Learn how to leverage some of the best and most common plugins so that you can customize and extend Logi’s capabilities. Learn more with Business Intelligence Buyer’s Guide at https://goo.gl/PH69XO.

1. Mastering Plugins
Marc Wetter

2. #Logi16
Marc Wetter
Senior Solutions Consultant
Logi Analytics
marc.wetter@logianalytics.com
ABOUT ME

3. #Logi16
• Extending the Logi Platform
• Why & When
• Plugin Showcase
• Best Practices
• Getting Started
WHAT WE ARE GOING TO LEARN TODAY

4. LOGI PLATFORM

5. #Logi16
• Elemental Design
• Open Web Architecture
• .NET and Java Platforms
• Advanced Charting
• Self-Service
• Mobile-Ready
• Dozens of Connectors for SQL, no-SQL, & Web Services
• And hundreds more…
LOGI PLATFORM

6. What do you do if your problem is highly specific to
your business?
Extend the Platform!

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• Non-OTTB Data Sources
– Web services
– Custom analytics
– Custom file formats
– Legacy systems
• Extreme Customization of
Super-Elements (Analysis
Grid, Dashboard)
– e.g. BYO Visual Gallery
WHY EXTENSIBILITY?
• Access HTTP Information
(e.g. Custom Single Sign-
On)
• External Resource Access
(e.g. file system, OS)
• Localization
• Alter Generated HTML
• Custom Logging

8. #Logi16
• Non-OTTB Data Sources
– Web services
– Custom analytics
– Custom file formats
– Legacy systems
• Extreme Customization of
Super-Elements (Analysis
Grid, Dashboard)
– e.g. BYO Visual Gallery
WHY EXTENSIBILITY?
• Access HTTP Information
(e.g. Custom Single Sign-
On)
• External Resource Access
(e.g. file system, OS)
• Localization
• Altering generated HTML
• Custom Logging

9. #Logi16
EXTENSIBILITY STAIRCASE
Plugins
Template/
Definition
Modifiers
Built-in
Elements
Extensibility
TechnicalSkill

10. LOGI PLUGINS

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• .NET or Java
• Embedded in a Logi Project
• Plugin Hooks at Various Points in Report Processing
• Access to:
– Parameters
– Definitions
– Data
– Runtime values (Request, Session)
WHAT ARE PLUGINS?

12. #Logi16
THE LIFE & TIMES OF A LOGI PLUGIN
Preproce
ssing
Elaborate
Super-
Elements
Retrieve
Data
Build
Compone
nts
Generate
HTML
Load
Definition
Finish
HTML
Finish
Data
Data
Layer
Call
Data
Layer
Generated Element,
Load Panels,
Panel Plugin
Logi Engine
User
Initiates
Request
Data Layer Plugins
Definition Plugins
Process Plugins

13. PLUGIN SHOWCASE

14. #Logi1616
BEST PRACTICES
X Load large data sets in
memory
X Overdo plugins
Don’t Do
 Prefer simplest tool for the job
 Commit definition
 Add debug diagnostics
 Re-evaluate between major
releases

15. GETTING STARTED

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Documentation: http://goo.gl/1invHF
GETTING STARTED

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.NET & Java Plugin Examples
http://goo.gl/oOBPqJ
GETTING STARTED

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