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Course:
Report Design Techniques
Session 3 of 4:
Parameterizing Reports
Id: RPT 1175W-03
Audience: Report Authors
Delivery Method: Instructor led, Online
Duration: 3 Hours
Cost: USD $300
Session Benefits:
This session explores the features of the Pentaho BI Platform, Pentaho Report Designer, and Pentaho Design Studio to parameterize reports. Parameterized
reports allow a single report to service multiple users by accepting user-supplied parameters that select or impact the data displayed.
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 the Pentaho BI Suite
- Use the Pentaho Design Studio to parameterize reports
- Dynamically build the SQL for a report
Session Prerequisites:
There are no Pentaho Training prerequisites for this session; however, the session builds upon the skills and concepts of the previous sessions of the Pentaho
Report Design Techniques course. 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.
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