About This Book
- Gain insight into developing reports, cubes, and data visualizations quickly with Pentaho
- Provides an overview of Pentaho's mobile features
- Improve your knowledge of Pentaho User Console including tips on how to extend and customize it
Who This Book Is For
If you are involved in daily activities using Pentaho Business Analytics platform, this is the book for you. It is a good companion to get you quickly acquainted with everything you need to increase your productivity with the platform. We assume basic familiarity with Pentaho, data warehouse design and SQL, HTML, and XML.
What You Will Learn
- Familiarize you with the Pentaho User Console along with user and administrative tasks
- Define data sources and get data from any Pentaho source
- Build analysis easily with OLAP and the Pentaho Analyzer
- Look into Pentaho Mobile App and see how easy it is to use the platform from a mobile device
- Design complex but effective reports with Pentaho Report Designer
- Hack the platform to customize the look and feel of the portal, add new functionalities, and integrate third-party web applications
In Detail
Pentaho Business Analytics 5 is a complete open source business intelligence suite, providing data integration, OLAP, reporting, data visualization, and data mining features. Pentaho Business Analytics Cookbook provides you with a valuable and detailed set of recipes that illustrate all the features of Pentaho Business Analytics 5, the new version of the popular BI platform. The book provides clear illustrations and simple examples, helping you learn the core topics visually.
