Training - Course Description

Course:
Reporting Solution Development with Pentaho

Id: SLN 1051C
Audience: Solution Architects and Business Analysts
Delivery Method: Instructor led, Classroom
Duration: 3 Days
Cost: USD $2,000

Course Benefits:
Often the starting point in the implementation of BI solutions, successful reporting solutions provide quick return on investment by providing actionable knowledge to aid in driving decisions. This course explores the foundational and advanced techniques involved in developing reporting solutions using the Pentaho BI Suite.

Who Should Attend:
This course is designed for solution developers, specifically those involved in developing reporting solutions; however, it is valuable to anyone with a basic understanding of SQL and relational database concepts.

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

  • Understand the reporting tools and architecture of the Pentaho Business Intelligence (BI) Suite
  • Describe the reporting end-user experience with the Pentaho BI Server
  • Build and deploy reporting solutions
  • Use the best practices for deploying Pentaho reporting solutions
  • Develop report templates
  • Employ mass report delivery techniques such as bursting and subscriptions
  • Use relational, Pentaho metadata, OLAP, XML, and Web service data sources in reports
  • Create JavaScript and other business rules in the preparation of reports
  • Develop Pentaho and deploy metadata

Course Prerequisites:
This course builds on the content presented in the Pentaho Training course Report Design Techniques (RPT 1175 W). Completion of RPT1175W or familiarity with its content is strongly advices. Additionally, this course is designed for students with a basic understanding of SQL and relational database concepts.

Course Requirements:
Students will need a Microsoft® Windows XP or Vista computer with a 1GHz CPU, 1 GB RAM, and a DVD drive, and 750 MB of available hard drive space in order to fully participate in the classroom delivered courses. We suggest the computer have at least 1.3 GHz CPU, 2 GB of memory, and 1 GB of available hard drive space. Make sure you have a text editor such as Notepad; you may need it for some of the exercises.