In this chapter, we talked about Pentaho's functionalities, indicated what license it uses, and defined it. We also talked about Pentaho's modular design and the interaction of its components. We also reviewed the principal projects that integrate the Pentaho suite. We saw a brief historical summary of the different versions of Pentaho BA Server and detailed their principal characteristics. We downloaded Pentaho BA Server and specified its system requirements. We installed Pentaho BA Server, configured the MySQL JDBC driver, and ran it. Using a web browser, we logged in to Pentaho User Console (PUC), saw the general layout of this console, and created the solutions folder Reporting
. Using PRD, we published a report in Pentaho BA Server and then ran it from PUC. We saw how to obtain a URL for Pentaho BA Server reports. At the end of the chapter, we talked about Scheduling and how to import reports from PUC. We suggested a series of tasks for you to carry out, to practice what we saw...
Pentaho 5.0 Reporting by Example: Beginner's Guide
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Pentaho 5.0 Reporting by Example: Beginner's Guide
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Overview of this book
Open source reporting tools and techniques, such as PRD, have been comparable in quality to their commercial counterparts this is largely due to the market's marked tendency to choose open source solutions. PRD is a very powerful tool and in order to take full advantage of it you need to pay attention to the important details. Pentaho 5.0 Reporting by Example: Beginner's Guide clearly explains the the foundation and then puts those concepts into practice through step-by-step visual guides. Feeling confident with your newly discovered, desirable, skill you will have the power to create your very own professional reports including graphics, formulas, sub-reports and many other forms of data reporting.Pentaho 5.0 Reporting By Example: Beginner's Guide is a step-by-step guide to create high quality, professional reports. Starting with the basics we will explore each feature to ensure a thorough understanding to peel back the curtain and take full advantage of the power that Pentaho puts at our fingertips.
This book gives you the necessary resources to create a great variety of reports. You will be able to make reports that contain sub-reports, include graphics, sparklines and so on. You will also be able to parameterize your reports so that the final user can decide what information to visualize. You will be able to create your own stoplight type indicators and drill down in your reports. and execute your reports from your own web application.
Pentaho 5.0 Reporting By Example: Beginner's Guide lets you learn everything necessary to work seriously with one of the world's most popular open source reporting tools. This book will guide you chapter by chapter through examples, graphics, and theoretical explanations so that you feel comfortable interacting with Pentaho Report Designer and creating your own reports.
Table of Contents (23 chapters)
Pentaho 5.0 Reporting by Example
Credits
About the Authors
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Free Chapter
What is Pentaho Report Designer?
Installation and Configuration
Start PRD and the User Interface (UI) Layout
Instant Gratification – Creating Your First Report with PRD
Adding a Relational Data Source
Adding Groups
Adding Parameters
Using Formulas in Our Reports
Adding Charts
Adding Subreports
Publishing and Running Reports in Pentaho BA Server
Making a Difference – Reports with Hyperlinks and Sparklines
Environment Variables, Stylesheets, and Crosstabs
PRD Reports Embedded in Web Applications
Sakila DB Data Dictionary
Pop Quiz Answers
Index
Customer Reviews