A short introduction to Pentaho, how can it be used for business intelligence. How can it help us in our processing of big data on Hadoop ?

1. Pentaho
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What is it ?
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Pentaho Server
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Pentaho Client
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Plugins
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Big Data / Hadoop
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Architecture
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Screen Shots
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2. Pentaho – What is it ?
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It is a business intelligence system
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It offers
Analytics
Visual data integration
OLAP
Reports
Dashboards
Data mining
ETL
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Written in Java
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3. Pentaho – What is it ?
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Offered as
Free community edition
Purchased enterprise edition
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Available for
Windows
Linux
Mac OSX
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Community supported
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Open source plugins available
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Uses the Apache Java Application Server
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4. Pentaho – Server
Pentaho server components
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BI / BA Platform - the core platform, hosts contents and offers services
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Analysis (Mondrian) – an OLAP server, query via MDX, XML
In memory data aggregation
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Dashboard Designer (PDD) – supports monitoring / decision making
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Analysis (PAZ) – drag and drop OLAP viewer, create MDX queries
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Reporting (PIR) – plugin for adhoc reports
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Data Access – create data sources / define data models
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Mobile – extends Pentaho to the mobile world
Dashboards and reports on a small screen
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5. Pentaho – Client
Pentaho client components
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Data Integration (PDI) – Kettle ETL engine, single node / cloud
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Big Data – ETL for Hadoop / NoSQL databases
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Report Designer – codeless report creation
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Data Mining – uses Weka for pattern searching and trend prediction
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Meta Data (PME) – create business models of data sources
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Aggregate Designer (PAD) – pre calculation for aggregation
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Schema Workbench (PSW) – OLAP cube analysis
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Design Studio (PDS) – automation / business logic task support
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6. Pentaho – Plugins
Pentaho plugins
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Ctools – free / open source tools by webdetails
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Charting (CCC) – create dashboard charts
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Build Framework (CBF) – release management for Pentaho apps
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Data Access (CDA) – common layer for data access
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Data Browser (CDB) – visual OLAP data browser
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Distributed Cache (CDC) – high performance, scalable shared cache
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Data Generator (CDG) – for dashboard creation
Creates tables, data and Mondrian schema
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7. Pentaho – Plugins
Pentaho plugins
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Data Validator (CDV) – data integrity via validation tests
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Graphics Gen (CGG) – server side rendering of charts as images
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Dashboard Editor (CDE) – sophisticated community dashboard editor
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Dashboard Framework (CDF)
extendable, AJAX based dashboard framework
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Startup Tabs (CST) – define start up tabs by user
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Saiku – analysis suite / open source
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Saiku Reporting – drag & drop report design tool
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8. Pentaho – Big Data
What are Hadoop's characteristics ?
Mainly command line driven
Minimal built in processing / filtering / validation options
No drag & drop ETL like job creation
What can Pentaho bring to Hadoop ?
Visual drag & drop job creation
Visual reports
Ad / Hoc querying
Dashboards
And more …
It would be a good extension to Hadoop's core functionality
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9. Pentaho – Architecture
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10. Pentaho – Screen Shots – Drag & Drop ETL
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11. Pentaho – Screen Shots – Dashboards
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12. Pentaho – Screen Shots – Reports
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13. Contact Us
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