Category Archives: VISIBILITY

Phil 11.19.11

7:30 – 4:00 VISIBILITY

Copied over all the QueryBuilderBase pieces from GenericQueryWidget.
- Going to alter so that the UserInfoObject and endpoints are [Bindable] variables rather than being pulled in.
- Altering query result handling so that the data is used to populate statistical arrays rather than launching a new chart panel
  - Getting table names
  - Getting columns
  - Extracting data from columns.
Helped Shawna(?) a bit with diagnosing the issue with the S2F server. Ping is blocked too, so I pointer her at this: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314067
Discovered a bug in FLAILS. Changing the input to precompiled queries.

Phil 5.18.11

7:30- 4:30 VISIBILITY

Talked to Dong about integration of appropriation info into the Financial Status panel. We decided that we were both confused and that Trish needed to come over before any more progress could be made. In the meantime, Dong is going to work on generating reports.
More on getting users and roles in RFlexClient
Hmm. Looks like to have tests in maven work, the directory containing FlashPlayer needs to be on the path. Added
Got login working
Working on building a query object
Got a domain name to get the PuTTY account that allows me to set up an SSH tunnel to the server. When I tried to remote desktop in though, it timed out. Sent Allen a note with screenshots.
Had a good talk with Denise about server certs and oddly enough, cycling.

Dong Shin 05.17.2011

PPM Changes
- added more fields to save from Financial Status Form
- looks like the contract info should *NOT* be editable in Financial Status Form
- trying to generate better error messages from server. Java side works, but Flex side throws fault exception?
Installed Flash Builder 4.5 – had to uninstall previous beta one (Flash Builder Burrito)

Phil 5.17.11

7:30 – 7:00 VISIBILITY

OK, to install the new Adobe Reader, you must have version 10 installed already. Otherwise you get “adobe reader error code 13050”
Databases for Visibility, PPM, users and roles, and scripting are installed.
Installing tortoise svn
Started getting Users and Roles integrated with RFlexClient
Got the signed certificate back. Generated the keystore and truststore. Waiting for login info for the integration server

Phil 5.16.11

11:00 – 4:00VISIBILITY

Now that I have my computer doing all the things it should, I’m going to add login roll and db accessibility to the statistics package. I think I’ll call it VISIBILITY Analytics.
Setting up the various databases in MySql
Submitted the integration server PKI request

Dong Shin 05.16.2011

PPM Changes
- some fields returning “null” string instead of null for Financial Status ??? – explicitly set it to null is AS class
- added ItemRenderer to highlight totals compared with Total Budget
- added percentages for the totals
- Totals in Financial Status compared against the budget total
  - Green if at or above the total
  - Yellow if between 100-95%
  - Red if below 95%

Dong Shin 05.13.2011

PPM Changes
- minor typo changes per Kristi’s findings
- went over the questions Kristi had for 05.12
- considering incorporating com.edgeti.visibility2.layout.controls.ColorSchemePicker from vis2 project for text customization
- added ComboBoxes for Appropriation and Appropriation Types to Financial Status Panel – retrieves data on CreationComplete from tables, appropriations and obligation_outlay_types
- totals of Initiate/Commit’s and PM Actual Outlays added
- removed Remaining To Distribute from Financial Status Data Form
Flash Player 10.3 released – download

Phil 5.13.11

7:30 – 4:30 VISIBILITY

My work directories successfully copied over last night, and Cygwin installed. Whee!
Added the following System variables
- JAVA_HOME – C:Program FilesJavajdk1.6.0_25
- JRE_HOME – C:Program FilesJavajre6
- M2_HOME – C:mavenapache-maven-3.0-beta-1
- M2 – %M2_HOME%bin
- M2_REPO – C:Philm2repository
- MAVEN_OPTS -Xmx512m
- R_HOME – C:Program FilesRR-2.13.0
- WORKSPACE – C:PhilMvnAssistProjects
- Path – C:Program Files (x86)AMD APPbinx86_64;C:Program Files (x86)AMD APPbinx86;%SystemRoot%system32;%SystemRoot%;%SystemRoot%System32Wbem;%SYSTEMROOT%System32WindowsPowerShellv1.0;%JAVA_HOME%bin;%M2%;%FLASHBUILDER4%bin;%R_HOME%bini386;C:Program Files (x86)ATI TechnologiesATI.ACECore-Static
Decompressing and installing stuff
- Interesting problem with Flashbuilder. When I tried to point it to an old (FB4) workspace, the package explorer dies and came up with a No Class Def error. On the forum (http://forums.adobe.com/message/2941203#2941203), I found a mention that there was a conflict with old versions of FB. I created a new workspace, and the package explorer comes up. And that seems to work.
- tomcat-7.0.12
- debug flash players
- gvim
- InputDirector
- jdk-6u25-windows-x-64
- cygwin setup and Cygwin
- xampp-win32-1.7.4-VC6-installer
Installed Flashbuilder 4 and plugins. You now *have to* use the shortcut that is in the FB plugin directory. Accessing Eclipse though the standard icon will work in Java but not Flash
Installed R. Had to set a path variable to point to the R_HOMEbini386 directory.
Since we’re all using Subclipse these days, I only installed that – http://subclipse.tigris.org/update_1.6.x/
Downloaded, compiled and ran RFlexServer and RFlexClient!
Figured out how to export/import firefox bookmarks. Selecting Bookmarks->Show all Bookmarks, brings up a dialog, with import/export options.

Kristi 05.12.2011

Continuing testing of Visibility from user perspective. Have the following questions/issues:

Projects – Funding Requests – Create Funding Requests – Funding Request details – Under Appropriation drop down… where is this text populated from?
Projects – Funding Requests – Create Funding Requests – Funding Request details – Funding Total… where is this amount poulated from?
Projects – Funding Requests – Create Funding Requests – Funding Request details – *Period of Performace – should be “Performance”
Projects – Funding Requests – Create Funding Requests – Funding Request details – When all fields not filled in – I get the standard errors message upon trying to save request. Is it possible to put in an error message that says exactly fields are is missing? I had to go back a screen to realize it my missing info was in another screen/window.
Projects – Manage Appropriations – Appropriations Management – It would be helpful if open dialog window title reflected the title in the drop down menu to avoid confusion and ensure continuity of information ( can you switch “Appropriations Management” to “Management Appropriations”?)
Projects – Funding Data Request – dialog bos opens with “Saved Requests (1152)” What does this refer to? Dialog box does not indicate this relates to Funding Data Request (there do not appear to be that many requests showing up in dialog box).
User Management – Create New User – This is duplicated under “User Management – User Management) – Does this need to be here twice? Can one location be allowed as to make this more user friendly and less confusing?

Thanks!

Dong Shin 05.12.2011

PPM Changes
- Display format of MIPR Requested Date, MIPR Request Received Date, Initiate/Commit weren’t right. The date format function failure returns weird errors (Array index out of range?). Adjusted the query to change the format. May have to look at the server code to return some meaningful error messages.
- added project_source to funding_request table – ALTER TABLE `funding_requests` ADD `project_source` VARCHAR( 255 ) NULL DEFAULT NULL
- Project Source Radio buttons (OISR-PMO and OISR-TF) added to Funding Request
- Last Updated date added to Financial Status – saves the current date if date field is not changed, saves the changed date otherwise.
- Changed Description to TextArea from TextInput
- Changed Acceptance and Received Contract in FinancialStatusDataFormWindow to ComboBox
- Changed Funding Request table fields – ALTER TABLE `funding_requests` CHANGE `acceptance_received` `acceptance_received_date` DATE NULL DEFAULT NULL , CHANGE `received_contract` `received_contract_date` DATE NULL DEFAULT NULL
- Additional fields added to Funding Request table – ALTER TABLE `funding_requests` ADD `acceptance_received` VARCHAR( 20 ) NULL DEFAULT NULL , ADD `received_contract` VARCHAR( 20 ) NULL DEFAULT NULL

Phil 5.12.11

8:00 – 6:00 VISIBILITY

Writing up self-review
More setup on my new system – behaving better this time
Yesterday I got a message that my remote desktop account may be expiring on the S2F server? Fixed
Set up the PPM system and left it running. Allen will look into getting access to the test machine, which is more open than the int VM

Phil 5.11.11

7:30 – 6:00 VISIBILITY

Setting up my computer. Slow going. In fact, I could never get *java* to behave. Tom took the box home to reinstall windows.
Self appraisal forms
Talked to Christina, Walter and Brian about creating a Recruiting webapp that ties into Visibility
Installed the following on the server:
- xampp
- java jdk
- gvim
- firefox
- flash player (debug)
Set the JAVA_HOME and JRE_HOME after attempting to start tomcat.
Set tomcat to be using http on port 80
set up myself as tomcat manager
set password on mysql
Copied over PPM and set the endpoint to point to 127.0.0.1 and changed the directories in the properties classes to reflect tomcat’s new location
Successfully ran PPM
Sent out an email to Denise, Bill and Brian about this milestone, and listing the two options for testing (localhost vs making test machine visible)
Sent an email to Allan asking how to make the machine visible

Dong Shin 05.11.2011

gone over the list of questions that Kristi has had….
PPM Changes requested by Trish
- added last_updated (DATE) to budget_amount – ALTER TABLE `budget_amounts` ADD `last_updated` DATE NULL DEFAULT NULL
- MIPR/FAD dates and Initiate/Commit fields added to Funding Request Form and saves to database.

Kristi 05.11.2011

Good moring, slowly going through each page/canvas of software. A few questions/issues I have below:

1. Can the screen of canvans be made wider or font made larger/darker by the end user? I find that because the background is so vast and so bright it is hard to see the numbers in the columns as they get “washed out” a bit. If this was my sole software – it would become a bit fatigue-ing.

2. Under Project tab – under Projects – Create Project – How is the FY years set? Are these automatically populated in software to show a given period? I.e., what if there is a 8 or 10 year contract? (What is the average length of a contract award?)

3. Under Project tab – under Projects – Create Project – What is the Priority # used for? Is this an infinite number field?

4. Under Project tab – under Projects – Create Project – Under Services – Marine should be changed to “Marines”

5. Under Project tab – under Projects – Create Project – Services Project Manager – how do you add a new user not listed in the drop down field?

6. Under Project tab – under Projects – Enter Financial Data – after selecting a contract to modify – why are there two boxes of fields – above and below the center toolbox/tray? What is the bottom fields used for? There is no clear distinction in the box as to what the bottom fields are used for or why they are there?