Training - Course Description

Course:
Report Design Techniques

Session 1 of 4:
Getting Started

Id: RPT 1175W-01
Audience: Report Authors
Delivery Method: Instructor led, Online
Duration: 3 Hours
Cost: USD $300

Session Benefits:
Starting with new tools always involves a learning curve. This session of the Pentaho Report Design Techniques course helps to minimize your learning curve with Pentaho by exploring the foundational skills involved in designing and publishing a report using the Pentaho Report Designer and Pentaho BI Platform.

Who Should Attend:
This session is designed for report authors and designers with a strong understanding of SQL and relational database concepts.

Learning Objectives:
At the completion of this session, you should be able to:

  • Understand the basic architecture and tools of Pentaho Reporting and the Pentaho BI Platform
  • Construct reports against various data sources
  • Make a report visible to other users via the Pentaho BI Platform

Session Prerequisites:
There are no Pentaho Training prerequisites for this session. The session is designed for students with a strong understanding of SQL and relational database concepts. A basic knowledge of web-applications is also suggested.

Session Requirements:
Our online courses are offered via WebEx. Visit WebEx for the minimal system requirements. Additional information and tools to test your system are available at the WebEx support site.

To complete the exercises, students will need a Microsoft® Windows XP or Vista, Linux or Mac OS X computer with a 1GHz CPU, 1 GB RAM, and a DVD drive, and 750 MB of available hard drive space. We suggest the computer have at least 1.3 GHz CPU, 2 GB of memory, and 1 GB of available hard drive space. A text editor such as Notepad may be needed for some of the tasks.