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Pentaho Reporting

Pentaho Reporting

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by Francesco Corti
Publisher: Packt Publishing
Release Date: January 2014
ISBN: 9781782167839
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Design and build both basic and advanced reports using the powerful Pentaho Report Designer

About This Video

  • Make customizations in Pentaho reports using Pentaho Report Designer and Java Environment for web and swing applications

  • Packed with practical examples including tips on how to efficiently reach your end goal

  • Explore the basics of the Pentaho Business Intelligence Server and Pentaho Data Integration

    • In Detail

    Pentaho Report Designer is one of the most important core modules of the Pentaho BI Suite, that builds impressive reports using Open Source Business Intelligence Solutions . Pentaho Report Designer helps you to develop professional applications, making them interact with a multi-language support as well as parameterized reports.

    You will learn exactly how to develop basic and advanced reports using the Pentaho Report Designer environment, and a more customized Java environment. All of the examples are described in-depth with the source code, and you will be guided through this book using a step-by-step approach which will ensure that you’ll achieve impressive results.

    This course begins with the installation of the Java Development Environments using practical examples, moving onto how to develop impressive reports using tables, charts and sub-reports. The examples will also be shown in a Java development environment for web and swing applications.

    Next, you will be taken on a practical run through the Pentaho Report Designer. This guide will then explain Java APIs, data source connections, and the development of several chart types. You also learn the most relevant, advanced features needed to make a report , such as internationalization, parameterization, interaction, functions, expressions, sub-reports and cross-tabs, leading the way to the use of reports in the Pentaho Suite (especially in the Pentaho BI server and Pentaho Data Integration).

    With the Pentaho Report basic and advanced development video course, you'll get in touch with the enterprise development of reports, with one of the most relevant Open Source Business Intelligence solutions.

    Table of Contents

    1. Chapter 1 : Getting Started with Pentaho Reporting
      1. Installing Pentaho Reporting 00:02:20
      2. Loading and Saving Reports and Having a Preview 00:02:06
      3. Building a Report Using the Report Wizard 00:02:21
      4. Building the 'My First Report' 00:03:58
      5. Customizing the 'My First Report' 00:03:04
      6. Advanced Customization on the My First Report 00:02:10
    2. Chapter 2 : Dive Deeper into the Pentaho Reporting Engine's XML and Java APIs
      1. Setting the Java Development Environment 00:02:24
      2. Embedding a Pentaho Report in an Enterprise Web Application 00:02:23
      3. Embedding a Pentaho Report in a SWING Application 00:01:53
      4. Introducing Serialized Reports 00:02:59
      5. Building a Report Using Pentaho Reporting’s Java API 00:02:10
    3. Chapter 3 : Configuring the JDBC Database and Other Data Sources
      1. Configuring Your Data Source to a DBMS Using JDBC 00:02:43
      2. Configuring Your Data Source to an OLAP Engine (Mondrian) 00:02:31
      3. Configuring Your Data Source to an XML File and a Table 00:02:36
      4. Configuring Your Data Source to Metadata and PDI 00:02:26
      5. Working with Data Sources in Java 00:02:32
    4. Chpater 4 : Introducing Graphic Chart Types – Pie, Bar, Line, and Others
      1. Incorporating a Line Chart into a Pentaho Report 00:02:15
      2. Incorporating Supported Charts and Common Properties 00:03:29
      3. Incorporating and Customizing Charts into a Report 00:02:41
      4. Incorporating Images into a Report 00:02:12
    5. Chapter 5 : Modifying Reports Using Parameters and Internationalization
      1. Parameterizing a Pentaho Report 00:02:32
      2. Parameterizing a Pentaho Report Using Java 00:02:10
      3. Working with Functions and Expressions 00:02:15
      4. Working with Formulas 00:02:08
      5. Internationalization and Localization of Pentaho Reports 00:02:11
    6. Chapter 6 : Adding Subreports and Cross Tabs in Your Reports
      1. Adding a Multi-page Subreport in a Pentaho Report 00:02:45
      2. Parameterizing and Adding Chart Subreport in a Pentaho Report 00:02:15
      3. Adding a Side-by-Side Subreport in a Pentaho Report 00:02:17
      4. Adding Cross Tabs in a Pentaho Report 00:02:36
    7. Chapter 7 : Building Interactive SWING and HTML Reports
      1. Building Interactive Reports in SWING 00:06:49
      2. Building Interactive Reports in HTML 00:05:41
    8. Chapter 8 : Using Pentaho Reporting in the Pentaho Suite
      1. Using Pentaho Reporting with Pentaho Business Intelligence Server 00:06:21
      2. Using Pentaho Reporting with Pentaho Data Integration (Kettle) 00:06:50