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  1. API reference
  2. Welcome
    1. Getting started
    2. Get Flexmonster
    3. Quick start
    4. System requirements
    5. Troubleshooting
    6. Managing license keys
    7. Migrating from WebDataRocks to Flexmonster
  3. Integration with frameworks
    1. Available tutorials
    2. Integration with Angular
    3. Integration with React
    4. Integration with Vue
    5. Other integrations
      1. Integration with Python
        1. Integration with Django
        2. Integration with Jupyter Notebook
      2. Integration with React Native
      3. Integration with AngularJS (v1.x)
      4. Integration with TypeScript
      5. Integration with R Shiny
      6. Integration with jQuery
      7. Integration with Ionic
      8. Integration with Electron.js
      9. Integration with Webpack
      10. Integration with RequireJS
  4. Connecting to Data Source
    1. Supported data sources
    2. JSON
      1. Connecting to JSON
      2. Connecting to JSON using Flexmonster Data Server
      3. Data types in JSON
    3. CSV
      1. Connecting to CSV
      2. Connecting to CSV using Flexmonster Data Server
      3. Data types in CSV
    4. Database
      1. Connecting to SQL databases
      2. Connecting to a MySQL database
      3. Connecting to a Microsoft SQL Server database
      4. Connecting to a PostgreSQL database
      5. Connecting to an Oracle database
    5. Flexmonster Data Server
      1. Introduction to Flexmonster Data Server
      2. Getting started with Flexmonster Data Server
      3. Configurations reference
      4. Data sources guide
      5. Security and authorization guide
      6. The Data Server as a DLL
        1. Getting started with the Data Server as a DLL
        2. Referencing the Data Server as a DLL
        3. Implementing the API controller
        4. Implementing the server filter
        5. Implementing the custom parser
        6. DLL configurations reference
        7. The controller's methods for request handling
      7. Troubleshooting the Data Server
    6. MongoDB
      1. Introduction to Flexmonster MongoDB Connector
      2. Getting started with the MongoDB Connector
      3. Embedding the MongoDB Connector into the server
    7. Microsoft Analysis Services
      1. Connecting to Microsoft Analysis Services
      2. Getting started with Flexmonster Accelerator
      3. Referencing the Accelerator as a DLL
      4. Configuring the authentication process
      5. Configuring a secure HTTPS connection
      6. Troubleshooting
    8. Custom data source API
      1. Introduction to the custom data source API
      2. A quick overview of a sample Node.js server
      3. A quick overview of a sample .NET Core server
      4. Implement your own server
        1. Implementing the custom data source API server
        2. Implementing filters
        3. Supporting more aggregation functions
        4. Supporting multilevel hierarchies
        5. Returning data for the drill-through view
        6. Testing your custom data source API server
    9. Elasticsearch
      1. Connecting to Elasticsearch
      2. Configuring the mapping
    10. Pentaho Mondrian
      1. Connecting to Pentaho Mondrian
      2. Getting started with the Accelerator
      3. Configuring Mondrian roles
      4. Configuring username/password protection
      5. Configuring a secure HTTPS connection
      6. Troubleshooting
    11. Connecting to other data sources
  5. Security
    1. Security in Flexmonster
    2. Security aspects of connecting to an OLAP cube
      1. Ways of connecting to an OLAP cube
      2. The data transfer process
      3. Data security
      4. Data access management
  6. Configuring report
    1. What is a report
    2. Data source
    3. Slice
    4. Options
    5. Mapping
    6. Number formatting
    7. Conditional formatting
    8. Set the report for the component
    9. Get the report from the component
    10. Date and time formatting
    11. Configuring global options
    12. Export and print
    13. Calculated values
    14. Custom sorting
  7. Charts
    1. Available tutorials
    2. Flexmonster Pivot Charts
    3. Integration with Highcharts
    4. Integration with amCharts
    5. Integration with Google Charts
    6. Integration with FusionCharts
    7. Integration with any charting library
  8. Customizing
    1. Available tutorials
    2. Customizing the Toolbar
    3. Customizing appearance
    4. Customizing the context menu
    5. Customizing the grid
    6. Customizing the pivot charts
    7. Localizing the component
  9. Updating to the latest version
    1. Updating to the latest version
    2. Release notes
    3. Migration guide from 2.7 to 2.8
    4. Migration guide from 2.6 to 2.7
    5. Migration guide from 2.5 to 2.6
    6. Migration guide from 2.4 to 2.5
    7. Migration guide from 2.3 to 2.4
    8. Migration guide from 2.2 to 2.3
  10. Flexmonster CLI Reference
    1. Overview
    2. Troubleshooting the CLI
    3. flexmonster create
    4. flexmonster add
    5. flexmonster update
    6. flexmonster version
    7. flexmonster help
  11. Documentation for older versions
Table of contents

Migration guide from 2.6 to 2.7

From Flexmonster Pivot Table & Charts 2.6 to 2.7

Follow this tutorial for a comfortable and quick migration to the new major version. Find more details below:

  1. Removed API calls
  2. Updated API calls
  3. Changes to the report object
  4. New data source: Elasticsearch
  5. Localization files update
  6. Changes to relative URLs
  7. Updating from the previous versions

Removed API calls

  1. getFilterProperties was removed in version 2.7. Use getFilter() instead.
  2. setTopX was removed in version 2.7. Use setFilter() instead.
  3. setBottomX was removed in version 2.7. Use setFilter() instead.

Updated API calls

  1. getFilter(hierarchyName: String) now returns a Filter Object (instead of an array with members).
  2. setFilter(hierarchyName: String, filter: Filter Object) now takes a Filter Object as a second argument (instead of an array with members).

Changes to the report object

  1. columns.filter, rows.filter, and reportFilters.filter from the Slice Object were changed, find the new structure here: Filter Object. The following filtering properties were removed (they remain available in terms of backward compatibility):
    • filter.negation was removed in version 2.7. Use exclude from the Filter Object instead.
    • filter.quantity was removed in version 2.7. Use query from the Filter Object instead.
    • filter.type was removed in version 2.7. Use query from the Filter Object instead.
  2. Options Object was extended with the following properties:
    • filter – Object. Filtering options:
      • timezoneOffset – Number. The difference (in minutes) between UTC and the user’s local time zone. Used to adjust the dates in the filter. Default value: user’s local time.
      • weekOffset – Number. The number of days to be added to the start of the week (Sunday). Used to adjust the first day of the week in the filter’s calendar. Default value: 1 (Monday is the first day of the week).
      • dateFormat – String. The date pattern to format dates in the filter’s date inputs. Has two possible values: "dd/MM/yyyy" and "MM/dd/yyyy". Default value: "dd/MM/yyyy".
  3. dataSource from the Report Object was extended with the following properties:
    • host (optional) – String | Object. The host for the connection (only for the "elasticsearch" data source type). Can be set either as a URL string ("host": "https://olap.flexmonster.com:9200") or as a Host Object.
    • index (optional) – String. The name of the Elasticsearch index to connect to (only for the "elasticsearch" data source type).
    • mapping (optional) – Object. An additional setting to configure index mapping (only for "elasticsearch" data source type). Use the name of the field as a key of the object with the following parameters:
      • caption (optional) – String. Overrides the default name of the field.
      • visible (optional) – Boolean. When set to false, it hides the field from the Field List.
      • interval (optional) – String. Used for the date histogram. Check out the supported time units.
      • time_zone (optional) – String. Used for the date histogram. You can specify time zones either as an ISO 8601 UTC offset (e.g. +01:00 or -08:00) or as a time zone ID as specified in the IANA time zone database, such as America/Los_Angeles. Check out this example.
      • format (optional) – String. Used for the date histogram. Check out the date format/pattern.

New data source: Elasticsearch

Flexmonster now supports connecting to an Elasticsearch data source out of the box. Find more details in our blog post.

Localization files update

New localization labels were added in version 2.7. Get the updated localization files from our GitHub repository.

Changes to relative URLs

In 2.7 we added support of ./ (that means the current directory) for dataSource.filename and localization URLs. All details are covered below:

  • If the URL is without / or ./ – the path will be resolved using the componentFolder + filename.
  • If the URL starts with / – the path will be resolved using the root directory (website root).
  • If the URL starts with ./ – the path will be resolved using the current directory (current HTML page path).
  • If the URL starts with ../ – the path will be resolved using the parent folder of the componentFolder.

Updating from the previous versions

If migrating from a previous major version, follow these tutorials: