[Pocolap-developers] Project Update

[todd r. <tod...@ya...>]

Wow!  We've been making some very good progress
lately.  Version 0.1.7 is very close to being
complete, and includes some very nice new features. 
If you have a chance, update your code from CVS, build
it and test the heck out of it.

The biggest addition to version 0.1.7 is the
introduction of saved reports.  It's now possible to
create a list of column, row and filter elements, and
have them applied to the report grid with a single
click!  If you find user picking and clicking the same
drilldowns and filters on a repeatative basis,
defining a few saved reports will save them time and
potential errors.  Thanks to Rashmi for putting this
together!

The other really cool feature is the ability to add an
image to the report page.  In and of itself, this is a
"no big deal" sounding feature, but consider that the
image can be "dropped" into the internal database,
instead of inside the web application.  This means
that images can be added, updated or removed without
having to open the war file.  Thanks to Ming for the
ability to make this feature a reality!

Of course, bug fixes and updated documentation will
also be included.  Because we have a nice, stable set
of features, we will be releasing version 0.2.0 before
including any new major features.

Once we start improving version 0.2.0, it would be
extremely helpful to have a more complete database for
developers and testers to use.  If you are interested
in helping to create sample data, or have ideas or
suggestions, please send a message to the list (or
contact me offline).  If you know of a company that
might be willing to trade installation and
configuration services for an export of data (we'll
take great care to remove or modify any sensitive
data), it would go a long way to improving the
project.  

Finally, there is a new mailing list that all active
developers and testers should subscribe to.  All CVS
commits should be posted to the list, along with a
list of the files being committed.  You can subscribe
to it from the pocOLAP project page on sourceforge.

Thank you for your continued contributions and support
of pocOLAP.  

Todd


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