Training - Course Description

Course:
Report Design Techniques

Session 4 of 4:
Authoring Dynamic Reports

Id: RPT 1175W-04
Audience: Report Authors
Delivery Method: Instructor led, Online
Duration: 3 Hours
Cost: USD $300

Session Benefits:
The Pentaho BI Suite exposes a lot of functionality to maximize the return on your investment in business intelligence. This session explores the use of calculations, functions, and expressions to dynamically change the formatting of data, calculate data, and change the visibility of report content. The goal is the creation of reports that increase their value by dynamically responding to the data.

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:

  • Author complex and dynamic reports using the Pentaho Report Designer
  • Employ calculations and grouping techniques within a report
  • Include traffic lighting in reports
  • Conditionally hide or show elements within a report
  • Use parameters within calculations, functions, and expressions

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.