The latest 2.0 version (beta) of Palo has just be released. You can download it here……
The major enhancement over V1.5 is the addition of server-side rules. The rule syntax is similar to that found in TM1 or Essbase e.g. ['Profit%Sales'] = ['Profit']/['Cost of Sales']*100 but Palo rules are restricted to ’stand alone’ formulae, i.e. each formula must be self contained and not depend on another as the sequence in which a rule fires cannot be determined. We will have to wait until V2.1 for ‘deterministic’ rules to be added to the engine.
There’s also a new demo database showcasing the new rule engine .
[...] centric ETL open source server product early next year. This is excellent news and is on top of the new rules engine that was added to Palo this summer. Open source MOLAP has suddenly taken of the training wheels and is getting [...]