Pentaho Reporting 3.5 for Java Developers

December 1st, 2009 admin

So last week i was able to get a little time off from my latest BI contract in London and i’ve been able to get quite a few things done. In particular i’ve been able to read through the new Pentaho Reporting 3.5 for Java Developers written by Will Gorman and published by Packt Publishing.

I have to admit, not being a fully fledged Java developer i would not usually go for a book with the title “Pentaho reporting for Java Developers” but i was pleasantly surprised with this book. Even though this book is aimed towards developers it does actually dedicate a couple of chapters to report development. This is especially useful if you are new to Pentaho reporting or moving on to Pentaho 3.5 from previous versions (I myself have been using Pentaho reporting since 1.2 and the leap to the new 3.5 report designer / engine was a big one.)

This book not only covers embedding Pentaho reporting into your own Swing / Enterprise web applications but also goes through the steps by step instructions to connect to datasources, design the report layout, add report parameters, charts, sub reports and much more. Then embed them into your own applications!

It also comes with a very handy report element reference section if you need to know what all the attributes of report elements do.

I honestly believe that if are a newcomer to Pentaho reporting and you are looking to get started, either embedded Pentaho reports into your own custom application or as a reprot writer looking to get started with the basics of report design then this book is for you.

I only wished i had this sort of book when i was using Pentaho Reports 1.2!

So stop getting frustrated asking the same basic reporting questions over and over again in the forums. Go out and get a copy of this book instead!

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Official CDF Tutorials

July 21st, 2009 admin

Some exciting news on the Pentaho dashboard design front!

Webdetails has released its official CDF tutorials. This set of step-by-step tutorials are aimed towards both novice and advanced users of the CDF with lessons ranging from the basics of getting started up to dynamic and drillable dashboards using an array of CDF components.

Some of the area’s covered in the tutorials include:

  • Basics (getting started)
  • Charts
  • Templates
  • Mondrian (Roles)
  • Maps
  • Tables
  • and more

Ive been working with the CDF since V1 and even I found lots of interesting tips and reference material here. If you are serious about dashboard design with Pentaho then this tutorial pack is a must have!

Whats even nicer is that tutorials have been created using the CDF. Just another example of what the CDF is really capable of.

Check out the webdetails website for more information or purchase a copy of the tutorials at the online store

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New Hosting

August 19th, 2008 admin

So you might have noticed the website has been down for the last couple of days? This was due to me changing my hosting provider and having a hard time getting it all moved across (silly .htaccess files…..).

Anyhow, In the next couple of days I intend to start creating video tutorials for PRD (Pentaho Report Designer) to help answer some of the basic questions we get alot of the time in ##pentaho. My question to you is, what do you want to know? Should we start from the basics and just work our way up or do you have suggestions for tutorials you want to see.

Let me know!

Harris

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Website Update

May 31st, 2008 admin

Ive decided to move away from Drupal in favour of Wordpress. Drupal has some great features for sure and I will continue to use it for my other websites but as far as blogging goes… Wordpress looks like the better option.

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