Pentaho laboratory

In this laboratory, we will look at the Pentaho Business Intelligence platform. Pentaho is an open-source, multi-platform project, which aims to provide tools for typical BI applications. We will be using two tools from Pentaho:

• Data Integration: The Pentaho Data integration tool is used to define and execute ETL jobs.
• Report Designer: The Report Designer is used to create Report Templates, which in turn are used to create actual reports from datasets.

Pre-requisites

You need the following tools to complete this laboratory:

• Windows, Linux, or Mac: Every component you need is platform-independent.
  • You can also use a VM at https://cloud.bme.hu, see details here.
• Java
• Pentaho Data Integration and Pentaho Report Designer version 8.3.x
  • You can download the binaries (see in Exercise 2)
• A GitHub account and a git tool

Material to review before the laboratory

• The expected mode of submitting your work, as detailed here.
• The material covered in course Business intelligence related to the topic, including, but not limited to
  • The demo material covered during the semester https://github.com/peekler/Business-Intelligence-Demos/tree/master/Pentaho

Grading

Exercises 1 & 2 help you prepare the environment. Exercises 3 & 4 & 5 worth grade 2. Starting with exercise 6, each exercise is worth one grade when completed successfully. For an exercise to count as successful, you must finish all its subtasks successfully.