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Pentaho 8 Reporting for Java Developers

Pentaho 8 Reporting, a suite of Open Source tools, allows you to create pixel-perfect reports of your data in PDF, Excel, HTML, Text, Rich-Text-File, XML, and CSV. These computer generated reports easily refine data from various sources into a human-readable form. It helps to transform all your data into meaningful information, tailored to your audience.

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Difficulty Level

Intermediate

Completion Time

15h40m

Language

English

About Book

Who Is This Book For?

This book is written for two types of professionals and students: Information Technologists with a basic knowledge of Databases and Java Developers with medium seniority. Developers will be interested to discover how to embed reports in a third-party Java application.

Book content

chapters 15h40m total length

An Introduction to Pentaho Reporting

Getting Started with Pentaho Designer

Getting started with Pentaho Reporting SDK

Creating a report with Pentaho Designer

Design and layout in Pentaho Designer

Configuring JDBC database and other data sources

Including charts and graphics in reports

Parametrization, functions, variables and formulas

Internazionalization and localization

Adding sub-reports and cross-tabs

The PRPT format and the Java API to build it

Working with Data Sources

Managing internationalization, sub-reports and cross-tabs from Java

Building Interactive Reports

Publishing reports in the Pentaho BA Platform

Managing reports using the Pentaho Data Integration

Pentaho Reporting Nightly Build and Support

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