These How To... recordings have been prepared by our developers to help you get started quickly on a variety of topics. Each one is a short video hosted on the HPCC Systems YouTube Channel, which also contains many more recordings showcasing our community day speakers, poster presenters, Tech Talk presentations and more.
Our How To... series is a great place to visit if you don't have much time and want to find a quick answer about a specific task. We are adding to the list all the time, so keep checking back for new tips and tricks to help you get the most out of using HPCC Systems.
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ECL Tips and Tricks by Allan Wrobel |
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ECL Macros Session 1- A worked through case |
ECL Macros Session 2- A worked through case |
| ECL Macros Session 3- A worked through case Generating an email using ECL to act on the information discovered in the previous session |
| ECL Built in Functions: PROJECT |
| ECL Built in Functions: TABLE (Vertical Slice) |
| ECL Built in Functions: TABLE (CrossTab) |
| ECL Built in Functions: ITERATE |
| ECL Built in Functions: PROCESS (Part 1) |
| ECL Built in Functions: PROCESS (Part 2) |
| ECL Built in Functions: GRAPH |
| ECL Built in Functions: NORMALIZE (COUNT Variant) |
| ECL Built in Functions: NORMALIZE (Child Dataset Extraction) |
| ECL Built in Functions: NORMALIZE (Additional Information) |
| ECL Built in Functions: DENORMALIZE (Single Record Presentation Variant) |
| ECL Built in Functions: DENORMALIZE (GROUP Presentation Variant) |
| ECL Built in Functions: ECL DICTIONARY (Examples of use) |
| ECL Built in Functions: Working with distributed data (TABLE, ROLLUP and AGGREGATE) |
| ECL Built in Functions: ROLLUP (Part 1) |
| ECL Built in Functions: ROLLUP (Part 2) |
| ECL Built in Functions: ECL #EXPORT and #EXPORTXML |
| ECL Built in Functions: DEDUP |
| Differences Between Build and definition files in HPCC Systems |
| Aggregates on sub sets of data in a cross tab report |
| ECL Gotchas: Explicit return types from functions |
| ECL PROJECT different from other built Ins |
| Clarification on the context in which the ECL FUNCTIONMACROs run |
| Be wary of using the Compiler hint DISTRIBUTED in ECL |
| A Better way to optimise out file re-distributions using DISTRIBUTED |
| Common ECL errors with unhelpful compiler messages |
| Explanation of Distribution of data on HPCC Systems, with an example |
| ECL/HPCC Systems Events, Including Scheduling Events |
| Idiosyncrasies of ECL MACROs and #EXPAND |