Posted under BI Server, Open Source, Pentaho, Tutorials, User Console
This post is part 4 of the series “Customising the Pentaho User Console (PUC)” Version 3.5.x. Here is a list of what I have covered in other parts:
In this post I will show you how to customise the launch page.
Posted under BI Server, Open Source, Pentaho, Tutorials, User Console
With the recent release of Pentaho’s BI Server 3.5.2 and Tom Barber’s (aka magicaltrout) post I thought I would put together a quick tutorial on how to use a new feature of 3.5.2 which allows end users to email reports directly from the Pentaho User Console (PUC).
Posted under BI Server, Open Source, Pentaho, Tutorials, User Console
This post is part 3 of the series “Customising the Pentaho User Console (PUC)” Version 3.5.x. Here is a list of what I have covered in other parts:
In this post I will show you how to customise the main-toolbar, menu-bar, logo-panel and other features for the PUC.
Posted under BI Server, Open Source, Pentaho, Tutorials
Updated 28/02/2010
This guide has been tested and works with the latest version of Pentaho BI Server 3.5.2.
Posted under Open Source, Pentaho, Report Designer, Tutorials
Cascade parameters provide a way of managing large amounts of data in reports. You can define a set of related parameters so that the list of values for one parameter depends on the value chosen in another parameter.
In this example I will be using the Steel Wheels sample data to create a report which will display a list of customers using two parameters: a drop down parameter which will contain a distinct list of countries which will then filter another drop down parameter which contains cities which belong to the country.
Posted under BI Server, Open Source, Pentaho, Tutorials, User Console
This post is part 2 of the series “Customising the Pentaho User Console (PUC)” Version 3.5.x. Here is a list of what I have covered in other parts:
In this post I will show you how to customise messages for the login dialog and PUC.
Posted under BI Server, Open Source, Pentaho, Tutorials, User Console
For the past couple of weeks I have been playing around with customising the Pentaho User Console (PUC) Version 3.5.x and to follow it up I thought I would put together a multi-part post on the topic. Each post will cover one aspect of customising the PUC, these include:
In this post I will show you how to customise the default login dialog and how to create a new login page.
Posted under Open Source, Pentaho, Report Designer, Tutorials
Pentaho Report Designer 3.5 came with nine new pre built parameters. Below is a quick overview of the nine parameters. Each overview includes:
Posted under Open Source, Pentaho, Report Designer, Tutorials
With the release of Pentaho Report Designer 3.5 users can create parameters through the designer rather than having to build a xaction which at times could be messy and confusing. Here is a tutorial on how you can create a basic parameter with Pentaho Report Designer 3.5.
If you aren’t already aware Doug Moran (Pentaho’s Community Leader) has already created a set off screen casts showing off features of Pentaho Report Designer 3.5.
Posted under BI Server, Open Source, Pentaho, Report Designer, Tutorials
For those starting out with Pentaho it can be confusing on how to publish content (reports, ETL jobs etc.) to Pentaho Business Intelligence (BI) server. I have put together a guide which outlines the steps you will need to enable publishing and also an example of how you can use Pentaho Report Designer (PRD) to publish reports.