the issue where a Sisense API connection to Jira only retrieves native columns and does not include custom column fields. It provides a step-by-step solution to resolve this issue and ensure that custom fields columns are retrieved.How to Change the Pivot Header Row Style with TransformPivot
How to Change the Pivot Header Row Style with TransformPivot This solution is based on Pivot 2.0 API supported in Sisense version L8.2.1 or later (not supported in Sisense for Windows). For this solution, we shall use cellStyle from Pivot 2.0 API. The following options are available to adjust the cell style: Name Type Description fontSize number or string Text size fontWeight number or string Text weight fontStyle string Text style lineHeight string Text line height textAlign string Text alignment: 'left', 'right' or 'center' color string Text color backgroundColor string Cell background color padding number or string Cell padding borderWidth number Cell border width borderColor string Cell border color (with CSS fallback) Below I provide a widget script that identifies the first row in the pivot widget and utilizes transformPivot to replace the existing cell style with the new backgroundColor, color, and textAlign. Other cellStyle parameters can be set as in the example script. widget.transformPivot({}, (metadata, cell) => { if (metadata.rowIndex === 0) { cell.style = cell.style || {}; cell.style.backgroundColor = '#0057B7'; //sets cell background color cell.style.color = '#FFDD00'; //sets cell text color cell.style.textAlign = 'right'; //sets cell text align }; } ); To utilize the script, open the pivot widget in edit mode, use the three dots menu, and choose "Edit Script". Paste the script, save the changes, and refresh the dashboard. Enjoy the result! Disclaimer: Please note, that this blog post contains one possible custom workaround solution for users with similar use cases. We cannot guarantee that the custom code solution described in this post will work in every scenario or with every Sisense software version. As such, we strongly advise users to test solutions in their own environment prior to deploying them to ensure that the solutions proffered function as desired in their environment. For the avoidance of doubt, the content of this blog post is provided to you “as-is” and without warranty of any kind, express, implied or otherwise, including without limitation any warranty of security and or fitness for a particular purpose. The workaround solution described in this post incorporates custom coding which is outside the Sisense product development environment and is therefore not covered by not covered by Sisense warranty and support services.Using "useGetWidgetModel" to Embed an Existing widget in ComposeSDK
Loading Widget Metadata with the useGetWidgetModel function Leveraging the useGetWidgetModel ComposeSDK function provides a middle ground way of embedding existing Sisense widgets. It allows automating return of widget metadata from an existing Sisense widget, facilitating dynamic modifications within ComposeSDK. This method balances somewhat the autonomy of entirely recreating a widget as a native ComposeSDK widget and rendering a widget directly as a Dashboard Widget.
