Pivot Collection Tools for Pivot

Created Issue: LongString not really supported completely [12363]

MikeHamilton — Mon, 25 Oct 2010 17:46:38 GMT

the WriteCollectionToFileSystem call when writing out the CXML were not being output with value of "LongString" but "String" so would fail to be read into viewer

Created Issue: FacetName is not escaped out when writing collection [12362]

MikeHamilton — Mon, 25 Oct 2010 17:43:37 GMT

I had a face name of "Time & Expense" and the WriteCollectionToFileSystem call works fine and doesn't error but then when trying ot open the collection get an error on EntityName parsing.

Its the & character that broke the XML as it was not escaped when writing the CXML file out to file.

Commented Issue: NO Error Handling in WriteCollectionToFileSystem [12331]

MikeHamilton — Fri, 22 Oct 2010 21:47:37 GMT

So this error I found is not from the tools code, but an error when calling the collectionCreator.Create code. The sympton I was having was an error would occur and I would try testing a second time and then that would fail because the PivotCollection.log file is locked because the previous error did nto release it as the exception wasnt handled in WriteCollectionToFileSystem
Comments: ** Comment from web user: MikeHamilton **

The error with the collectionCreator.Create call is being caused by the fact the data I am trying to create a collection for actually returned no data, so the creation of the deepzoom images fails because no images were passed in. I will be changing my code to avoid calling the WriteCollectionToFileSystem method if no items were add to the collection.

Created Issue: NO Error Handling in WriteCollectionToFileSystem [12331]

MikeHamilton — Fri, 22 Oct 2010 21:43:29 GMT

Created Issue: NO Error Handling in WriteCollectionToFileSystem [12330]

MikeHamilton — Fri, 22 Oct 2010 21:43:25 GMT

Commented Issue: DateTime facets are screwy [9563]

MikeHamilton — Fri, 08 Oct 2010 18:21:56 GMT

Currently DateTime facets are hit or miss if the will work.
I need to add to PivotItemAttribute the ability to define the format to use when parsing the date.
Also it would make sense to have the PivotCollection try to parse the value of the DateTime facet and if it fails just remove it so that the entire collection doesn't bomb out on load
Comments: ** Comment from web user: MikeHamilton **

I added to the code I downloaded the ability to set Format String on a fact through the attribute. I would zip and attach the code but I also added some other stuff for filenaming when doig the WriteCollectionToFileSystem call.

Created Issue: IsHerf should be IsHref for PivotItem Attribute [12084]

MikeHamilton — Wed, 06 Oct 2010 19:55:02 GMT

Just downloaded today (10/6/2010) the tools and built them and when trying to use in a project I found that for the PivotItem attribute there is a typo for one of the values.

when setting a property as a HRef for a class using the PivotItem attribute

[PivotItem(IsHerf = true)]

Source code checked in, #63489

_TFSSERVICE — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 20:28:19 GMT

Checked in by server upgrade

Reviewed: PivotCollectionTools-Beta1 Version 0.9.1024.1 (Jul 08, 2010)

adamtoth — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 23:32:07 GMT

Rated 4 Stars (out of 5) - Great for creating a CXML file programmatically. I had crappy data coming out of SQL Reporting Services reports, and would have had a lot of work to do to massage exported Excel files to get them to work with pauthor command line tools. Instead, I wrote some code to go through the exported files, and then create a CXML file using the Xml classes in this API. Worked a treat!

New Post: How awesome is the new version?

billhgates — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 22:13:10 GMT

I just checked with the judges and it looks like it does!!!!!!!

New Post: How awesome is the new version?

y2k4life — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 21:56:00 GMT

I second that, but does our vote count!

Source code checked in, #61600

y2k4life — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 21:48:52 GMT

Add override method ToString to various objects to help with debugging Facet, PivotTableCategory, FacetCategory, and Item. Fixed date time output format for FacetDateTimeType. Easy fix changed XmlAttribute() to XmlAttribute(DataType="dateTime"). Changed property Table setter from private to public in PivotTableProject. Add the ability to map date time facet into PivotTable when using PivotTableBuilder. Version 0.9 build 1028 revision 0.

Updated Wiki: Home

y2k4life — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 02:14:06 GMT

It Is Here!

Guy has uploaded the source code to now include the the various ways to create Pivot Collections. There are two different ways to build Pivot Collection one is to us Pivot Collection Attributes on existing business entity objects. Another way is to build a CXML DOM and then populate the DOM along with using a Pivot Table in the same manner as one would use a DataTable in ADO.Net.

DeepZoomTools when creating the images for deep zoom

Project Description
This project aims to make a very easy to use set of tools for creating collections for use with Pivot.

Examples

The two examples below use a class that drives the Facebook Friends Collection from my blog

Attribute Declaration and Reflections

public class FacebookUser
{
	[PivotItem(IsName = true)]
	public string Name { get; set; }
	
	[PivotItem(IsDescription = true)]
	public string Desc { get; set; }

	[PivotItem( IsImage = true)]
	public string Image { get; set; }

	[PivotItem(FacetDisplayName = "Books", FacetType = FacetTypes.String, IsFacet = true,IsCollection = true)]
	public List<string> Books{get;set;}

	[PivotItem(FacetDisplayName = "Gender", FacetType = FacetTypes.String, IsFacet = true)]
	public string Sex { get; set; }
}

    Console.WindowWidth = 120;
    // this is the xml dump of all your facebook friends created in the Pivot Collection Builder Demo
    // that demo can be found here http://www.anythingtheycando.com/blog/index.php/2009/12/03/facebook-friends-collection-builder/
    // that will allow you to download just download friends and then use the xml output with this app. 
    TextReader tr = new StreamReader("../../../FacebookFriends.xml");
    XmlSerializer s = new XmlSerializer(typeof(List<user>));
    var data = s.Deserialize(tr) as List<user>;
    
    
    PivotCollectionTools.BasicCollection.PivotCollection<FacebookUser> friends = new PivotCollection<FacebookUser>();
    // this turns on item image caching ie if two items link to the same image then it will only run it through the deep zoom composer once 
    friends.AllImagesUnique = false;
    // name to display for the collection (shows up in pivot
    friends.CollectionName = "Facebook Friends";
    
    friends.SupressActionChanged = false;
    // output each step to the console
    friends.ActionChanged += new EventHandler(friends_ActionChanged);

    foreach (user friend in data)
    {
        friends.Items.Add(new FacebookUser(friend));
    }
    // lets build the collection 
    friends.WriteCollectionToFileSystem("../../../TestAttributes.cxml");

CXML DOM

    TextReader tr = new StreamReader("FacebookFriends.xml");
    XmlSerializer s = new XmlSerializer(typeof(List<user>));
    var data = s.Deserialize(tr) as List<user>;

    var friends = new PivotXml() { Name = "Facebook Friends", SchemaVersion = 1.0m };

    friends.AddCategory(new FacetCategory("Activities", FacetDataType.String, true, true, true));
    friends.AddCategory(new FacetCategory("Books", FacetDataType.String, true, true, true));
    friends.AddCategory(new FacetCategory("Interests", FacetDataType.String, true, true, true));

    friends.AddItemList("image\\imag.xml");
    int counter = 0;
    foreach (user friend in data)
    {
        var newItem = new Item(counter.ToString()) { Name = friend.name };

        newItem.Facets.AddTextFacet("Activities", friend.activities.AsListOfValues());
        newItem.Facets.AddTextFacet("Books", friend.books.AsListOfValues());

        friends.ItemList[0].Items.Add(newItem);
        counter++;
    }
    friends.WriteXml("../../../TestObject.cxml");

    // Create a CXML DOM from the specified CXML file name.

    PivotXml xml = PivotXml.CreateFromXml(fileName);
    
    foreach (var facetCategory in xml.FacetCategories)
    {
        string name = facetCategory.Name;
        string isFilterVisable = facetCategory.IsFilterVisibleValue;
    }

    // Create a CXML DOM from the specified CXML file name.

    PivotXml xml = PivotXml.CreateFromXml(fileName);

    foreach (var item in xml.ItemList[0].Items)
    {
        string name = item.Name;
        decimal x = item.Facets[0].Number[0].Value;
    }

PivotTable, DataRows, Columns, Categories (Similar to ADO.Net)

    // Read a CXML into a PivotTable then enumerate thru the DataRows.

    PivotTableBuilder target = new PivotTableBuilder();
    PivotTable table = target.ReadFromXml(fileName);

    foreach (var dataRow in table.DataRows)
    {
        string tackles1 = dataRow.Cells["Tackles 1"].Value;
        string team= dataRow.Cells["Team"].Value;
    }

Source code checked in, #61386

y2k4life — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 00:27:19 GMT

Add test CXML file used for debugging ReadFromXml method in the PivotTableBuilder object.

Source code checked in, #61385

y2k4life — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 00:20:46 GMT

Fixing and debugging ReadFromXml method in the PivotTableBuilder object. Fixed bugs related to when adding a CXML facet with multiple items. When this would happen the columns need numbering. Add RemoveRow method to PivtoTable object. Fixed bugs with GetNextColumnNameForCategory method. Changed ValueType property from a private setter to public setter. Add method signature to allow passing in a working forld for PivotCollectionBuilder. This folder is where the raw images are located. Removed the PivtoTable field from the PivotTableBuilder no longer need. Planning on moving AddItem method from the PivotTableBuilder into the PivotTable. Version 0.9 build 1026 revision 0.

Source code checked in, #61384

y2k4life — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 00:08:43 GMT

Add unit testing for the Library layer.

New Post: How awesome is the new version?

billhgates — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 18:52:08 GMT

I vote for awesome!!!!!!

Updated Wiki: Home

y2k4life — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 01:28:26 GMT

It Is Here!

Project Status

There is now a VERY easy to use SDK for building Pivot Collections. All you have to do is supply a path to a regular image in one of the properties for the class that stores you collections data structure and the SDK will do all the Deep Zoom stuff for you. Enjoy and let me know what you think!

Examples

The two examples below use a class that drives the Facebook Friends Collection from my blog

Attribute Declaration

public class FacebookUser
{
	[PivotItem(IsName = true)]
	public string Name { get; set; }
	
	[PivotItem(IsDescription = true)]
	public string Desc { get; set; }

	[PivotItem( IsImage = true)]
	public string Image { get; set; }

	[PivotItem(FacetDisplayName = "Books", FacetType = FacetTypes.String, IsFacet = true,IsCollection = true)]
	public List<string> Books{get;set;}

	[PivotItem(FacetDisplayName = "Gender", FacetType = FacetTypes.String, IsFacet = true)]
	public string Sex { get; set; }
}

    Console.WindowWidth = 120;
    // this is the xml dump of all your facebook friends created in the Pivot Collection Builder Demo
    // that demo can be found here http://www.anythingtheycando.com/blog/index.php/2009/12/03/facebook-friends-collection-builder/
    // that will allow you to download just download friends and then use the xml output with this app. 
    TextReader tr = new StreamReader("../../../FacebookFriends.xml");
    XmlSerializer s = new XmlSerializer(typeof(List<user>));
    var data = s.Deserialize(tr) as List<user>;
    
    
    PivotCollectionTools.BasicCollection.PivotCollection<FacebookUser> friends = new PivotCollection<FacebookUser>();
    // this turns on item image caching ie if two items link to the same image then it will only run it through the deep zoom composer once 
    friends.AllImagesUnique = false;
    // name to display for the collection (shows up in pivot
    friends.CollectionName = "Facebook Friends";
    
    friends.SupressActionChanged = false;
    // output each step to the console
    friends.ActionChanged += new EventHandler(friends_ActionChanged);

    foreach (user friend in data)
    {
        friends.Items.Add(new FacebookUser(friend));
    }
    // lets build the collection 
    friends.WriteCollectionToFileSystem("../../../TestAttributes.cxml");

CXML DOM and Objects

    TextReader tr = new StreamReader("../../../FacebookFriends.xml");
    XmlSerializer s = new XmlSerializer(typeof(List<user>));
    var data = s.Deserialize(tr) as List<user>;

    var friends = new PivotXml() { Name = "Facebook Friends", SchemaVersion = 1.0m };

    friends.AddCategory(new FacetCategory("Activities", FacetDataType.String, true, true, true));
    friends.AddCategory(new FacetCategory("Books", FacetDataType.String, true, true, true));
    friends.AddCategory(new FacetCategory("Interests", FacetDataType.String, true, true, true));

    friends.AddItemList("image\\imag.xml");
    int counter = 0;
    foreach (user friend in data)
    {
        var newItem = new Item(counter.ToString()) { Name = friend.name };

        newItem.Facets.AddTextFacet("Activities", friend.activities.AsListOfValues());
        newItem.Facets.AddTextFacet("Books", friend.books.AsListOfValues());

        friends.ItemList[0].Items.Add(newItem);
        counter++;
    }
    friends.WriteXml("../../../TestObject.cxml");

Updated Wiki: Home

y2k4life — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 01:27:46 GMT

It Is Here

Project Status

Examples

The two examples below use a class that drives the Facebook Friends Collection from my blog

Attribute Declaration

public class FacebookUser
{
	[PivotItem(IsName = true)]
	public string Name { get; set; }
	
	[PivotItem(IsDescription = true)]
	public string Desc { get; set; }

	[PivotItem( IsImage = true)]
	public string Image { get; set; }

	[PivotItem(FacetDisplayName = "Books", FacetType = FacetTypes.String, IsFacet = true,IsCollection = true)]
	public List<string> Books{get;set;}

	[PivotItem(FacetDisplayName = "Gender", FacetType = FacetTypes.String, IsFacet = true)]
	public string Sex { get; set; }
}

    Console.WindowWidth = 120;
    // this is the xml dump of all your facebook friends created in the Pivot Collection Builder Demo
    // that demo can be found here http://www.anythingtheycando.com/blog/index.php/2009/12/03/facebook-friends-collection-builder/
    // that will allow you to download just download friends and then use the xml output with this app. 
    TextReader tr = new StreamReader("../../../FacebookFriends.xml");
    XmlSerializer s = new XmlSerializer(typeof(List<user>));
    var data = s.Deserialize(tr) as List<user>;
    
    
    PivotCollectionTools.BasicCollection.PivotCollection<FacebookUser> friends = new PivotCollection<FacebookUser>();
    // this turns on item image caching ie if two items link to the same image then it will only run it through the deep zoom composer once 
    friends.AllImagesUnique = false;
    // name to display for the collection (shows up in pivot
    friends.CollectionName = "Facebook Friends";
    
    friends.SupressActionChanged = false;
    // output each step to the console
    friends.ActionChanged += new EventHandler(friends_ActionChanged);

    foreach (user friend in data)
    {
        friends.Items.Add(new FacebookUser(friend));
    }
    // lets build the collection 
    friends.WriteCollectionToFileSystem("../../../TestAttributes.cxml");

CXML DOM and Objects

    TextReader tr = new StreamReader("../../../FacebookFriends.xml");
    XmlSerializer s = new XmlSerializer(typeof(List<user>));
    var data = s.Deserialize(tr) as List<user>;

    var friends = new PivotXml() { Name = "Facebook Friends", SchemaVersion = 1.0m };

    friends.AddCategory(new FacetCategory("Activities", FacetDataType.String, true, true, true));
    friends.AddCategory(new FacetCategory("Books", FacetDataType.String, true, true, true));
    friends.AddCategory(new FacetCategory("Interests", FacetDataType.String, true, true, true));

    friends.AddItemList("image\\imag.xml");
    int counter = 0;
    foreach (user friend in data)
    {
        var newItem = new Item(counter.ToString()) { Name = friend.name };

        newItem.Facets.AddTextFacet("Activities", friend.activities.AsListOfValues());
        newItem.Facets.AddTextFacet("Books", friend.books.AsListOfValues());

        friends.ItemList[0].Items.Add(newItem);
        counter++;
    }
    friends.WriteXml("../../../TestObject.cxml");

Updated Release: PivotCollectionTools-Beta1 Version 0.9.1024.1 (Jun 30, 2010)

y2k4life — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 01:25:58 GMT

This download is the source code for the Pivot Collection Tools library. This library is to help programmers write applications to build a Pivot Collection. This library helps programmers build the DeepZoom content and all other requirements for a Pivot Collection. This release is a combination of two different approaches to building a Pivot Collection. One implementation uses reflections and Attribute Declaration to build a Pivot Collection. Another implementation provides a CXML DOM and a Pivot Table similar to a DateTable in ADO.Net.

Note: There was a minor revision that addresses a typo in a folder and namespace <pie on my face>. In addition I added any assembly referenced in the projects -guy

One more thing the "The project location is not trusted" dialog box
UNBLOCKING THE ZIP FILE:

Locate the downloaded file in Windows Explorer.
Right-click on the file and select "Properties".
On the General tab of the Properties dialog, locate the "Unblock" button in the lower right-hand corner and press it.