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Pentaho Analytics for MongoDB Cookbook

By : Joel Latino, Harris Ward, Joel André Latino, Harris Ward
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Pentaho Analytics for MongoDB Cookbook

By: Joel Latino, Harris Ward, Joel André Latino, Harris Ward

Overview of this book

MongoDB is an open source, schemaless NoSQL database system. Pentaho as a famous open source Analysis tool provides high performance, high availability, and easy scalability for large sets of data. The variant features in Pentaho for MongoDB are designed to empower organizations to be more agile and scalable and also enables applications to have better flexibility, faster performance, and lower costs. Whether you are brand new to online learning or a seasoned expert, this book will provide you with the skills you need to create turnkey analytic solutions that deliver insight and drive value for your organization. The book will begin by taking you through Pentaho Data Integration and how it works with MongoDB. You will then be taken through the Kettle Thin JDBC Driver for enabling a Java application to interact with a database. This will be followed by exploration of a MongoDB collection using Pentaho Instant view and creating reports with MongoDB as a datasource using Pentaho Report Designer. The book will then teach you how to explore and visualize your data in Pentaho BI Server using Pentaho Analyzer. You will then learn how to create advanced dashboards with your data. The book concludes by highlighting contributions of the Pentaho Community.

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Table of Contents (15 chapters)
Pentaho Analytics for MongoDB Cookbook
Pentaho Analytics for MongoDB Cookbook
Credits
Credits
About the Authors
About the Authors
About the Reviewers
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Preface
Free Chapter
1
PDI and MongoDB
PDI and MongoDB
Introduction
Learning basic operations with Pentaho Data Integration
Migrating data from the RDBMS to MongoDB
Loading data from MongoDB to MySQL
Migrating data from files to MongoDB
Exporting MongoDB data using the aggregation framework
MongoDB Map/Reduce using the User Defined Java Class step and MongoDB Java Driver
Working with jobs and filtering MongoDB data using parameters and variables
2
The Thin Kettle JDBC Driver
The Thin Kettle JDBC Driver
Introduction
Using a transformation as a data service
Running the Carte server in a single instance
Running the Pentaho Data Integration server in a single instance
Define a connection using a SQL Client (SQuirreL SQL)
3
Pentaho Instaview
Pentaho Instaview
Introduction
Creating an analysis view
Modifying Instaview transformations
Modifying the Instaview model
Exploring, saving, deleting, and opening analysis reports
4
A MongoDB OLAP Schema
A MongoDB OLAP Schema
Introduction
Creating a date dimension
Creating an Orders cube
Creating the customer and product dimensions
Saving and publishing a Mondrian schema
Creating a Mondrian 4 physical schema
Creating a Mondrian 4 cube
Publishing a Mondrian 4 schema
5
Pentaho Reporting
Pentaho Reporting
Introduction
Copying the MongoDB JDBC library
Connecting to MongoDB using Reporting Wizard
Connecting to MongoDB via PDI
Adding a chart to a report
Adding parameters to a report
Adding a formula to a report
Grouping data in reports
Creating subreports
Creating a report with MongoDB via Java
Publishing a report to the Pentaho server
Running a report in the Pentaho server
6
The Pentaho BI Server
The Pentaho BI Server
Introduction
Importing Foodmart MongoDB sample data
Creating a new analysis view using Pentaho Analyzer
Creating a dashboard using Pentaho Dashboard Designer
7
Pentaho Dashboards
Pentaho Dashboards
Introduction
Copying the MongoDB JDBC library
Importing a sample repository
Using a transformation data source
Using a BeanShell data source
Using Pentaho Analyzer for MongoDB data source
Using a Thin Kettle data source
Defining dashboard layouts
Creating a Dashboard Table component
Creating a Dashboard line chart component
8
Pentaho Community Contributions
Pentaho Community Contributions
Introduction
The PDI MongoDB Delete Step
The PDI MongoDB GridFS Output Step
The PDI MongoDB Map/Reduce Output step
The PDI MongoDB Lookup step
Index
Index

Running a report in the Pentaho server

In this recipe, you will learn how to run an Orders report on the Pentaho server.

Getting ready

Make sure that you have started your Pentaho BA Server using the server control scripts. You should be able to access the server via your favorite web browser with the following URL: http://localhost:8080/

How to do it…

We are going to log in to the BI Server to run the report.

  1. Navigate to the Pentaho server login screen using your favorite web browser. Use the following login details:

    • Username: admin

    • Password: password

  2. Click on Browse Files on the main screen.

  3. In the Folder hierarchy tree, expand Public, and then click on the Steel Wheels folder.

  4. In the Files section, you will see a list of reports including Orders Report.

  5. Double-click on Orders Report to open it as shown in the following screenshot:

  6. Once you double-click on the report, it will open and execute in the HTML format by default. You can run the report in PDF if you like:

  7. Set the Output Type to PDF.

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