Pentaho First to Bring Ad Hoc Analytics to Apple iPad
Business Intelligence Application Lets iPad Users Analyze and Share Information Anywhere, Anytime
Orlando, FL – May 25, 2010 – Pentaho Corporation,
the open source business intelligence (BI) leader, today announced the
availability of a new Pentaho plug-in bringing interactive analytics to
Apple® iPad™ business users. More than 1 million iPad's have already been sold
in the U.S., and it is increasingly being adopted by demanding and mobile
professionals world-wide. Pentaho is the first vendor to provide these users an
easy and intuitive way to create new analytical reports from scratch, as well
as navigate and access existing business intelligence information from the iPad.
The Pentaho plug-in for the iPad is available for download at www.pentaho.com/iPad.
NEWS SUMMARY
- Pentaho is the first to deliver ad hoc analytical reporting for the
Apple® iPad™. The plug-in extension to Pentaho's BI platform lets iPad
users create new analytical reports with Pentaho Analyzer via iPad's
touch-and-drag screen and Analyzer's zero-training user interface.
- The Pentaho iPad extension allows users to access information anywhere,
anytime and find the answers they need by creating new analytical
reports on the fly. Pentaho Analyzer on the iPad provides ad hoc query
and data visualization capabilities with rich interactivity and secure
content distribution. New analytical reports created on the iPad can be
saved and shared enterprise-wide through Pentaho's BI platform.
- Availability – Pentaho's BI extension for iPad works with Pentaho BI
Suite Enterprise Edition 3.6 RC1. Download and configuration
instructions, as well as a short, recorded video demonstration are
available at www.pentaho.com/iPad.
QUOTES AND DETAILS
"We've always been believers in Mobile BI as evidenced by being the
first to support the iPhone and now the first to support ad-hoc analysis
for the iPad," said Richard Daley, co-founder and CEO of Pentaho
Corporation. "With technology like Analyzer, any business user can create
reports in a couple of minutes with just the touch of a finger. It doesn't
get much easier than this."
Download and configuration instructions, as well as a short, recorded video
demonstration are available at www.pentaho.com/iPad.
About Pentaho Corporation
Pentaho Corporation is the open source business intelligence leader. Thousands of global organizations deploy Pentaho software to make faster and better business decisions that positively impact their bottom lines. Pentaho provides a comprehensive BI suite that includes capabilities for
data integration/ETL, modeling,
data mining,
analysis,
reporting and
dashboards. The Pentaho BI suite supports the company’s Agile BI initiative, which enables organizations to build BI applications more quickly, respond to business changes more easily and expedite time-to-value for up to 90% less cost than traditional BI vendors. Pentaho was founded in 2004 and is headquartered in Orlando, FL, USA. For more information, visit
www.pentaho.com.
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Enabling Pentaho Analyzer on the iPad
The following describes how to install the Pentaho iPad Plug-in for Apple iPad. The extension enables Pentaho Analyzer to run on the iPad with touch-enabled interaction, and works with Pentaho BI Suite Enterprise Edition 3.6.
Features:
- Create new ad hoc analytical reports from scratch
- Open existing Analyzer reports
- Interactive drag-and-drop analysis
- Rich chart visualizations
- Sort rows, apply filters, add calculations and more
- Save and share Analyzer reports
- Full undo/redo functionality
- Export to PDF, Excel or CSV
Prerequisites:
- Pentaho BI Suite Enterprise Edition 3.6 GA (Download Now)
- Valid Pentaho Analysis Enterprise Edition or BI Suite Enterprise Edition subscription keys
(or Free 30-day Trial keys)
- Apple iPad
Installation Instructions:
- Step 1: Download Pentaho iPad Plug-in
- Step 2: Unzip contents to /pentaho-solutions/system (Merge with existing /analyzer directory.)*
- Step 3: Make sure the BI server's base-url is set to the actual server name (instead of 'localhost').
You can do this either in the Pentaho Enterprise Console or directly in the BI Server web.xml file.
- Step 4: Start (or restart) the Pentaho BI server.
- Step 5: On the iPad, open Safari and go to http://<server>:<port>/pentaho/content/analyzer/selectSchema.
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