New Book from Packt Publishing Delivers Complete Resource for Using and Embedding the Most Widely-Used Open Source Reporting Software
Orlando, FL – September 24, 2009 – Pentaho Corporation, the commercial open source alternative for business intelligence (BI), today announced the availability of the book “Pentaho Reporting 3.5 for Java Developers” (ISBN: 978-1-847193-19-3, Paperback: 384 pages). Written by Will Gorman, Engineering Team Lead at Pentaho, this practical guide walks through every aspect of Pentaho Reporting. “Pentaho Reporting 3.5 for Java Developers” is published by Packt Publishing and available for purchase online at Amazon, Barnes and Nobles, Books-A-Million and PacktPub.com.
Reporting has become an integral part of almost every enterprise software application as it lets organizations unlock data from systems and deliver critical information to users to support business processes and decision making. Pentaho Reporting lets users design, generate, and distribute rich and sophisticated report content from a broad range of data sources and produce popular formats including HTML, Adobe PDF and Microsoft Excel. Commercial open source reporting has become increasingly popular as it provides significantly lower TCO along with greater flexibility for integration and customization. Pentaho Reporting is now the most widely used open source reporting product, as demonstrated in a recent survey by BeyeNETWORK, sponsored by Actuate, and available at http://tinyurl.com/reportingsurvey .
The book jump starts the reader’s understanding of the tools and technology in Pentaho Reporting. Through detailed examples, it covers all aspects of report design and information delivery, with in-depth topics on charting, cross-tabs, sub-reports and embedding reports into custom Java applications. There are also details and examples on extending Pentaho’s open source reporting engine and straightforward steps to create custom functions and report elements.
Topics covered in this book include:
- Pentaho Reporting installation and quick start overview
- Designing attractive and effective reports that render as PDF, Excel, and HTML using Pentaho Report Designer
- Enhancing reports with rich chart visualizations and graphics
- Delivering parameterized, user-prompted reports that minimize IT maintenance and empower business users with self-service, on-demand reporting capabilities
- Building reports programmatically with simple XML and Java APIs
- Embedding Pentaho Reporting into custom java applications
- Advanced topics on calculations, cross-tabs, sub-reports, and embedded HTML and JavaScript
- Advanced topics on calculations, cross-tabs, sub-reports, and embedded HTML and JavaScript
Pentaho Reporting 3.5 for Java Developers at Packtpub.com - http://www.packtpub.com/pentaho-reporting-3-5-for-java-developers/.
About the Author
Will Gorman is an Engineering Team Lead at Pentaho. He works on a variety of Pentaho's products, including Reporting, Analysis, Dashboards, Metadata, and the BI Server. Will started his career at GE Research, and earned his Masters degree in Computer Science at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, New York. Over the years, Will has given many speeches, including topics at local Java User Groups, and has published technical papers in journals such as Neurology. Will is originally from Cincinnati and now lives in Orlando, Florida, the headquarters of Pentaho.
About Pentaho Corporation
Pentaho is delivering the future of business analytics. Pentaho's open source heritage drives our continued innovation in a modern, integrated, embeddable platform built for the future of analytics, including diverse and big data requirements. Powerful business analytics are made easy with Pentaho's cost-effective suite for data access, visualization, integration, analysis and mining. For a free evaluation, download Pentaho Business Analytics at www.pentaho.com/get-started.
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