Engineering
This section describes the Engineering functionalities used in configuring the BIRT Analytics environment.
Engineering
Table 2‑23 describes the functionalities that have no subordinate items in the Engineering list.
Table 2‑23 Engineering functionalities
Functionality
Description
Module
Engineering
Controls settings for all Engineering functionalities.
Frontend:
Engineering
Clear table
Controls clearing a user table.
Frontend: Engineering
Create aggregate
Allows user create a new aggregated column.
Frontend: Engineering
(create aggregated)
Create decoder
Allows user to create a new decode column.
Frontend: Engineering (create decode)
Create expression—
Get engine functions
Create expression enables a user to create a new expression column. Get engine functions enables access to the list of functionalities available when creating a new field of expression type.
Frontend: Engineering (create expression)
Create numeric range—
Get limits
Allows accessing the values needed to compose a new field of numeric rank type.
Frontend:
Engineering (create numeric rank)
Create Parametric
Allows user to create a new parametric column.
Frontend: Engineering (create parametric)
Create quantile
Allows user to create a new column quantile type.
Frontend:
Engineering
(create quantile)
Create Ranking
Allows user to create a new column with numeric ranking.
Frontend:
Engineering (create numeric rank)
Delete column
Limits elimination of a column from the repository data.
Frontend:
Data Tree
Drop database
Limits elimination of a database from the repository data.
Frontend:
Data Tree
Make a column permanent
Allows user to make a column permanent when creating a new column.
Frontend: Navigation Tree
Make domain permanent
Allows user to make a domain permanent when creating a new domain.
Frontend: Bloc of notes (make permanent)
Rename object
Allows user to rename an object from the repository data (database, table, column).
Frontend:
Data Tree
Validate expression
Allows user to validate an expression when creating an expression type field.
Frontend: Engineering (expression field)