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Need help on Dashlet Report

johnpelquingua — Wed, 20 Feb 2013 06:29:37 GMT

Hi All,When I installed this add-on http://code.google.com/p/report-dashlet/ It gives me this error: What does this mean? Did I installed it incorrectly?<java>Web Script Status 404 - Not FoundThe Web Script /alfresco/s/info/repository/report/stack has responded with a status of 404 - Not Found

Re: Need help on Dashlet Report

muralidharand — Wed, 20 Feb 2013 07:13:45 GMT

You've configured only share application and you've not installed the "report-dashlet-alfresco-extension.amp" in alfresco repo application.
If you've any problem while installing this amp,
Just extract the "report-dashlet-alfresco-extension.amp" and place files in the following folder.

config/alfresco/extension folder to webapps/alfresco/WEB-INF/classes/alfresco/extension
config/alfresco/module folder to webapps/alfresco/WEB-INF/classes/alfresco/module
Place the report-dashlet-alfresco-extension.jar into web-inf/lib folder.

Please refer their Readme file under report-dashlet-1.1\alfresco-module\README.txt

"Description
———–
This module provides webscripts used by Report Dashlet. This provides
information (chart and table) from repository contents stacked by some property value.

Author
——
Pedro Salido López (psalido@dashlet.info - http://www.dashlet.info)

Pre-requisites
————–
Alfresco 3.4.x (this package tested on Alfresco Enterprise 3.4.6).
Alfresco 4.0 (this package tested on Alfresco Enterprise 4.0.0).

Installation
————
1. ALWAYS BACKUP YOUR ORIGINAL ALFRESCO.WAR FILE BEFORE APPLYING *ANY* AMPS
   TO YOUR INSTALLATION!!
   Although the apply_amps script will backup your alfresco.war, it's better
   to manually back it up prior to installing *any* AMP files, so that you
   can roll back to a pristine binary if needed.
2. Optionally you can build amp file from source. Run ant from alfresco-module
   proyect folder. Generated AMP will be located at build/dist
3. Copy the provided AMP file into the ${ALFRESCO_HOME}/amps directory
4. Run the ${ALFRESCO_HOME}/apply_amps[.sh|.bat] script to install the AMP
   into your Alfresco instance
"

Hope this helps you.

Re: Need help on Dashlet Report

johnpelquingua — Wed, 20 Feb 2013 07:46:04 GMT

Hi Murali first of all I installed this add-on in an Alfresco Community not the Enterprise is that ok? Then my Alfresco is intalled locally so that's why I can't find the directory of the following folders you just pointed out. I did follow the Readme.txt instructions and right after I restart Alfresco the localhost:8080/alfresco/share is giving me an error status.

Hope you can help me out

Thanks~
JP

Re: Need help on Dashlet Report

muralidharand — Wed, 20 Feb 2013 08:03:06 GMT

Hi JP,
The add-ons will work for both Alfresco Community editions and Enterprise edition, unless it is specified.
The default installation will not have extension folder, so you can create a one. Usually the module folder will be present, if not create a new one.

Hope this helps you.

Re: Need help on Dashlet Report

johnpelquingua — Wed, 20 Feb 2013 08:20:12 GMT

Thanks so much for your immediate reply, Murali.
I'm going to try it now and I'll give you a reply in a while.

I'm reading your blog right now and I find it very interesting. You should post like a beginner type tutorial for a newbie like me in
Alfresco. That would be awesome!

Thanks~
JP

Re: Need help on Dashlet Report

johnpelquingua — Wed, 20 Feb 2013 16:25:00 GMT

Hi Murali,

What else should I configure besides the share application? Should I also the configure the explorer as well?

Thanks~
JP

Re: Need help on Dashlet Report

muralidharand — Wed, 20 Feb 2013 17:17:17 GMT

Hi JP,
You need to configure, webapps/alfresco (ie alfresco repo). Have you installed the amp in alfresco repository side?
You no need to configure anything in Alfresco explorer application, because their customizations are different.

Re: Need help on Dashlet Report

johnpelquingua — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 03:01:30 GMT

Hi Murali,

I haven't configured the alfresco repo yet. If I have to configured it what is the file name of that? I've installed the amp file in the webapps/alfresco/WEB-INF/classes/repository/alfresco is this the right path?

Thanks~
JP

Re: Need help on Dashlet Report

johnpelquingua — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 04:09:00 GMT

Hi Murali,

It's me again I get this error message when I'm trying to install the AMP file:

<code>
C:\>java -jar "C:\Alfresco\tomcat\webapps\share\WEB-INF\lib\report-dashlet.jar" install "C:\Alfresco\amps\report-dashlet-alfresco-extension.amp" "C:\Alfresco\tomcat\webapps\alfresco.war" -preview
Failed to load Main-Class manifest attribute from
C:\Alfresco\tomcat\webapps\share\WEB-INF\lib\report-dashlet.jar

Re: Need help on Dashlet Report

muralidharand — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 04:55:31 GMT

Hi JP,
Your installation command is wrong. You need to mention alfresco-mmt.jar (Module Management Tool jar) file for the installation not the report dashlet,jar file.


Preview:
C:\>java -jar "C:\Alfresco\bin\alfresco-mmt.jar" install "C:\Alfresco\amps\report-dashlet-alfresco-extension.amp" "C:\Alfresco\tomcat\webapps\alfresco.war" -preview

For Installation:
C:\>java -jar "C:\Alfresco\bin\alfresco-mmt.jar" install "C:\Alfresco\amps\report-dashlet-alfresco-extension.amp" "C:\Alfresco\tomcat\webapps\alfresco.war" -verbose
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If you placed the amp in the amps folder then just execute the apply_amps.bat file to install the amp and no need to use any command line operation.

Hope this helps you !

Re: Need help on Dashlet Report

johnpelquingua — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 08:23:34 GMT

Hi Murali,

Thanks so much for that info. That works! I can now install the .amp file on my localhost. Unlike the other method when you have to click the apply_amps.bat that didn't work for me, which ruins my whole alfresco installation this one definitely works.

Thanks~
JP

Re: Need help on Dashlet Report

muralidharand — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 09:21:31 GMT

Hi JP.
Good to hear from you !
Now, you can play around with Report dashlet in the admin console.